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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



THE SEASON 



AN 



A]SrJsrUAL REICORD OF SOCIEITY 

IN 

NEW YORK, BROOKLYiX, AND VICINITY 



EDITED BY ^^ 

CHARLES H/bRANDALL tf^. 



FinST TEAR 

1882-1883 

^ociety, saith the test, is the happiness of meyShakspere, 
PJeisant hours are worth remembering. 




L 9 J 883 



NEW YORK 
WHITE, STOKES, & ALLEN 

1883 



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Copyright, 1883, 
Bt CHARLES H. CRANDALL. 



TO 

THE TEOPLE WHO HEAD I^IY LIST OF SUBSCRIBEKS 

I' 3BetiiCcit0 t!)is 23ooti, 

WITH MY SINCERE THANKS AND 
RESPECT. 

TEE AUTHOR. 



PEEFAOE. 



It has seemed to the compiler of this little souvenir that the festive 
aspects of life, its social pleasures and merry-makings, however 
ephemeral they may appear to be, demand a fitting record ; and 
as properly as many others of the wants of the complex life of a great 
city like New York demand their satisfaction. The cheerfulness 
with which most people in the best society furnish reports of social 
gatherings at their houses, and the interest taken in the daily social 
record, when printed in a clean and resj)ectable newspaper, are 
grounds for believing that the gathering of the best and most trust- 
w^orthy of such reports in a handsome volume will be approved by 
all of the large number of people who will obviously be personally 
interested in such a book. Kesembling somewhat the books made 
up from tlie English Court Journal, it is not an imitation of the Eng- 
lish, and its conception was as independent of them as the venture 
is novel on this side of the ocean. Excepting to correct the reports 
of the newspapers. The Season will not go beyond them in chroni- 
cling societj^ while it will be more conservative in circulating only 
among those personally interested. As a social history The Season 
is expected to be its own excuse for being, and to increase in value as 
the years pass ; for it is the intention of the compiler to publish it at 
the close of every social season, or in the early summer. Its de- 
scriptions of weddings in the better class of society will make it 
a sort of family record ; and it is expected that the report of one's 
own wedding, or that of a friend, will be more attractive to look upon 
in such a book than in the shape of a newspaper clipping, which 
latter is more than likely to be missing when wanted. It will thus 
become — in one sense — an elegant wedding certificate. How valuable 
a record of the doings of beaux and belles in days gone by may 
become was shown during the weeks of preparation for Mrs. Vander- 
bilt's fancy-dress ball, w^hen the house of a prominent lady was the 
most popular in the city because she had pasted in an old scrap- 
book a yellow clipping that recorded the fancy costumes and the 
names of those who, in paint and powder, stepped through the 
minuet at Mrs. W. E. Schermerhorn's ball, years ago. The weeks 
referred to also proved that scarce two of New York' s oldest f ashion- 
lible residents could agree as to the dates, places, or features of 
former fancy-dress balls. It would take too much space to tell in 



b THE SEASON. 

how many ways The Season, will be helpful for reference, and worthy 
of a place on the parlor table. We all are apt to forget names and 
dates. But bj^ looking in the index of The Season, and finding the 
report of the entertainment we have in mind, we can at once find 

the date and place of Miss 's wedding, or Mrs. 's ball, or the 

forgotten name of the person, be he charming or the opposite, whom 
we met on such an occasion. For studies of wedding and ball 
costumes it is expected to please ladies. For furnishing the neces- 
sary details it will be valuable to " best men" and others who have 
to superintend weddings, balls, etc. People who move much in 
society will find it to be a diary of their doings, which they may 
have without the trouble of writing. To a person who has never 
been to a wedding or a ball, and has no imagination to " read 
between the lines," society reports may not be very interesting 
literature. But to thousands of people a glance at one of these 
pages will bring a pleasant dream of the past, the echo of the 
pleasure of " a day that is dead." The Season, will recall the 
winter's gayety while one is lounging by the sea, or in the mountains, 
during the summer. 

The book is designed to commemorate pleasant occasions, the 
red-letter days of life. The people of to-day are awakening to 
the fact that an account of a wedding, ball or reception, which 
interests hundreds or thousands of the best people, is as well 
worth printing and reading as an account of a murder, which 
interests the slums, if anybody. But some persons say : " Mj' enter- 
tainment is a private affair." As if a gathering in a house, or church, 
or ball-room of a score, or a hundred, or a thousand people, who 
each know a thousand other people and tell them of the occasion, 
could be private. It is expected by the compiler that in printing 
lists of guests present at entertainments, some peojile will occasion- 
ally be included who were not ftresent on such occasions. Some- 
times the lists are obtained before the entertainment comes off, 
and then thej" are indicative only of the circle of peoj^le invited. 
As a rule, however, it is thought that the lists are correct. People 
should remember that a correct list of names is one of the most 
difficult as well as the most desirable things to obtain in a report, 
and they should co-operate to secure it. The most of the reports in 
this volume are ones vrhicli the compiler has written during the 
season for the New York Irihune. He is also indebted for occasional 
clippings to the American Queen, the Woi'ld and other Journals. 
Suggestions, corrections, announcements, or corrected and preferred 
descriptions of entertainments will always be welcomely received by 
the compiler. In selecting the reports it has been the aim to include 
the entertainments of excellent and thoroughly respectable people 
only. A number of social circles are necessarily represented, but 
special j^rominence has been given to those in which worth, refine- 
ment, and fashion are combined. 

War has its historians, business, its ledgers, legislation, its cumbrous 



INTRODUCTORY. i 

reports, crime, its annals, art and science, their recorders. A little 
l^lace is claimed for a book that tries to perpetuate, at least, memories 
of the brighter, if not the highest or noblest, experiences of life. 
A few essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and 
others, delivered on social occasions, it is thought will add to the in- 
terest of the book, and be of permanent value. Thus much it has 
seemed well to speak in introducing this book. In conclusion, the 
compiler thanks his advertising patrons, who will be found to be of the 
first class ; also, the many friends who have aided him in the work ; 
and last, and most cordially, the estimable ladies and gentlemen who 
have subscribed for the book. Among them are the following : 





The President, 


Chester A. Aethue, 


Mes. 


William Astor, 


Mr. 


Wn,T,TA.M M. EVAETS, 


Mrs. 


John Sherwood, 


Mr. 


Hamilton Fish, 


Mes. 


Jas. Brown Potter, 


Mr. 


Waed McAllister, 


Mrs. 


Chauncey M. Depew, 


]\Ir. 


W. K. Vandeebilt, 


Mrs. 


Julia Ward Howe, 


Mr. 


Olivee Wendf,t,t. Holmes, 


Mrs. 


T. F. Meagher, 


Me. 


E. W. GiLDEE, 


Mrs. 


Lawrence Tuenuee, 


Mr. 


Aethue Leaey, 


Mrs. 


S. K. Leshee, 


Mr. 


D. Willis James, 


Mrs. 


B. H. Van Auken, 


Me. 


S. V. R. Ceugek, 


Mrs. 


BuETON N. Haeeison, 


Me. 


E. S. Jaeeeay, 


Mrs. 


Geo. Hadden Palmee, 


Me. 


Feedeeic Bronson, 


Mrs. 


Chaeles L. Peekins, 


Me. 


William Jay, 


Mrs. 


Thomas Wigham, 


Me. 


John Jay, 


Mrs. 


S. B. Chittenden, 


Me. 


Bayaed Claeke, Jk. 


Mrs. 


Geoege I. Seney, 


Me. 


LiSPENAED StEWAET, 


Mrs. 


Almet F. Jenks, 


Me. 


W. A. EOEBLING, 


Mrs. 


Seth Low, 


Mr. 


Reed Benedict, 


Mrs. 


W. B. Dickeeman, 


I^Ie. 


F. M. Shepherd. 



KIND WORDS FOR 'THE SEASON." 



'It will be welcomed."— iN^et^ York Tribune. 

' "Will be eagerly sought after."— iV^g?/; York World. 

• Society will gladly welcome this dainty volume."— ZAe Queen. 



THE AUTHOE S ADDRESS IS 

EDITORIAL ROOMS, THE TRIBUNE, 

KEW YOEK CITY. 



IJ^TEODUOTOET. 



NEW YORK SOCIETY. 

The society of New York is so large and complex a system that to 
determine its component parts, its many intersecting circles and 
relations, would require the time and the skill, almost, of the 
astronomer who would map out the heavens. In one sense every 
one is the centre of a social circle, greater or smaller, richer or poorer, 
according to the power or worth of his personality. AroTind him 
the persons he has attracted revolve in widening circles of relation- 
ship, friendship, companionship, acquaintanceship, recognition and 
the knowing by sight or reputation. 

The attraction of similar tastes, however, draws most of the people 
in good society into groups or sets, and these may be enumerated 
as follows, though it should be said that one person may belong to 
nearly all of those circles, if he is very versatile in social qualities. 

Perhaps the most fashionable people in New York are in the New- 
port set, who usually summer at that romantic resort, and in winter 
come together again at the Patriarchs' balls, the Ladies' Assemblies 
or the Family Circle Dancing Class meetings. Newport is lost sight 
of in the winter, however, and the gayest society then includes the 
summer citizens of Far Eockaway, the new rival of Newport, with 
its "pink" atmosphere, and of Old Point Comfort, White Sulphur 
Springs, Saratoga, Mount Desert, Lenox, Lake George, the Catskills, 
and the White Mountains, They are the people who live in or near 
Fifth Avenue, and whom we would compare with the English aris- 
tocracy, and with confidence that Eepublican Society would not 
suffer in the comparison. Engagements and obligations are so 
numerous and continuous the year round on this social plane, that 
only people of wealth and leisure can keep up with its demands. 

So we have a social class of the distinguished and solid people, the 
philanthropists, judges, lawyers, statesmen, clergymen, editors and 
leaders of thought and action generally. These are society's " heavy- 
weights." It is their children usually who go to swell the ranks 
of the ultra-fashionable, dancing people. The activity of brain in 
one generation often changing to activity of heels in the next. Of 
course, there are any number of exceptions to the rule, and some of 
the most intellectual people are as graceful as any in a ball-room. 



10 THE SEASON. 

The solid society peo23lo iTsually have country homes in quiet places, 
often their birthplaces, where they spend the summer. In the winter 
they figure at public meetings and great occasions generally. The 
next class in good society to be mentioned is so large that it is un- 
wieldy, and having no organization, peculiarly its own, large enough 
to hold it together, is much broken up. It includes the great army 
of well-to-do, respectable people, who, though not much given to 
gayety, are as successful as any one in giving and enjoying enter- 
tainments. This is the respectable middle class, and it is as worthy 
as any. 

Of the countless smaller social circles within these general classes 
there is not room to speak. Brooklj^n, especially Brooklyn Heights, 
has a well-managed social organization which supjDorts the Brooklyn 
Heights Dancing Class and the new Brooklj-n Assembly. Aside from 
those who attend these meetings for dancing, Brcoklynites are quiet, 
home-loving, church-going, studious, and literary, rather than in- 
clined to social gayety. In Nev/ York the less retired of the literary 
class find relaxation in the meetings of Authors' Club, the Nineteenth 
Centui^^ Club, the Thursday Evening Club, and the Scientific Ladies' 
Causeries. Then there is the artistic circle, a truly " jolly" one, with 
genuine good-fellowship. The old Knickerbockers, though they still 
linger round Washington Square, are now merged in the fashionable 
KewjDort crowd, and are not a distinctive set. The clubs make little 
eddies in the social current, and catch the driftwood of society as 
well as the solid timbers. The various regiments, notably the 
Seventh, are also strong social attractions, and the various vocations, 
the brokers, lawj^ers, etc., make themselves j)owers of cohesion in 
society. 

Still, when all is said, there is but one good society, that of the 
good, the honorable, the honest, the polite, the man of good heart, 
good head, and good manners. If such a one proves bj- his industry 
and his worth his right to be in the world, whatever be his station, 
if he treats others as gentlemen, his jjlace is more secure than if 
it were in all the blue books. Such as he make the true society that 
runs from top to bottom like the stern-post of a steamer, strengthen- 
ing the whole vessel. On it is hinged the public conscience, playing 
like a helm, at the will of the unseen Pilot ; to whom the rocks, the 
shoals, the lights, the headlands, the Narrows, and at last the Harbor 
of this voyage of life are known. 

THE DAYS GONE BY. 

BY JAMES WHITCOMB EILEY. 

O THE days gone by ! O the days gone by ! 

The apples in the orchard and the pathway through the rye ; 

The chirruj) of the robin and the whistle of the quail 



IS TRO DUG TORY. 



11 



As ho piped across the meadows sweet as any nightingale ; 
When the bloom was on the clover, and the blue was in the sky. 
And my happy heart brimmed over— in the days gone by ! 

In the daj^s gone by, when my naked feet were tripped 
By the honeysuckle tangles where the water lilies dipped, 
And the ripples of the river lipped the moss along the brink 
Where the placid-eyed and lazy-footed cattle came to drink, 
And the tilting sniwe stood fearless of the truant's wayward cry 
And the splashing of the swimmer, in the days gone by. 

O the days gone bv ! O the days gone by ! 
The music of the laughing lip, the lustre of the eye ; 
The childish faith in fairies, and Aladdin's magic ring— 
The simple, soul-reposiag, glad belief in everything, 
For life was like a story, holding neither sob nor sigh, 
In tne golden, olden glory of the days gone by ! 

THE SOCIAL POWER OF WOMAN. 

The following is part of an essay read by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe 
last winter, at the house of Mr. H. Herrman, m aid of Mrs. Phebo 
Hanaford's church in Jersey City : 

" I have been asked to speak to this company of Women as a 
Social Power ' But I cannot begin to do this without enlarging a 
little on the meaning of the word power in its social and moral ap- 
plication. Power is often confounded with force. The thought 
of power is a very imperial one to mankind. Man loves the conquest 
of the elements and the material forces of the universe, which his 
intelligence converts into servants. The primitive ideas of human 
relations are held toby millions, where the new gospel is already 
established in the most thoughtful and high-toned mmds. The 
tyrannical attitude of man in regard to woman, dismissed as a sole- 
cism by the saints of antiquity, is yet obstinately held to by the 
multitudes. Whole classes of men, governing and governed clmg 
with all the strength of their superstition to the force which m 
other times gave its support to power, but which is now divorced 
from that fruitful union. Women make this mistake equally with 
men. W^omen love power, and are bound as intelligent beings to 
show their sense of its value. x, 4. .+. ^^ 

"A woman loves in man the power which conquers, the feats ot 
personal danger and bravery which are not always heroism, but which 
women often mistake for it. Men love in women the power o. 
patience and tenderness, the power of combining endless det^ails into 
the great results of comfort and beauty, the power of resolving end- 
less discords into a continuous harmony. But most of all men 



13 THE SUASOy. 

revere in women that mysterious egJcratld, that power of the minds 
of women over their senses, out of which springs all that is ideal in 
the relations of sex. The error which I am now trjung to illustrate, 
the mistaking force for power, is nowhere more common than in this 
ver}' domain of sex. Sexual attraction is the most absolute of the 
forces of nature. How constantly do men and women mistake this 
force for a power. It is no more a power than the attraction of grav- 
itation which supports the building is the building itself. Power 
is something built upon force. The woman who mistakes her ability 
to attract men for a power will be bent on universal conquest. She 
will endeavor to humble the proudest spirit at her feet. Time, which 
test., 130wer, will overthrow any life-fabric built on this foundation. 
Women are a force to-day as ever through the natural attractions of 
sex. American women through their added freedom show a mental 
stature much higher than that of their European sisters. Perhaps 
there is ground to fear that the added force of Avomen to-day will lead 
many of them to mistake largeness of opportunity for achievement. 
One of the first aesthetics of women is dress. It should represent 
womanly reserve. The lines of beauty should be preserved without 
the exposure of the delicate skin, which makes the beholder shiver, 
and should make the subject blush. Why should glaring colors dis- 
turb the harmony in a young girl's comjilexion ? Why should we 
dye the golden hair or powder the face with its evanescent roses 
pulsing with the rhythmic heart, with its silent eloquence, its light 
and shadow utterance ? Strange is it, but I fear true, that the dress 
found so advantageous by women of an unfortunate class sometimes 
becomes the prevalent fashion of society. Strange that women bred 
within the limits of decent homes and helpful churches should be 
often led to emulate this low attraction. 

" The chivalrous blossoming of our early society is now beginning 
to show its rich harvest. The fields are white already. And lo ! the 
women, many of them, sit with empty, idle hands, too trivial, too 
little interested in their own good and that of their race to gather 
it. Kather would they stretch their hands for the gay weeds that 
grow in the cornfield, saying, 'We like what is bright to the sight.' 
The vapid growling of the silliest among the English aristocracy, 
the disdainful persiflage of the society Frenchman, the rudeness of 
the German, seem to be more congenial to them than what is best 
and noblest in their own countrymen. The noble resources of 
American life are not to be enjoyed without some meritorious effort 
by individuals. The song of labor is the music of this golden hive ; 
and its drones, while they may be fed upon its honey, will have no 
experience of the effort which makes the honey sweetest to those who 
gather it. They will not have drawn from the heart of life's blos- 
soms their exquisite perfume. Men and women of this kind enjoy 
Europe because it provides amusement for them, and vast sums of 
money are spent in the annual fashionable exodus. 

" There are some, and those high in ofHce, who seek to introduce 



INTRO D UCTOR Y. 13 

here the fatal system of legislation which recognizes woman as the 
instrument of base indulgence, and upholds the right of man to so 
consider her. In Great Britain, France, Switzerland, and Italy good 
men and women are uniting their efforts against it, making public 
attestation of its debasing effect on both sexes. It is with sorrow that 
I see many of my own countrywomen extending their hands to wel- 
come to this country that which is least worthy in the society of the 
Old World— the empty amusements which as far as possible assimilate 
the gentleman to the groom, the awkward diction of men who hold 
to the feudal disrespect for scholarship, who show how little their 
enforced education has done for them, the boorish manners of men 
who are at home with horses, but not at all with ladies. Young men 
talk club talk in groups and leave the girls to take care of themselves. 
Where shall women liee from the dangers that threaten them ; fatal 
to us and to the humanity of which we are the nearest guardians. I 
would seek this lefuge in a religious and prayerful spirit. Not in 
that which fatigues with vain repetitions, with devout attitudes, but 
a spirit in which the determination to do the best should be coupled 
with the greatest anxiety to know the best. I am impatient to see the 
good traits I recognize in womanhood blossom out to a fuller beauty. 
Why ? The dull craftsman easily learns to lay one brick upon an- 
other. And we -women, having the noble arches of society to build, 
take our bricks for toys, and construct with them no defence for our- 
selves, no refuge for others. We should step between the man and 
his brute instincts, wave out of sight what is rude and bestial, and 
bring into sight all that is true, lovely, pure, and happ5\ 

" There will be honor for some of us in the number and robustness 
of our descendants. If we have never bowed to crowned vice, or 
neglected and despised virtue ; if we have reached to the fallen the 
hand of help, instead of pointing the finger of scorn ; if we have made 
the way of tlie transgressor hard to go and easy to return ; why, then, 
whether we are remembered or forgotten, we shall depart from this 
world, leaving some part of it the better and the happier for our 
presence in it. We may^ not wear the bloody laurels of a wicked 
victor}', but we shall have fought the good fight, and our names will 
secure a i)lace in the records of the veterans who, like Napoleon's 
Old Guard, die when the time comes, but do not surrender." 



MY DAUGHTER LOUISE. 

BY HOMER GREENE. 

In the light of the moon, by the side of the water, 
My seat on the sand and her seat on my knees. 

We watch the bright billows, do I and my daughter, 
My sweet little daughter Louise. 



14 THE i^EASON. 

We wonder wliat city the pathway of glory, 
That broadens awtiy to the limitless west, 

Leads up to— she minds her of some pretty story 
And says : " To the city that mortals love best." 

Then I say : " It must lead to the far away city, 
The beautiful City of Eest." 

In the light of the moon, by the side of the water. 

Stand two in the shadow of whispering trees, 
And one loves my daughter, my beautiful daughter, 

My womanly daughter Louise. 
She steps to the boat with a touch of his fingers, 

And out on the diamonded pathway they move ; 
The shallop is lost in the distance, it lingers, 

It waits, but I know that its coming will prove 
That it went to the walls of the wonderful city, 

The magical City of Love. 

In the light of the moon, by the side of the water, 

I wait for her coming from over the seas ; 
I wait but to welcome the dust of my daughter, 

To weep for my daughter Louise. 
The path, as of old, reaching out in its splendor. 

Gleams bright, like a way that an angel has trod ; 
I kiss the cold burden its billows surrender, 

Sweet clay to lie under the pitiful sod ; 
But she rests, at the end of the path, in the city, 

Whose " builder and maker is God." 

'ES'om Our Continent. 



AFTER SORROW'S NIGHT. 

BY B. W. GLLDEK. 

Attee sorrow's night 
Dawned the morning bright ; 
In dewy woods I heard 
A golden-throated bird, 

And "Love, love, love," it san^ 
And " Love, love, love." 



Evening shadows feU 

In our happy dell ; 

From glimmering woods I heard 

A golden-throated bird. 

And " Love, love, love," it sang, 
And " Love, love, love." 



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Oh, the summer night 
Starry was, and bright ; 
In the dark woods I heard 
A gohlen-throated bird, 

And " Love, love, love," it sang. 
And " Love, love, love. " 

From The Century. 

MY LADY. 

Thus do I dream 
(Sometimes of a summer day. 
When the wind blows fresh from the hill. 
Cleansing our souls from thoughts of ill. 
As our limbs are washed by the mountain stream) 
What my love should be, 
If God would fashion her form for me. 
Gracious and stately, yet withal 
Most gentle-minded, slow to please. 
And not jirofuse of word ; 
Full of a tranquil kindliness for all, 

Lest to the super-sense 
Of humble minds a chance speech give offence. 
Not quickly stirred 
To tears or laughter, love or strife : 
Right nobly simple in her way of life. 
Yet joying healthily in all this world can give, 
Since holy minds in healthy bodies live. 
And beauty cannot harbor with disease. 
But above all most true, 
And rather over-trustful than inclined 
To see the evil sooner than the good 
In each man's mind : 
Setting '' Thus should I " higher than " I would," 

Nor ever restless for things new. 
And for her bearing, I would have her tall 
And lissom as young shoots in May 

That rise and fall. 
Marking the cadence of the breeze 
Eather than bending to his sway : 

With ej'es like summer seas 
Mocking the blue above, 
Within whose infinite azure deeps 
A golden secret sleeps — 
AVliose holy calm hath never yet revealed 

To day or night 
The worlds of treasure that do lie concealed 
Beneath their crystal sheen. 



16 THE SBASOM 

But wait the coming of tlie light— 
The coming of the light of love— 

So would I have mj' queen. 
Her voice should, be silver sweet, 
Pure as the chime of a holy bell ; ^ 

And my heart should beat 
And answer its sound again, 
As twin lutes throb to a single strain. 
Therein should dwell 
The music of my life, now and to be ; 
The noblest thoughts God ever gave to me 
Should be set to its exquisite melody. 
This is my dream of a midsummer hour, 
Begot 
By the fairy i)ower 
Of a few fond rhymes that my heart holds dear ; 
And I turn and tremble her step to hear, 
Yet she cometh not. 

From the London World. 



THE NEW YORK WOMAN OF FASHION. 

(From the Boston Traveller.) 

I HAVE been asked by many a New England friend what I thought 
of New York women of fashion, particularly since the recent severe 
denunciation of them from the pulpit ; how they compared with 
English women, with New England women, with French women, for 
instance, and if I judged this late denunciation to be deserved. The 
only society that I had known before I knew this of New York had 
been that of New England, which was marked with a severe Puritan 
self-restraint, a disdain of dress and displa}^ and that example of 
plain living and high thinking, which even the richest people in Bos- 
ton in the former years were wont to set, and the society of Washing- 
ton before the war, when it was at its highest mark, socially and 
politically, as the spot where one found the most celebrated men and 
the most elegant women. It was rather a disgrace before the war to 
be very rich, at Washington, so many men were respectably poor. 
There was a scorn of amusement as an end and aim of life, particu- 
larly in New England ; and while there was greater liberality at 
Washington as to this same subject of amusement, girls were not the 
pampered creatures which they have since become. Perhajjs these 
two exceedingly cultivated circles, that of Boston and the more cos- 
mopolitan one of Washington, neither of which depended upon 
dress, or money, or display, made me somewhat narrov,- in my judg- 
ments afterward as to the aristocracy of money, or the necessities of 
dress and luxury, now so enormously prominent in the society of all 



INTRODUCTORY. 17 

onr cities. Washington -^-as a poor city ; the family of the chief 
justice was raised on $2800 a j'ear— less than the President's cook 
receives now ; and in all the most elegant houses one found economy 
to be heaven's first law. "Where was there a more cultivated, charm- 
ing, amusing society' than it was, or a more homely one ? Tin chan- 
deliers holding dripping candles illuminated the grandest salons. 
Young ladies dressed on a hundred dollars a year, and looked quite 
as well as they do now on ten thousand a year. There was " plain 
living and high thinking." I remember well breakfasting with Mr. 
"Webster to meet Mr. Longfellow at a very simple little house with 
a plain but good breakfast. Never have I heard such conversation as 
at that breakfast, so wonderfully brilliant it was, but I also re- 
member the scorn which was expressed because a rather over-dressed 
young Southern lady came in a too fine silk gown. I dare say she 
found our mousseline de laines quite as below tone as we found her 
silk dress too splendid ! 

With this training, as I have said, I came to New York to find a 
citj" whose moral precept was essentially different from that in which 
I had been educated. The best mothers were entirely occupied in 
giving their daughters handsome clothes and a good setting forth for 
a worldly career. These girls were not as thoroughly educated as 
the New England girls, but they were more highly accomplished. 
They could play the piano and speak French (and sometimes Ital- 
ian) better than we could, but they knew very little of literature. 
They had not what is now called ctilture. These excellent mothers, 
however, (and they were just as devoted, and as good, according to 
their lights, as the New England mothers,) were wont to advance 
worldly ideas, which seemed to me to be rank heresy. Thej' sounded 
very unlike that New England formula, which every New England 
woman will remember, " My dear, it is of no sort of consequence 
how you look, if you are good.'' Or, "My dear, I trust 1 shall 
never hear from the lips of a daughter of mine that she would rather 
go to a party than to sit up with a sick friend." Or, " My daughter, 
I hope you will marry for love, or not at all. A log cabin and an 
educated man for a husband are better than a vulgarian, with 
money," etc., etc. 

In New York, I was once shocked to hear a mother say to her 
daughter (and she was a verj^ estimable woman, too), " I wish you 
to be confirmed at Grace Church, because it is a more fashionable 
church than Ascension. I should be very much ashamed of you if 
you married a poor man. I should be ashamed of myself, and un- 
worthy of j^our father's confidence if I allowed any girl to be better 
dressed than you are." 

It seemed to me that these were worldly maxims, and that the lady 
was preaching down her daughter's heart, and I wondered if this 
were that larger world of which I then knew nothing. Afterward 
I saw much of English women in their homes, and while I found 
much more of the New England simplicity in their daily lives, I found 



13 THE SEASON. 

also that dress and style and pompous display and good marriages 
were necessarj' for the " London season," and that deep in the heart 
of every English mother was the desire that her daughter should be a 
"success." The horizon of the worldly world was enlarging. Now 
again, I have lived to hear the most fashionable rector of the most 
fashionable church in New York say the most severe things of the 
young ladies who have grown up under the verj"^ precepts which I 
have heard advanced by the best mothers in New York for many 
years, I might almost say which I have heard preached from its 
pulpits. 

" To succeed " is an American gospel. It would have been im- 
possible, ungrateful, unfilial, for girls reared in such an atmosj)here 
as this of commercial New Y^ork to be otherwise than worldly, 
devoted to dress and amusement. That they have sometimes gone too 
far is not half so much to be wondered at as that they have stopped 
at all, considering their environment. And j^et at this moment, 
when from press and pulpit resounds the denunciation of the New 
Y'ork woman of fashion, I beg to sj^eak a humble word in her praise. 
I know not what angel has guarded her, but she is, I think, one of 
the best creatures in the world. She is pure, good, loving, an ex- 
cellent wife and mother, and the most devoted to good \vorks of any 
woman in the world. Such is my sincere conviction. The New 
York fashionable woman has energj'-, industry and forethought. She 
is not behind the men in her business capacity. She looketh well to 
the waj's of her household, and she is the patroness of many chari- 
ties in which she works hard. She does " no end" of good every 
day of her life. If by your "fruits shall ye know them," look at 
her rosy daughters. There was never in any town a set of more jDure, 
beautiful, good, young girls than at present inhabit New York. 
They are the daughters of these very belles, whose mothers used to 
shock one by their Avorldly advice. Thej', these comparatively young 
mammas, are giving their daughters better advice, as to health and 
exercise, than their mothers gave them, but they still advise dress, 
pleasure and " success." But be that as itmaj^ the idea of virtue and 
a good life is deeply and thoroughly integrated in the Anglo-Saxon 
mind ; and no matter how manj'- examples one can bring — and alas ! 
there are several very prominent ones, the foolish virgins who 
prefer to go to Paris and accomplish the caj^ture of the Prince of 
Wales, to being respectably married at home, also of the vain, silly 
adventuresses who have married merely to cloak adventure, and 
who make the name of American infamous abroad — there are still 
ten thousand noble, true, amiable and honorable wives, and moth- 
ers, sweet young girls, and cultivated elder sisters among the-€ash- 
ionable women of New York, who j'et wear fine dresses, drive in 
most luxurious carriages, live a life of pleasure in the proper sense, 
dance at balls in the winter, and go to Newport in the summer. 

I have seen but verj^ few dawdlers in fashionable life. They are 
busy and hard-working women. They educate themselves after they 



JSTRODUCTORY. 19 

leave school ; they are charitable young women ; they go to hosiDitals ; 
sing for the poor prisoners ; nurse the suffering ; do church work ; 
are fond of philanthropic enterprises ; as if each had read Lady 
Clara Vere de Vere, they 

" Teach (he orphan boy to read, 
Or teach the orphan girl to sew." 

I have known a most fashionable girl, one who went to all the cotil- 
lions, cause herself to be wakened in the morning early, take her cold 
bath, and before ten o'clock she was in the poorest tenement house in 
the poorest part of the city teaching a class of little beggars to be 
clean, to be good, to be useful. 

With all New England at my back, I could not have been so ener- 
getically good as that. 

It is the province of those who are educated with a disdain of 
wealth, fashion and display, to narrowly suppose that all the virtues 
belong to those who renounce the world; But I have not found that 
to be true. Is there not one vice more than all the rest, among 
those who elect to tread the thorny path, and is not that vice a want 
of love for one's fellow-man, and forgiveness for those who differ 
from us ? I must say that a long and intimate acquaintance with 
the New York fashionable woman has but strengthened my respect 
for her. I have seen less selfishness, less egotism, less introspection, 
less morbid self-consciousness, and much more energetic work, self- 
sacrifice, and nobility of daily life, than one could suppose possible, 
among those whose every wish has been consulted since childhood. 
It is as if.thej^were beautiful roses raised under glass, under false 
conditions, in a forced atmosphere, but yet the undying principle 
of the rose had asserted itself. Its^native tender or gorgeous hue, its 
unrivalled perfume, its supreme and healthy leaflets have found in 
luxury the proper and wholesome elements of perfection. 

One only fault seems to adhere to the most perfect woman of fash- 
ion, who is at the same time a good woman. She is perhaps always 
a little bit of a snob. She is afraid of her position. She " does 
not know if she can knov/ certain people." Here she betrays her- 
self. The Duchess of Sutherland can know anybody. The true 
woman of fashion confers the order of knighthood ; she does not 
stoop for the accolade to anybody, and if every queen of fashion 
would saj' this to herself, New York would escape that imi^utation of 
vulgarity which does certainly attach to a large portion of the best 
society. 

But we defy any city in the world to produce women who are lead- 
ing more sincerely Christian and noble lives than the best women of 
fashion in New York, Of course there are pretenders, women who 
have no right to be in the ranks of fashion, and girls who are far 
from being ladies in any sense of the word. To these the sermons 
of the Eeverend Morgan Dix could well be addressed. The fault to 



30 THE ^'^EASOX 

be found with such sermons as his, is the unanswerable one, that 
people who listened to them were not the guilty ones, and those to 
whom they were addressed do not care a sixpence for any sermon in 
the world. The fault woiild seem to lie just here. The Eeverend 
gentleman blames the fashionable woman for being what she has 
been brought up to be, and fails to recognize her splendid virtues. 
He does not praise her for keeping her energy, her honesty, her sweet 
motherhood, her love of imi^rovement, and her philanthropy through 
all the temptations of a worldly and luxurious life. The fashionable 
church is somewhat soporific, it does not rouse the soul to a life of 
sacrifice. The fashionable salon is not as inspiring to elevated 
thought, and to elegant conversation, as were the drawing-rooms of 
Kecamier and de Stael. The environment of Wall Street is not so 
moral and so pure as to bring her in contact with the precepts of 
Erasmus and Luther. The tone of the nineteenth century is some- 
what dangerous to the devout. And yet with all these drawbacks to 
her better and higher advancement I have a great respect for the 
New York woman of fashion. M. E. W. S. 



TO A SLIPPER. 

BY G. M. GEAY. 

When my great-great-great-grandmamma 
Was but a maid of sweet sixteen, 

This slipper, faded now and frayed, 
Was hers in pride of satin sheen, 

'T hath danced in statelj'' minuet, 

And as it twinkled in and out 
Beneath her brocade petticoat 

'T hath tortured many a Jheart, no doubt. 

It hath a small, unsteadj'' heel, 
And such a curious, pointed toe, 

That with a strangely mincing tread. 
Must she have been constrained to go. 

Yet I doubt not her powdered hair 
And glancing eyes accorded well 

With these same marionette-like steps. 
And made her lovers' bosoms swell. 

My dear great-great-great-grandmamma 
Long since was clothed in heavenly guise 

For spite this slipper frivolous 

She walked this world in godly wise. 



INTRO D UCTOR Y. 21 



EMERSON'S POETRY. 



An Essay Eead by Dk. Oliter Wendell Holmes, beeoee the Nine- 
teenth Centuey Club, April 17th. 

Dr. Holmes said that he should first put and trj' to answer four 
questions : 

First. ^Vhat are the chief merits and defects of Mr. Emerson's 
poetry ; what is its prevailing character, and of what other poets 
does he most remind us ? 

Second. Why does Mr. Emerson, master of a harmonious and 
beautiful prose style, write poetry ? 

Third. Why does any one who can express himself without the 
hindrances of rhythm and rhyme write poetry ? 

Fourth. What is poetry, that it should exercise such an attrac- 
tion for those who read it or listen to it, and more especially for 
those who write it ? 

Dr. Holmes said that some of the questions seemed as dry as hay 
which had long been stacked, but his pen, which was to him what 
the pitchfork was to the farmer, was in his hand, and he proposed to 
toss them over once more in the sunshine of his hearers' intelli- 
gence. He should take them, he said, in the reversed order. Poetry 
he defined as impassioned or inspiring thought expressed in musi- 
cal, commonly in metrical, language. It need not necessarily be 
impassioned, but if not inspiring, however agreeable the verse might 
be, critics were disposed to deny it the name of poetry. But differ- 
ent minds are very diiferentlj' impressed by the same poems, the 
speaker said, and he illustrated by several examples. It was very 
difiicult to fix any absolute standard of what was inspiring. Poetry 
was the natural flowing out of eloquence. Highly excited thought 
became imaginative and, under certain conditions, rhythmical. Dr. 
Holmes illustrated this by the sing-song whine of certain preachers, 
which developed into intoning, and then into chants and hymns. He 
then showed the curious relation between the rhythms of verse and 
respiration, which be said he had before pointed out in an article 
contributed to a medical journal. The " fatal facility" of octo- 
syllabic verse was owing to the fact that people breathe from sixteen 
to twenty times in a minute and read about the same number of 
these lines, at the ordinary rate of reading, in the same period of 
time, so that there was one breath, that is, one expiration, to each 
line. It was the easiest measure to read aloud, and in silent mental 
articulation one felt the same kind of facility. Dr. Holmes then 
continued : 

There is another important character of poetry, in that it is the 
form in which we dare to tell our secrets. Poetry is to prose what 
the so-called " full dress" of the ball-room is to the plainest gar- 
ments of the household and the street. It shows less clothing and 
more ornament. " Full dress" is that which is so full of beauty that 



2^ THE SEASOA\ 

it cannot hold it all, and some of its redundancj^ overflows the 
margin of its silken or other receptacle. The pearl or diamond 
necklace excuses the liberal allowance of undisguised nature. Just 
so the poet reveals his hidden self in verse and trusts to his imagina- 
tion and the beaut}^ of his rhj^thms and rhymes to justify and com- 
mend his self-exposure. Why j)ersons who can write well in prose 
choose verse is accounted for in various ways. Many do it because 
they are less wise than their neighbors, in plain English, fools. The 
delight which versifiers have in tagging rhymes together and the satis- 
faction they feel in overcoming the difficulties of versification are 
most intense. No infatuation surpasses that of the person w'ho 
believes himself a poet. The man who recites his verses to every 
listener he can button-hole is the most fearful of beings. The 
Homans often put at their thresholds as a warning cave canemj it 
should be cave caneniem. 

WHY MANY PEOPLE WTtlTE IN VEKSE. 

The speaker added that another reason why so many wrote in verse 
was because it brought such a reward of popularity when it meets the 
feelings and tastes of the community. Next to the successful soldier 
—sometimes more than he — the poet was the jiopular idol. Dr. 
Holmes illustrated this by the examples of Burns and of John 
Howard Payne, the author of a single popular ij^ric. He then gave 
the reasons v\'hich he sui3posed led Mr. Emerson to write in verse 
occasionally. He supposed it was partly an instinctive movement 
and j)artly because he wanted greater freedom than prose allowed 
him. He had himself spoken of the extraordinary fondness of the 
world for its poets, and might have been not unwilling to avail him- 
self of this predilection. The reader of his early essay, "Nature," 
would see by what process he passed from prose to poetry. He did 
not make his poet (who was himself, doubtless,) sing m verse, but he 
puts into his mouth that which he meant as the most complete ex- 
posure of his inner thoughts. " When it took the metrical form it 
was commonly one of the simplest, much of it being in what you 
may smile to hear me call the normal respiratory verse." Dr. 
Holmes then continued as follows : 

A good deal of Mr. Emerson's i^oetry shufSes along, but there is an 
individuality in it. His verse was evolved by an instinctive movement 
in his highest movements of inspiration. He climbs to verse upon 
the ste^Ds of his imaginative prose. I was sitting at table recently 
in a very intelligent company, when my next neighbor expressed the 
opinion that his fame would not be enduring. On the other side of 
me sat a gentleman who expressed his inability to see the excellence 
for w^hich Emerson was admired. I made no comments on the 
remarks of m}"" neighbors. There are certain subjects that I would 
no more let loose at a dinner-party than I would carry a hornet's 
nest into a nurserj', or a watchman's rattle into a Quaker meeting ; 



INTRODUCTORY. XJo 

they are worse than a package of dynamite in an 'old woman'.} 
warming-pan. [Laughter.] Some who value Emerson's prose writ- 
ings bear a prejudice against his verse. His poetry is more apt to be 
slighted or misunderstood than his prose. Why is it not so popular 
as many of us think it ought to be ? Few poems are widely and per- 
manently popular which are not of plain significance, of simple con- 
struction and relating to the every-daj^ interests of humanity. Two 
of Mr, Emerson's poems which stand in the foreground, namely, 
" The Sphinx" and " Brahma," have no doubt frightened of£ many 
readers from his i^oems. These two poems were likely to perplex 
and perhaps discourage many readers, who, if they had begun with 
other poems of Emerson and kept these till the last, might have 
become loyal Emersonians. 

MR. EMEKSON A CITIZEN OF THE UNIVEESE. 

The difference between Mr. Emerson's poetrj^ and that of others 
with whom he might naturally be compared is that of algebra and 
arithmetic. He is always seeing the universe in the particular. The 
great bulk of mankind care more for two and two —something 
definite, a fixed quantity — than a cc h, with % 1 and other symbols 
implying undetermined amounts and indefinite iDossibilities. Emer- 
son is a citizen of the universe, who has taken up his residence for a 
few days and nights in this travelling caravansery between the two 
inns which hang out the signs of Venus and Mars. This little 
planet could not provincialize such a being. The fascination of his 
poems is in their spiritual depth and sincerity and their all-pervad- 
ing symbolism. Nothing is vulgar if he touches it — give him a milk- 
ing-stool or an ale-house bench to sit ui)on, he throws his imperial 
purple over it, and it becomes a throne. Sometimes, of course, sj^m- 
bolism is like to become more or less fantastic, as in the famous 
story of the comments upon Fannie Ellsler's dancing, no doubt in- 
vented for him and Margaret Fuller by some saucy fellow, but worth 
telling if half a dozen of the audience possibly may not have heard 
it. The seer and seeress have just seen the danseuse execute a mag- 
nificent gyration with wondrous breadth and grace of movement. 
" Margaret, this is poetry !" says the seer. '* Waldo, this is relig- 
ion !" replies the seeress. 

But witlif this sense of the infinite in all things, of sj'mbolism 
everywhere, Emerson united a keen eye for the every-day aspects of 
nature and almost child-like enjoyment of them. His eye is always, 
however, that of the poet, not that of the man of science. The poet 
couples ideas h^ their spiritiial, imaginative, fanciful affinities ; the 
scientific man by their totality of resemblance, so as to organize 
them in serial groups. Mr. Emerson's poems are like some of our 
stained-glass windows, in which the picture may be hard to make 
out, but the effect is beautiful and impressive, and the light which 
shines through them is light from heaven. 



24 THE SEASON. 

Mr. Emerson's love for the beautiful and grand in riatnre shines 
out all along in lovely or noble forms ; but where Cuvier or Linnajus 
would describe he touches the object with a single ray of imagina- 
tion. The mind of the poet is full of what lawyers call the flotsam 
and jetsam, strange joarcels of thought that come from — we know not 
where, but only know that they are ours now, at any rate. 

HIS POETEY UNLIKE THAT OP ANT OTHER AUTHOE. 

Mr. Emerson's poetry is so unlike that of any other author that 
no one would think of him as unfairly appropriating any other's 
thought or language ; but the atmosphere is a strong solution of all 
the words that were ever spoken in it, and the better the thoughts 
uttered the more largely are they taken up and the more widelj'^ are 
they diffused through the solution. In comparing Wordsworth's way 
of thought and feeling with Emerson's, I should say, if I wished to 
be epigrammatic, that Emerson contemplated himself as belonging to 
nature and Wordsworth felt as if nature belonged to himself. In 
studj'ing his poems we must not overlook the great delicacy of their 
descriptive portions. If in the flights of his imagination he is like 
the strong-winged bird of passage, in his exquisite choice of descrip 
tive epithets he reminds me of the enuirostrals. That subtle selective 
instinct of his penetrates the vocabulary for the one word it wants 
as the long, slender bill of those birds dives deep into the soil for its 
particle of nourishment. I did not i)ropose to take up your time 
this evening with reading extracts from Emerson's poems. You have 
already seen many admirable selections from those in Mr. Sted- 
man's thoughtful and scholarly essay. But here is one passage 
w^hich shows so exquisitely the two different conditions— wings 
closed and selective instinct picking out its descriptive expressions; 
then suddenly, wings flashing open and the imagination at once in 
the highest heaven of invention — that I will render it slowly, hoping 
that you will listen carefully. It is from the poem called "Fate." 

Follow the pitiful inventory of insignificances of the forlorn 
being he describes, with that strange pathetic wit which is more 
likely to bring a tear than a smile, and then mark the magnificent 
h}^3erbole of the last two lines : 

" Alas 1 that one is born in blight, 
Victim of perpetual slight ; 
When thou lookest on his face. 
Thy heart saith, " Brother, go thy ways ! 
None shall a?k thee what thou doest, 
Or care a rush for what thou knowest, 
Or listen when thou repliest, 
Or remember where thou liest ; 
Or how thou supper is sodden. 
And another is born 
To make the sun forgotten."' 



INT ROD UGTOTi Y. 25 



THE CHAEMS OF EMEESON'S POEMS. 

There is a charm in Mr. Emerson's poems which cannot be defined 
any more than the fragrance of the rose or the hyacinth ; any more 
than the tone of a voice that we shoukl know from all others, if all 
mankind should pass before ns and each one call us by name. The 
personal equation which differentiates two observers is not confined 
to the tower of the astronomer. Every human being is intrusted by 
nature with a new combination of eloquence. His mind is a safe 
which only certain letters will unlock. His ideas follow in an order 
of their own. His words group themselves together in sequences, in 
rhythms, in unlooked-for combinations, the total effect of which is 
to stamp all that he says or writes with his individuality. We can- 
not assign any reason for the fascination that Emerson exercises over 
us ; but he lives in the highest atmosphere of thought ; he is always 
in the presence of the Infinite ; he unites a loyaltj' and dignity of 
manner with the simiDlicity of primitive nature. His words and 
phrases arrange themselves as if by an elective afiinity of their own, 
with a felicit}' which captivates and enthralls the reader who comes 
under his infiuence. In all that he says for us we recognize the 
same serious, pure, intelligent and moral nature, infinitely precious 
to us not only in itself, but as a promise of what the air and soil and 
breeding of this western world may yet educe from their potential 
virtues. [Applause.] 

Emerson's faith was too much for the traditional formulae that he 
found around him. In other days he would have lost his life as a 
non-conformist, or in earlier daj's would have met the fate of Savon- 
arola. His deep, sweet humanitj^ won him love everywhere, even 
with those who looked upon him as threatening their citadel, while 
they M'ere quarrelling with those who assailed their outworks. 

His writings in prose and verse are worthy of all honor and ad- 
miration, but his manhood was the noblest of al his high endow- 
ments. A bigot here and there may have avoided meeting him, but 
if he who knew what was in men had wandered from door to door in 
New England, as of old in Palestine, I cannot help believing that one 
of the thresholds which " those blessed feet " would have crossed to 
hallow and receive its hospitality would have been that of the lovely 
and quiet home of Emerson. 



FAME. 

BY E. W. EMEESON. 

Ah Fate, cannot a man 

Be wise without a beard ? 
From East to West, from Beersheba to Dan, 

Say, was it never heard 



2C) THE SEASON. 

That wisdom might in youth be gotten, 
Or wit be rii^e before 'twas rotten ? 

He pays too high a j^rice 

For knowledge and for fame 
"Who gives his sinevvs to be wise, 

His teeth and bones to buy a name, 
And crawls through life a paralytic 
To earn the praise of bard and critic. 

Is it not better done, 

To dine and sleeja through fortj^ years. 
Be loved by few, be feared by none, 

Laugh life away, have wine for tears, 
And take the mortal leap undaunted. 
Content that all we ask was granted ? 

But Fate will not permit 

The seed of gods to die, 
Nor suffer sense to win from wit 

Its guerdon in the sky ; 
Nor let us hide, whate'er our pleasure. 
The world's light underneath a measure. 

Go then, sad youth, and shine ! 

Go, sacrifice to Fame ; 
Put love, Joy, health, upon the shrine, 

And life to fan the flame ! 
Thy hapless self for praises barter. 
And die to Fame an honored martyr. 

From the Springfield RepuUican. 



THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN. 

BY THE EEV. DR. MORGAN DIX. 

" Indeed," Dr. Dix continued, "there is a gross fallacy, a sophism 
underneath the talk of those who annoy us with the agitation of this 
question. It is assumed that a higher education for the girl must be 
the same that her brother gets. Look at the juggle in the words. 
Let us drop the terms higher and lower and take a better one — equal. 
Here, for exam2:)]e, is a father who has two children, a boy and a girl. 
He loves them both alike, he wishes to do the best for each that he 
can. Let him stop his ears to delusive talk about higher and lower. 
He wants his daughter to be as well educated as his son ; he is right 
so far. But he does not mean that his daughter shall be educated 
exactly like his son. If he did he would deserve to be stamped as a 



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fool. He cannot dream of training them exactly alike ; there would 
be no more sense m ^diicating his girl on the bo)^'s line^ than his boy 
on the girl's line. Yet each m\ist be equally well instructed. 
Equally good education must they have. But the same they cannot 
have ; else he is a theorist who has lost common-sense. Equally well 
must the young men and maidens be taught ; but in the same way 
and on the same principles and system, as if there were one and the 
same future for both ? God forbid. 

" Now this is the only way in which the harmony of the sexes is to 
be maintained ; in which fhey are to be made the complement of 
each other ; in which the woman shall be enabled to be to the man 
all that he needs, while he shall hold her in her honor and devotion 
which are her due. To preserve throughout the distinction made by 
God is the highest and the first of ah canons of education. For a 
woman taken out of place and traiaed among men, and as a man, is 
not an object which men can admire or love. The specimens pro- 
duced by that rude, barbarian culture repel ; they can never attract. 
■\Vhat are called ' professional beauties ' are simply beneath con- 
tempt. But there is a true female beauty made up, perhaps, of an 
exterior wrapping ; but essentially of an interior loveliness, and the 
light of a true woman-spirit and woman soul has in it a distinct and 
immense value for us all ; it is among the most powerful of moral 
levers ; it has again and again been the salvation of imperilled men. 
But when, by some absurd system of training, the woman as God 
made her, and as she is portrayed in the Magnificat, has vanished 
away, and when the spirit which surveys you from the eyes of a 
woman is one from which a woman's thought, a woman's faith, a 
woman's tenderness have flown ; and in place of these you trace the 
virile tone, and something of the hardness, boldness, grossness of 
men ; when, in short, a man's soul seems to be staring at you, domi- 
neeringly or insultingly from what seems to be a woman's forehead, 
that is the sign of a loss to us and to the world never to be suflti- 
ciently deplored. The subject is not to be treated lightly ; it is a 
terrible theme. It is a fact that the personage known as the strong- 
minded woman is justly odious and dreadful. The beauty, the grace, 
are fled ; strident, dogmatic, nagging, she constitutes the worst of all 
imaginable social trials. It is no accident ; it is inevitable ; for she 
is in herself the sign and instance of unfitness, a thing that ought 
not to be, a person not herself but disguised as some one else, mask- 
ing in the carnival of this troubled life— leaving behind her a place 
that is empty and duties which are not fulfilled. 

" It is better to drop a dubious jDhrase that has no exact meaning. 
If by higher education you mean that women are to be trained and 
taught in the same way as men, we oppose it as a folly and a fraud. 
But if by higher education you mean that woman shall receive an 
education equally good, equally practical and the best that can be 
provided — to be taught and trained not as men but as women, and to 
fulfil a woman's mission in a woman's place — then we say amen with 



28 THE SEASOX 

all the heart. It is such an education as will develop the true and 
full idea of womanhood, as distinct from manhood ; an education 
vhich will give the highest type of the woman, which will bless and 
comfort the world with the precious boon of real women as God 
meant them to be, and not with poor copies and poor imitations of 
men— an education which will separate them more and more from 
the man's sijhere and position, while yet it enables her to act, from 
her own sphere and her own place, more efficiently upon man for his 
good and happiness. Whatever she may add, this first ought she to 
have ; a training which will qualify her to make her own home, to 
keep it pure and sweet, to rule and govern it prudently, to make it 
in the eyes of men the most attractive scene, the abode of goodness, 
beauty and truth. " 



SUNDAY IN WALL STREET. 

BY CHAELES H. CEANDALL. 

From Broadway to the river's strand 

The street in silence lies ; 
Old Trinity, an upturned hand, 

Points finger to the skies. 

Now swells the invitation sweet 

From the soft-chiding bells, 
And footsteps sound in many a street 

Thoughout their parallels. 

No hand or sunlight warms to-day 

The wealth yon buildings hold ; 
On j^'onder stejis there sits at play 

A child with hair of gold. 

Ah, fateful street, thy strife is loud 

When all thy dollars shake, 
And from their friction's dust the crowd 

Their various livings take ! 

But more I love this Sabbath-voice 

Whose softer accents say 
That higher wealth still moves the choice 

Of men to keep this day ; 

That not in vain do Heaven's rifts 

Shine in the children's ej^es ; 
That not in vain the church-spire lifts 

Its finger to the skies. 

From the New York T)nbune. 



29 



INTEODUCTORY. 
THE FAIR COPY-HOLDER. 

BY C. H. C. 

Yon ^vindow frames her like a saint 

Within some old cathedral rare ; 
Perhai^s she is not quite so quaint, 

And yet I think her full as fair I 

All daj^ she scans the written lines, 

Until the last dull proof is ended, 
Calling the various words and signs 

By which each error may be mended. 

An interceding angel, she, 

'Twixt jjrinting-press and author's pen — 
Perhaps she'd find some faults in me ! 

Say, maiden, can you not read men ? 

Forgive me, gentle girl, but while 

You bravely work I've been reflecting 
That somewhere in this world of guile, 

There' s some one's life needs your correcting. 

Methinks 'tis time you learned this art, 

Which makes the world's wide page read better ; 

For love needs proving, heart with heart. 
As well as type with written letter. 

From the Century. 

A LOVE SONG. 

BY K. V. F. 

At early dawn, 
At peep of morn. 
When all the flowers 
Are bathed in showers 
Of crystal dew ; 
When life seems new ; 
When all birds sing. 
And on the wing, 
Flit and fly, 
Now low, now high ; 
When filmy clouds 
The sunlight shrouds 
In blushing hue. 
As rose leaves strew 



30 



THE SEASON. 

Pink petals o'er 
The gold-tipped floor 
Of meadows green, 
In summer's sheen, — 
I fling my lattice to the sky, 

My. heart is joyous, light and free ; 
I have a thought that's ever by — 
My lover true will come to me. 

But when the dew, 

The flowers woo 

At coming night ; 

When stars glow bright ; 

"When brooklets flow 

So soft and low ; 

When all the trees 

To Summer's breeze. 

Turn fragrant sheaves 

Of fair green leaves ; 

When flowers sleep, 

And fire-flies keep 

Their watch o'er hill, 

And lawn and rill ; 

W^hen birds at rest, 

In each soft nest, 

Are cooing sweet. 

In joy comiDlete, — 
My eyes their song of gladness tell 

My stejDs are to the gate side fleet, 
For happy now, I know full well 

My own true love I there shall meet. 

Fi'om the Queen. 



THE BRIDE'S TOILET. 

(The Conciergerie, 1793.) 

BY EliLiEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON. 

*' Dame ! how the moments go, 

And the bride is not ready ! 
Call all her tiring maids — 

Paul, Jean, and Thedie. 
Is this your robe, my dear ? 

Faith, but she's steady ! 
The bridegroom is blessed who q 

Such a brave lady. 



INTRODUCTORY. 31 

*'Pardie ! that throat is fair ; 

How he will kiss it ! 
Here is your kerchief, girl ; 

Did you not miss it ? 
Quick ! don these little shoes, 

White as yoiir foot is. 
Ho, Jean, Saint Guillotine 

Loves these fine beauties ! 

*'Now these long locks must go- 
Monsieur is waiting ; 

Short is the hour he gives 
To wooing and mating. 

Thedie, you fool, the shears ! — 
Time this was ended." 

Down falls the golden hair, 
Once lovingly tended. 

So from her prison doors 

Forth went the ladj' ; 
Silent the Bridegroom stood, 

Not a sound made he. 
Oh, but he clasped her close ! — 

Twas a brave lover. 
"Dance, dance La Carmagnole ! 

The bridal is over ! ' ' 

From Harper'' s Magazine. 

THE LADIES OF ST. JAMES'S. 

{A Proper Kew Ballad of the Country and the Toicn.) 

BY AUSTIN DOBSON. 

The ladies of St. James's 

Go swinging to the play ; 
Their footmen run before them, 

With a " Stand by ! Clear the way !" 
But Phyllida, my Phyllida ! 

She takes her buckled shoon. 
When we go out a-courting 

Beneath the harvest moon. 

The ladies of St. James's 

Wear satin on their backs ; 
They sit all night at Omhre, 

With candles all of wax ; 



32 THE SEASON. 

But Phyllida, my Phyllida ! 

She dons lier russet gown 
And runs to gather May dew 

Before the world is down. 

The ladies of St. James's, 

They are so fine and fair, 
You'd think a box of essences 

Was broken in the air ; 
But Phyllida, my Phyllida ! 

The breath of heath and furze, 
When breezes blow at morning, 

Is scarce so fresh as hers. 

The ladies of St. James's 

They're painted to the eyes ; 
Their white it stays forever, 
^ Their red it never dies ; 

But Phyllida, my Phyllida ! 

Her color comes and goes ; 
It trembles to a lily, 

It wavers to a rose. 

The ladies of St. James's 

With " Mercy !" and with '' Lud !" 
■ They season a]J their speeches 

(They come of noble blood) : 
But Phyllida, my Phyllida ! 

Her shy and simple words 
Are sweet as, after rain-drops. 

The music of the birds. 

The ladies of St. James's 

They have their fits and freaks ; 
They smile on you — for seconds. 

They frown on you — for weeks : 
But Phyllida, my Phyllida ! 

Come either storm or shine, 
From Shrove-tide unto Shrove-tide 

Is always true — and mine. 

My Phyllida ! my Phyllida ! 

I care not though they heap 
The hearts of all St. James's, 

And give me all to keep ; 
I care not whose the beauties 

Of all the world may be, 
For Phyllida- for Phyllida 

Is all the world to me ! 

From Harper" s Magazine. 



ISTRODUCTORY. 33 



FANCY-DRESS BALLS OF OTHER DAYS. 

Mes. Vanderbixt's ball will recall to the memory of the elder mem- 
bers of New York society a succession of fancy-dress assemblies 
which took place in houses situated all the way from Bowling Green 
to Madison Square, 

Mme. Brugiere received at her house, No. 30 Broadway, about the 
year 1826, a large number of Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore 
people as well as her city friends, at a brilliant fancy-dress ball. The 
house of the hostess was remarkable for its entertainment of promi- 
nent Americans and foreigners, and her notes of invitation drew to- 
gether a distinguished and expectant company who had taxed then- 
wits and their pockets, the theatres and the dressmakers for their 
costumes. The adjoining house was opened into Mme. Brugiere' s, 
and both were filled with flowers. 

Mrs. Henry Brevoorfs costume ball in 1840 was made memorable 
by the elopement of Miss Matilda Barclay, the daughter of Anthony 
Barclay, and Mr. Burgwyne, of South Carolina. The young lady's 
father was the British Consul-General and resided in College Place. 
The ball took place in the house now occupied by Charles de Bham, 
at Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street. 

A masked party which assembled the Knickerbocker element in 
New York society was given in the year 1851 by Mrs. Jared Stuyves- 
ant at her house in Second Avenue. About one hundred and fifty 
people were present. 

A ball in costume was given at the old City Hotel in the palmy 
days of that hostelry. It was given by subscription, and attracted 
many of the old families that lived in Bowling Green and the other 
streets near the Battery. Among the attendants appear the familiar 
names of Lispenard SteM'art, Bayard Clarke, the Hamersleys, New- 
bolds and Le Koys. 

One of the present leaders of New York society has pasted in her 
scrap-book a newspaper report of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Schermerhorn's 
costume derigueur reception,.whichtook place about forty years ago, at 
No. — Great Jones Street. It was indeed a rigorous costume party, 
for the dress was limited to the style of Louis XV., it being, the 
report says, the first Louis Quinze ball given in this country, though 
fancy-dress balls had become not uncommon. As the invitations 
plainly stated what costume was required, only two hundred and fifty 
of the six hundred invitations were honored by attendance, the ladies 
being in the majority. Some of the costumes were said to have cost 
$600 each, and their aggregate cost was estimated at $40,000. The 
rooms were furnished in Louis Quinze style, and the servants were in 
costume of the same period. Waltzes, cotillions and minuets were 
danced. The men, with two exceptions, had their whiskers or im- 
perials shaved off to conform to the costume, excepting that gentle- 
men dressed in mousquetaire costumes might wear these facial orna- 
ments. The company arrived at 10 p.m. The chronicler, with amus- 



34 THE SEA80K 

ing mock modesty, gave only the first and last letters of people's 
names, as Miss J— y, for Miss Jay. 

The following were notable costumes, and may interest ladies : 

Miss Jancey : Train, called hahii, of rich brocade, white ground, 
with large colored bouquets, richly interwoven with silver and gold — 
the real Pompadour pattern, which was trimmed en fcmfrelaches—the 
trimming of the time, composed of point lace, cherry' colored pom- 
I)ons, interspersed with silver ornaments. This was looped up with 
half garlands of roses and silver branches. The front of the dress 
(en tablier) was composed of white satin, covered, by three large 
flounces of old point lace, separated by puffings of tulle and fanfre- 
luches, over which fell gracefully half garlands of roses meeting the 
habit and continuing all around, and falling over a richly trimmed 
white satin underdress. The corsage, cut square a la Louis Quinze, 
was also trimmed with fanfreluches to correspond with the dress. 
This costume was strictly copied after a picture of Marie Antoinette, 
at her first reception as Dauphine of France, toward the close of the 
reign of Louis Quinze. Hair powdered, with gold and silver glitter- 
ing in the powder, and ornamented with roses. This dress had a 
dazzling effect. 

Miss Georgiana Berryman, now Mrs. James Strong, wore a white 
satin underskirt, trimmed with bullions de tulle, cherry colored rib- 
bon ; overskirt of cherry moire antique, looped up in five places with 
white and cherry colored roses and ribbon ; waist trimmed with 
diamonds ; wig ornamented with diamonds and flowers, and pow- 
dered. 

Mrs. Schermerhorn wore an underskirt of orange satin, overskirt of 
purple satin, richly trimmed with old jjoint lace, white wig, and hat 
a la Pompadoar. 

W. C. Schermerhorn, the host, was attired in the costume of a Col- 
onel of Light Horse of the reign of Louis Quinze, scarlet velvet coat 
and breeches, white vest and chaj)eau. 

Among the guests present were the following : Miss A. F — r. Miss 
T— e. Miss L. B -d— n, Miss K. W— e, Miss Mc— y. Miss E. J— s. 
Miss A. J— n— s, Miss F. D., Miss M. D., Mrs. T— o, Mrs. W— d— e, 
Mrs. D— y— n, Mrs. P— d~n, Mrs. H— t, Mrs. J— s, Mr. S— If, Mr. 
M— e, Mr. P— r, Jr., Mr. L-st— n, Mr. W. L— n, Mr. Mc— y, Mr. 
J_c_y, Mr. H-n, Mr. E— t J- s. 

Woodbury G. Langdon gave a ball in aid of a charity at the Astor 
Place Opera House in 1849. It was a private gathering, and costumes 
were restricted to the style of Louis XV. and XVI. A feature of the 
ball was the lavish display of flowers, the walls being fairly covered. 

It was about twenty -six years ago — when the jjeople who now cast 
glances of solicitude and restraint on young people were themselves 
13laying at love — that Mrs. John Stevens gave a large fancy-dress ball 
at her house in College Place, the brown Corinthian columns of 
which many will remember. The house was just back of Columbia 
College. It is said that the hostess prepared a floor for dancing by 



INTRODUCTORY. 35 

the aid of a detachment from a city regiment, which marched to and 
fro across the room. Among the handsomely dressed people at this 
ball were Grenville Kane, John Wilmerding, Mr. Hudson, Mrs. 
Charles de Eham, Mrs. Edward Cunard, the daughters of James Gore 
King, the Misses Astor, Anthony Barclay, Mrs. Burgwyne, the hand- 
some daughters of Mrs. Barclay, and Miss Griffin, now Mrs. Viele. 

It was during the war, in 18G1 or 1862, that August Belmont gave a 
memorable masked ball at his house. Lord Hartington was a guest 
that evening, and had the temerity to wear a Confederate badge in the 
ball-room. A loyal gentleman present took offence at it, and after 
much persisting compelled its removal. A good deal of unpleasant- 
ness ensued, and at one time a duel seemed imminent. 

Mrs. Lorillard Ronalds gave a fancy-dress ball in the Leupp House, 
at Madison Avenue and Twenty-fifth Street, in the season of 1862-63. 
On this occasion the hostess wore gas-jet stars in her hair, the flames 
being fed by concealed reservoirs on her person. 

One of the handsomest fancj' balls ever given in this city was in 
the days of the old assemblies, and took jjlace at Delmonico's Four- 
teenth Street establishment. It was the last assembly of the season 
of 1872-73, and was given by the subscription of a few gentlemen. 
The costumes were so handsome that Mora had his hands full in 
photographing them afterward, the Prince of Wales being one of 
those who ordered a large number of photographs. An old resident 
gives it as his opinion that the women present were the handsomest 
New York ever held. Mrs. Paget (born Stevens), Mrs. (Coleman Dray- 
ton (then Miss Astor), Miss Breese, William Cutting, P. Marie, Ward 
McAllister and Isaac Bell were among the prominent persons who 
were present. A well-knou-n society leader made a sensation by af)- 
pearing in the elaborate toilet of a lady. Among the costumes worn 
were those of a French maiden, by Mrs. August Belmont ; an Egyp- 
tian princess, by Miss Adelaide Townsend (now Mrs. William Doug- 
las) ; a court lady, by Mrs. James P. Kernochan ; Julid, by Miss 
Yznaga ; Marie Stuart, by Mrs. Eobert Livingston ; Sir Walter Ral- 
eigh, by Levi. P. Morton ; a cavalier by G. Fearing ; a Crusader, by 
William Jay ; a gypsy, by Mrs. William Garner ; an Indian slave, 
Mrs. E. Leavitt, Jr., and Evening Star, Mrs. Clapp. Miss Astor, Mr. 
Bell, W. Duer, Miss Belmont, Miss Edith Fish, Miss Carrie May, Miss 
Oelrichs and the Misses Rutherfurd were among those who danced 
in the memorable " Folly" quadrille. 

COMMUNICATION. 

BY C. H. C. 

As trees that many a vale and hill 

Divide, yet, standing by one stre^.m, 

May through its subtle current seem 
To hold communication still ; 



36 THE SEASON. 

So, Friend, to thee my thought flows free, 
A constant current none may note, 
Excej)t when on its flood I float 

A letter, like a leaf, to thee. 



THE LITTLE MISSIONARY. 

BY C. H. C. 

I HAVE met her many mornings, 

With her basket on her arm. 

And a certain subtle charm, 
Coming not from her adornings, 

But the modest light that lies 

Deep within her shaded eyes. 

And she carries nought but blessing, 

As she journeys up and down 

Through the never-heeding town ; 
With her looks the ground caressing ; 

Yet I know her steps are bent 

On some task of good intent. 

Maiden, though you do not ask it, 

And your modest eyes may wink, 

I will tell you what I think, 
Queens might gladly bear your basket 

If they could appear as true 

And as good and sweet as you. 

From St. Nicholas. 



THE SEASON IN RETROSPECT. 

Containing too many interesting features for them all to be noticed 
in a brief resume, the record of the past eight months shows a num- 
ber of entertainments which will make the past winter's gayety 
memorable, and in some respects unique. The pages of this history 
will show that the amusements of society are becoming more varied ; 
that people have found out other fields of enjoyment than ball rooms. 
Dancing is well enough for those that like it, but as a constant amuse- 
ment it is now relegated to young girls and boys. Other and more 
healthy modes of exercise are becoming more favored for social diver- 
sions, as bowling, tennis, riding, etc. Then there has been quite a 
literar}^ renaissance this season, as shown by the interest in the Nine- 
teenth Century Club, the Thursday Evening Club, the night bloom- 
ing Ephemeron and other literary ventures. A good sign of this inter- 



INT ROD UCTORT. 37 

est is the disposal of people to listen to the best thought rather than 
put forward immature ideas of their own. The dramatic ventures 
have been no less noteworthy and popular. The productions of the 
Longfellow tableaux, the Bussian Honeymoon, the Old Love and the 
JS'ew, and the Princess, which Mrs. Potter, with her beautiful person- 
ality and artlessness, more charming than art, assisted by many de- 
voted and praiseworthy amateurs, made successful in every sense, 
were creditable alike for their charitable or patriotic object, and the 
pleasure they gave to society. The Amateur Dramatic Club have also 
delighted many people at the Madison Club Theatre. Music has also 
been more recognized as a means of social pleasure than formerly. 
The Lenten Glee Club, gotten up by Mr. Bayard Clarke, Jr., was a 
success from the start, resembling a feature of English society well 
w^orth copying. Mr. and Mrs. Almet Jenks's opera of liohinson Crusoe 
was like a woody island, filled with beguiling music and Cook's tour- 
ists, in the current of social pleasure. There have been many de- 
lightful musicales, and the melodies of Patti, Scalchi, Albani and 
Nilsson have not yet faded away in memory. There have been no 
balls during this season of the general interest and national character 
of the Casino ball of a j'ear ago. There have been many beautiful 
private balls, such as Mrs. Pierre Lorillard's, General Cutting's, Mrs. 
Lloyd Aspinwall's and others. The fancj'-dress ball was a beautiful 
gathering, and gave much enjoyment. It was not the fault of the host 
and hostess that there was altogether too much gossip, much of it un- 
truthful, talked and written about it. But such talk soon kills itself, and 
the entertainment will be remembered with pleasure as a bright page of 
social history. The Patriarchs, F. C. D. C. Ladies Assembly, Charity, 
Children's Carnival, Seventh Regiment, Twenty-second Eegiment, 
Old Guard and other balls, under able management, have been enjoy- 
able and successful. There have been many notable weddings, such 
as the Lowell — Baylies, Roosevelt — Shippen, "Witherbee — Stewart, 
Aspinwall — Sutton, Seney — Tappen, but they are too many to be 
mentioned. A true Knickerbocker flavor was given to the latter part 
of the winter by the Dutch Kirmess at Delmonico's. Then came the 
Hunt races, with their spice of danger and betting, down amid the 
apple blossoms of Long Island. Last, but not least, that sight for 
English eyes, the Coaching Club's parade took place, and with the 
flutter of a few orange blossoms, notably at the Fish-Northcote wed- 
ding, the gay months in the city are gone. ^Altogether it has been what 
it was predicted to be— a gay season. C. H. C. 



THE SEASON 



Thursday, August 31. 

Miss Geetrude Upshue, daughter of Commodore John H. Upshur, 
Commandant otthe Brooklyn Navy Yard, was married to William h! 
Hunt, Jr., a son of the ex-Secretary of the Navy. The Hev. Dr. Addi- 
son Atkins, of Philadelphia, performed the ceremony. Thomas Hunt 
was the best man. Eidgeley Hunt, George Upshur, Henry Murray 
and John A. Porter were ushers. Miss Virginia Kearney and Miss 
Kate Upshur were bridesmaids. A reception was held at the Navy 
Yard, and a throng of prominent people were present. 

^Vednesday, September 20. 

The Rockaway Hunt Club gave a german at the Kennels, Far Rock- 
away. 

Tuesday, September 26. 

Mrs. W. K. Vandeebilt's dance occurred at Oakdale. 

The Church of the Heavenly Rest was thrown open and brilliantly 
lighted in the afternoon, at four o'clock, to celebrate one of the first 
church weddings of the season, that of Mr. Eugene Crow to Miss Lil- 
lian Burdett. Mr. Arthur Merritt acted as best man, and entered 
with the groom to await at the altar the coming of the bridal party. 
The bride entered on her father's arm, preceded by the four ushers, 
Mr. C. A. Crow, Mr. Harry Burdett, Mr. Clinton Burdett, and Mr. 
William Burdett. 

The bride wore a walking suit of sapphire-blue brocaded velvet 
over a skirt of satin de Lyon of the same shade. The velvet drapery 
separated in front to show the skirt laid in knife plaits and bordered 
by a full ruching. The collar and cuffs were of Irish lace, and the 
small bonnet of blue, on one side of which was placed a cluster of 
pink ostrich tips. She carried a bouquet of white roses. 

Dr. Howland iDerformed the ceremony most impressively. The 
bride and groom on leaving the church went immediately to the 
steamer Queen, of the National Line, which sailed early the following 
morning for Europe. 



40 THE SEASON. 

Mrs. George C. Bnrdett, of No. 2121 Fifth Avenue, the mother of 
the bride, wore a rich black satin, made with square train profusely 
trimmed with flounces of Spanish lace. Her ornaments were dia- 
monds, and her bonnet of lace and jet. 

Among others present at the wedding were : Mr. and Mrs. L. N. 
Crow, the parents of the groom ; Mr. and Mrs. William L. Crow, of 
Brooklyn ; Mrs. Jacques, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Dodworth, Mr. and 
Mrs. John H. Pollion, Mr. F. Keed, Miss M. Eeed, Mrs. Ellis N. 
Crow, the Misses Crow, Mr. H. Elwin, Mrs. Thomas M. Crow, Mrs. 
F. Salmin, ]Mrs. Charles Lima, Miss Alice Lima, Miss M. Winchester, 
Mr. Alfred Bnrdett, Miss F. Newton, Mrs. Fitzgerald, Miss Lucinda 
Burdett, Miss Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Macoy, Miss Callie Crow, Mrs. 
Churchill, Miss Ida Churchill, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Burdett, Mr. H. C. 
Burdett, brother of the bride ; Miss T. Burdett, Mr. and Mrs. John 
Brice, Miss Alvina Agert, Miss Louise Agert, Mr. Edward Ashfield, 
Mr. Henry Irvine, Mr. Clinton Burling, and Mr. Charles Crow. 

"Wednesday, September 27. 

A VERY pretty wedding was that celebrated in the afternoon, at St. 
John's P. E. Church, at Clifton, Staten Island. The groom was the 
Eev. William H. Scudder, pastor of the Beformed Church at New 
Durham, New Jersey, and nephew of the Eev. Dr. Henry M. Scud- 
der, of Brooklyn, Mr. Scudder has but recently graduated from 
Eutgers College, and was installed pastor of the church at New Dur- 
ham, but a short time after his graduation. He is very talented, and 
promises to be very successful in the ministr3^ The bride was Miss 
Mary B. Hedley, daughter of ex-District Attorney John H. Hedley, of 
Eichmond County, Staten Island. 

The church was very prettily and artistically decorated for the 
wedding by the girl friends of the bride. The altar, reading-desk, 
and pulpit were completely hidden beneath a j)rofusion of red gera- 
niums, golden-rod, ferns, and dahlias. The church was filled with 
the many relatives and friends of the bride and groom, and the bridal 
party entered shortly after three o'clock, while Mendelssohn's wed- 
ding march pealed from the organ. 

The four ushers came first. They were Mr. Daniel E. Tuthill, of 
this city, Mr. Ernest F. Birmingham, Mr. E. W. Chamberlain, of 
New York, and Mr. John Morrison, of New Brunswick. They were 
followed by Miss Agnes Hedlej^ the little sister of the bride, and 
Master Morgan Muren. The second bridesmaid, Miss Annie Hedley, 
the bride's sister, and Mr. Waterbury Scudder came next, and lastly 
the bride, with her father. The groom, attended by his best man, 
Mr. Doremus Scudder, awaited his bride at the altar, where the mar- 
riage service was iDipressively read by the Eev. Dr. J. C. Eccleston, 
rector of St. John's, and the Eev. Dr. Thomas S. Yocom, of St. An- 
drew's Church, at Eichmond. 

The bride wore a very pretty dress composed of white nun's-veil- 



WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 41 

ing, with a bodice and a shirred front of snrah. The train was very 
long and full, and bordered by a box-ioleating of surah. The veil of 
fine tulle extended to the end of the train. It was secured with tiny 
clusters of jessamine and clematis. Her bouquet was composed of 
pure white rosebuds. The eldest bridesmaid wore white mull and 
lace over pink silk, with a broad pink satin sash. Miss Agnes Hod- 
ley, the other bridesmaid, was in white Swiss over blue, with a sash 
to correspond. The mother of the bride wore an elegant dress of 
terra-cotta moire antique. After the ceremony there was a reception 
to the relatives and most intimate friends of the bride and groom, at 
the home of the bride's father. 

Among the invited guests were Mrs. E. C. Scudder, Miss Fannie 
Scudder, Miss Catherine Scudder, Mrs. Muren, Mrs. W. W. MacFar- 
land, Mrs. D. L. Giraud, Mr. George Errington, Miss Errington, Mr, 
and Mrs. Clint Koudebush, ex-Governor Ludlow, Mr. and Mrs. Mc- 
Cread3% Mr. Erastus Wiman, Mr. George W. Curtis, Mrs. M. W. 
Stone, the Misses Stone, Mr. David M. Stone, of Brooklyn, the Misses 
Cuthbertson, Dr. Austin Flint, Mr. and Mrs. Meeks, Miss B. Nichols, 
Mr. George Perry, Dr. and Mrs. E. Ogden Doremus, Kev. Dr. and 
Mrs. Eccleston, Miss E. Eccleston, Miss G. Eccleston, Mrs. Town- 
send, Mrs. Hamilton, Miss Hamilton, the Misses Ferguson, of Cin- 
cinnati, Mrs. George S. Scofield, Mrs. George S. Scofield, Jr., Miss 
Greenleaf, Miss Laura Ford, of New Brunswick, Miss Wickham, 
Eev. Dr. Francis M. Kip, and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thorp, of Brooklyn. 

The bride received a number of elegant gifts. 

In the evening a pleasant reception was given by Dr. George W. 
Holman, of No. 135 Lafayette Avenue, to Mr. and Mrs. George W. 
Holman, Jr., who have but recently returned from their bridal trip. 
The bride was formerly Miss Jennie Kawlins, daughter of the late 
ex-Secretarj" Kawlins, who was chief of staff to General Grant. She 
wore her wedding dress of white satin, with a train of watered silk, 
beautifully embroidered with pearls ; a point lace veil and diamond 
jewels. 

Among the numerous guests were Mr. and Mrs. H. H, Hodges, 
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Thurber, Captain Arthur Guthrie, of the Twenty- 
third Regiment, General and Mrs. Grant, ]\Iiss Emily Rawlins, Miss 
Kittie Cuddeback, Miss Minnie Ackley, Mr. Robert Wallace, Mr. 
Everett Greer, Miss Nettie Sayer, Mr. and Mrs. Reeve, Mrs. Rufus 
Holman, of Boston, Miss Alice Ketcham, Miss May Smith, Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles J. Barnes, INIr. and Mrs. Mellish, of New York, Mrs. 
Burchard, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Page, Mrs. A. H. Lawrence, Mr. and 
Mrs. Robert G. Glidden, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph T. Cook, Mrs. Albert 
Smith, and others. 

A double wedding was celebrated in the evening, at the residence 
of Mr. Moses S. Beach, No. 96 Columbia Heights. Miss Annie B. 
Beach, niece of Mr. Moses Beach, was married to JVIr. John M. Far- 



42 THE SEASON. 

rier, and Miss Jennie Famer to the Kev. William M. McGarvey, of 
Princeton Theological Seminary. The Kev. Dr. Eichardson, of the 
Presbyterian Church of Trenton, N. J., married IMr. Farrier and Miss 
Beach, while the Eev. Archibald McCullagh, of the Ross Street Pres- 
byterian Church, married the Eev. Mr. McGarvey and Miss Farrier. 
There were no bridesmaids. The ushers were Mr. William A. Far- 
rier, Mr. William Pitt, Dr. Alonzo McGarve5% of Trenton, and the 
Eev. Walter Lowery, of Princeton Theological Seminary. 

The brides were both beautifully dressed. Their dresses w'ere 
composed of rich cream-colored satin brocade, trimmed with Oriental 
lace. The fronts were of plain satin, shirred. The long round trains 
were of satin brocade, and were edged with pipings of satin. The 
veils of tulle were secured with clusters of orange blossoms. They 
wore corsage bouquets of Nephetos roses, and carried bouquets of 
white roses and carnations. One bride wore pearl ornaments, the 
other diamonds. There w^as a brilliant reception after the ceremony, 
and many well-known people were present. The brides both received 
many beautiful gifts. 

Thursday, Septemljer 28. 

Dr. B. F. Cuktis was married to Miss E. H. Bogert in the afternoon, 
at half -past two o'clock, at Zion Church, corner of Thirty-eighth 
Street and Madison Avenue. The ceremony was performed by the 
Eev. Dr. Arthur Brooks, of the Church of the Incarnation. The 
bridesmaids were Miss Annie Curtis, sister of the groom, and Miss 
Annie Bogert, sister of the bride. They were prettily dressed in 
white satin with tablier fronts of brocade, and carried large bouquets 
of pink and yellow roses. The ushers were Mr. J. A. Hadden, Jr., 
Mr. James Pott, Jr., Dr. Charles Allen, Mr. B. L. Tomes, Mr. E. W. 
Hoppin and Mr. W. H. Curtis. The bride's dress was very rich and 
becoming. The long court train was of white satin, opening over a 
petticoat of satin elaborately embroidered in crystal beads. The long 
veil of illusion was held in place by a diamond pin ; a spray of orange- 
blossoms and a cluster of the same flowers adorned the bodice. 

Following the ceremony was a reception at the home of the bride's 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Bogert, to which only the relatives 
and intimate friends of the families were invited. 

Among those present were Mrs. Bogert, the grandmother of the 
bride ; Mrs. Henry Bogert, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bogert, Jr., Mrs. 
Francis Tomes, the Misses Hadden, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hadden, 
Mr. James E. Smith Hadden, Mrs. William A. Hadden and Mrs. 
Elliman. 

OTonday, October 2. 

John Adolph Mollenhauer and Miss Anna Maria Dick were mar- 
ried in the evening in St. Johannes's German Lutheran Church, 



TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3. 43 

Brooklyn, E.D., hy the Rev. J, P. Beyer, pastor of the church. The 
bride is a daughter of "William Dick, the sugar refiner, and the groom 
is a member of a sugar refining firm. The ushers at the wedding 
were John Meyer, John Mollenhauer, William Molienhauer, and 
Frederick Mollenhauer. The parents of the bride and groom entered 
with the procession. The bride wore a white satin costume and a 
point lace veil with diamond ornaments. The church was decorated 
with flowers, as was also the house of Mr. Dick, at South Ninth and 
Fifth Streets. 

Tuesday, October 3. 

St. Thomas's Chukch was filled in the afternoon with a gay con- 
course of people assembled to witness the wedding of Mr. Lorillard 
Spencer, Jr., and Miss Caroline Suydam Berryman. The time set for 
the ceremony was three o'clock, but long before the appointed hour 
the church was made brilliant by the showy toilets of the guests. 

The six ushers led the bridal procession, followed by two little 
girls, after whom came the four bridesmaids, and the bride on her 
father's arm. The groom and his brother, Mr. Augustus Spencer, 
awaited them at the palm-decked altar. The ceremony was per- 
formed by the Eev. Dr. Morgan, rector of the church. Very beauti- 
ful was the i)icture formed b}'' the bridal party as they stood pictu- 
resquely grouped about the altar in the dim religious light. The 
bride was lovely in her long dress of white satin, veiled in exquisite 
point lace. The front was entirely covered with draperies of the lace 
caught up on one side by a cluster of orange-blossoms. The corsage 
was cut square and profusely trimmed with lace ; the long point- 
lace veil was held in place by a diamond arrow, and a spray of 
orange-blossoms, and it fell in soft, graceful folds almost to the end 
of the long, full train. She wore a necklace of diamonds, from which 
hung a medallion of the same gems surrounding an emerald, and car- 
ried a bouquet of white roses. The bridesmaids were Miss Georgiana 
Berryman, sister of the bride. Miss Georgiana Heckscher, Miss May 
Bird, Miss Henrietta Strong, Miss Louise Harwood, and Miss Lena 
Ingersoll. They were becomingly attired in pale pink Sicilienne, 
made with trains and fronts covered with rufiles of white lace ; the 
lace-trimmed bodices were ornamented by boutonnieres of pink roses. 
They wore tulle veils held in place by clusters of pink roses, and car- 
ried bouquets of the same flowers. The young girls who walked in 
the procession were Miss Nina Coster and Miss Lulu Whitney. Their 
dresses were covered with flounces of lace, and ornamented by a deep 
sash drapery of shell pink satin, forming a bow at the back. Deep, 
square lace collars ornamented the corsages, and they wore large 
chip hats trimmed with jDink satin and feathers. They carried bas- 
kets of pink roses. The ushers were Mr. H. W. Berr5'man, brother 
of the bride, Mr. Isaac Iselin, Mr. N. Griswold Lorillard, Mr. Howard 
Conkling, Mr. Archibald Russell, and Mr. William Turnbull. 



44 THE SEASON. 

A small reception foil owed the wedding at the home of the bride's 
parents, at the "Osborne," No. G61 Fifth Avenue, where the rooms 
were decked with flowers. A marriage bell of white hung over the 
young couple as they stood to receive their friends. . In one doorway 
hung a horn of plenty filled with golden-rod ; in another was a ball, 
while from a third hung a basket. Mrs. Berryman, the bride's 
mother, was attired in a ruby satin, made en inane, and with square 
cut bodice, and trimmed with Irish lace which formed the panier 
drapery. Her ornaments were diamonds. 

Among the guests were : Governor Ingersoll, of Connecticut ; Mrs. 
Pierre Lorillard, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lorillard, Mrs. W. Vanderbilt, 
Colonel and Mrs. Kip, Miss Wolff, Mrs. Augustus Schenck, Mts. James 
Kernochan, Mrs. Lewis Jones, the Misses Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver 
Iselin, the Misses Lynch, Mr. and Mrs. Eobert Livingston, Mrs. S. S. 
Howland, Mr. and Mrs. Eobert L. Cutting, Miss Cadozi, Mr. and 
Mrs. John G. Heckscher, Mrs. W. B. Parsons, Miss Bulkley, Mr. and 
Mrs. H. A. Custer, Mr. and Mrs. Delancey Kane, Mr. and Mrs. K. S. 
Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Iselin, Mrs. W. H. Osgood, Mr. and 
Mrs. William Butler Duncan, Dr. John E. Woodruff, Mr. and Mrs. 
Douglas Kobinson, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Tailer, Miss Tailer, Mr. and 
Mrs. John Poole, Kev. Dr. Harwood, of New Haven, Mrs. Bird, Miss 
Beekman, Mr. and Mrs. James Strong, Mr. M. F. Griswold, Mr. and 
Mrs. F. Schuchardt, Mrs. Brockholst Cutting, i\Ir. and Mrs. John 
Wilmerding, Mrs. Freuen, Mr. and Mrs. Irving and Miss Jerome. 

Pinard furnished the collation, and Lander the music. 

Miss Laura Whittemore, daughter of Thomas W. Whittemore, was 
married to Dr. J. R. Nilsen in the evening at the residence of her 
parents, No 9 East Fifty-third Street. The officiating clergyman was 
the Eev. William M. Taylor, of the Broadway Tabernacle. There 
were no bridesmaids. The ushers were Charles E. Whittemore, Brad- 
ford K. Wyley, Abbott P. Frost and William J. Whittemore. The 
bride was dressed in white satin, en iraine, the corsage cut square and 
filled in with lace ; the veil was of white tulle, and the bride carried 
a bouquet of white roses. She was given away by her father. The 
wedding presents were very numerous and tasteful. Among those 
present were Professor and Mrs. Hitchcock, Eev. Dr. Clapp and wife, 
Mr. and Mrs. Eufus S. Frost, of Boston ; Miss Frost, Mr. and Mrs. 
S. S. Sprague, of Providence ; Miss Sprague, and Mr. and Mrs. James 
T. Stone, of Philadelphia. 

^Vednesday, October 4. 

The marriage of Mr. William H. Sands, son of Mr. Samuel S. Sands, 
to Miss F. Augusta Lorillard, took place at All Breeze, the country 
residence of the bride's father, Mr. Jacob Lorillard, in Westchester, 
on the Sound, at one o'clock. The steamer Thomas P. Way carried 
most of the wedding guests from the city. The ceremony took place 



WElKXESlKiy, OCTOBER 4. 45 

in the 'bow window of the drawing-room, made sweet with flowers, 
the Rev. Dr. Potter, of Grace Church, officiating, assisted bj- the Eev. 
Dr. Johnson. 

Miss Anna Sands, sister of the groom, Miss Katherine Schnchardt, 
Miss Alice Turnbull, and Miss Anna Hunter were the bridesmaids. 
The two latter wore pink, the others being in pale blue. The dresses 
were of satin, made en traine, and with fronts covered with ruffles of 
white lace, caught up on the side by bows of ribbon. Amid the lace 
on the square bodices were pink or tea roses, and they carried bou- 
quets to match. The ushers were Messrs. Frank Webb, August Mon- 
tant, Griswold Lorillard, and John Furman. ^ The bride looked 
charming in her rich toilet of white satin. The long round train was 
finished at the edge with pipings of satin; the pointed corsage was 
fringed by orange-blossoms, and the neck was cut square and filled 
in with point lace. On the elbow sleeves were placed tiny bouquets 
of orange-blossoms, and her houtonniere was of lilies of the valley. 
The long veil, of filmy point lace, was held in place by a diamond 
pin and ornamented by a cluster of orange-blossoms. The reception 
lasted until five o'clock, a collation being served by Pinard, and 
Lander furnishing the music. 

Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Jr., Mrs. 
Pierre Lorillard, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Sands, Misses Kate and Louise 
Sands, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lorillard, Messrs. S. S. Sands and Robert 
Sands, Colonel and Mrs. Delancey Kane, Misses Georgie Iselin, Elsie 
Perkins, Kate Bulkley, Belle Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Water- 
bury, Colonel and Mrs. Lawrence Kip, Mr. F. A. Havemeyer, Mr. and 
Mrs. John Hadden, the Messrs. Hadden, Mr. Maurice Minton, Mr. and 
Mrs. R. S. Clark, Mr. Archibald D. Russell, Miss Helen Beekman, 
Mr. Arthur Learv, Miss Learv, Mr. E. N. Tailer, Mr. and Mrs. George 
Eddy, Jr., Mrs. George T. Eddy, Miss Griswold, Mr. and ]\Irs. N. G. 
Bradford, Jr., Mr. John G. Dale, Mrs. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. 
Coster, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Ellis, Mr. W. A. Spencer and the Misses 
Spencer, Mr. John Hunter, Mr. Rutgers Le Roy, Mr. and ]\Irs. Fred- 
erick Jackson, Mrs. C. H. Berryman, Mr. H. W. Berryman, Miss Je- 
rome, Mr, Theodore Johnson, Miss Mamie Buckley, Mrs. Roland 
Redmond, Mrs. John G. Heckscher, MissAymar, Mr. Reginald Rives, 
Mr, and Mrs. Bradish Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. James P. Kernochan, 
Mr. Bininger and Miss Bininger, 

The marriage of William Duncan Preston, son of William R. Pres- 
ton, and Miss Annie Stuart Fargo, daughter of James C. Fargo, Presi- 
dent of the American Express Company, took place at Irvington, 
The ceremony was performed at twelve o' clock, in the Church of St. 
Barnabas, by the rector, the Rev. William H. Benjamin. Special 
cars carried guests from New York, and the church was crowded in 
every part. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a 
plain but becoming dress of white satin, with train en princesse and 
corsage cut decollette, and a -^eil of Spanish lace. A pin of diamonds 



46 THE season: 

and black pearls worn at tlie throat was a gift of the groom. In her 
hand the bride carried a bouquet of white roses and smilax. The 
bride's mother Avore black silk, with point lace trimmings. There 
were no bridesmaids. The best man was Alexander Leduc, and the 
ushers were Louis Gregory, Harry Gregory, A. T. Miner, and George 
Preston, brother of the groom. "^ There were present to witness the 
ceremony among others Jay Gould and wife, Cyrus W. Field and wife, 
George D. Morgan and wife, J. H. Whitehouse and wife, E. S. Jaffray 
and wife, Miss "Edith Jaffray, James McVicker and wife, John Wood- 
ruff and wife, Charles C. Worthington, E. G. Ellsworth, Mr. and Mrs. 
Eubin, General and Mrs. Fullerton, Thomas Whiteside Eoe and wife, 
David Dows and wife, Eliphalet Wood and wife, Edward C. Gregory 
and wife. Miss Hetfield, Mrs. William B. Orton, John B. Holland, J. 
M. Toncey and wife, Miss Davies, the Misses Irving, nieces of Wash- 
ington Irving, Colonel William A. Pond, Theodore T. Edgei'ton and 
Mife, the Misses Burchell, Edward Hodges, Mrs. Caroline G. Eeed, 
William Adams and wife, L. W. Winchester and wife, L. M. Bates 
and Avife, Miss Mamie Bates, William Bates, the Misses Geer, Miss 
Lizzie Vanderbilt, Arthur Van Voorhis, William L. Taylor and wife, 
Miss Taylor, William Taylor, Mrs. James Andrews,^ Miss G. K. B. 
Andrews, J. C. B. Andrews and wife, Dr. L. B. Bangs and wife. Miss 
Lizzie Brewster, Miss Gorden, Miss Bartlett, George Yanderhott', A, 
C. Stimson, Miss Fanny Stuart, Dr. Prince and wife, the_ Misses 
Prince, Benjamin Prince, Mrs. and Miss Nichols, E. B. Leake, Miss 
Gennin, Frank Marsh, John B. Moody, Mrs. Moody, Miss Moody, 
Mrs. William H. Benjamin, Miss Benjamin, J. F. Fargo and wife, W. 
C. Fargo and wife, Charles Fargo and wife, William E. Preston and 
wife, parents of the groom, Miss Elma Preston, Cyprian Preston, 
Philip Hurst, Mrs. Garrison and Merle Middleton, of Philadelphia, 
the Eev. A. B. Jennings, of Sing Sing, and Dr. Arnot, of London, 
Ontario. Following the ceremony there was a reception at Mr. Far- 
go's country seat, Silver Springs, which adjoins Washington Irving' s 
homestead. Here a sumptuous lunch was spread by Pinard, and 
music was furnished by Giesemann. The gifts, which were costly 
and numerous, were displayed in the north parlor. Included among 
them were a Dresden set of plates and after-dinner coffee cups from 
Mrs. Henry Belden, a silver set from A. H. Barney and wife, a ham- 
mered silver tea set and set of cut glass from the bride's parents, a 
plaque by Yale, the English artist, from Charles Fargo, a hammered 
silver salad bowl from Mrs. Charles Fargo, a silver jug from Mrs. 
Georgie Fargo, an old English mustard pot and spoon from Mrs. 
Andrews and daughter, a copper lamp from Charles T. Barney and 
wife, and an English owl lamp from Livingston W. Fargo, of Scot- 
land. The couple left on their wedding tour last evening. They 
will on their return take up their residence in Irvington for a time. 

Miss Anna E. Macdonald, daughter of Mrs. E. H. Macdonald, of 
Flushing, Long Island, was married at noon to Mr. Pierre Van Cort- 



WEDXESDA Y, OCTOBER 4. 47 

landt Miller, of this city, by the Eev. J. Carpenter Smith, D.D,, 
LL.D., in St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church, at Flushing. 
The bridesmaids were Miss Bessie Macdonald and Miss Lillie Mac- 
donald, sisters of the bride. Three little girls, the Misses Barstow 
and Miss Mitchell, also accompanied the bride, who was escorted to 
the altar hy her brother, Mr. James Macdonald. The best man was 
Mr. Kussell Murray. The ushers were N. F. Wisnor, James Prj'Or, 
and Charles Badgley. The bride was dressed in a white silk, en 
iraine, trimmed with white embroidered Swiss. The veil, of white 
embroidered and dotted Swiss, was caught at the head with a golden 
buckle. Both the corsage and hand bouquets were of roses. The 
bridesmaids wore pale j^ink satin, with profuse trimmings of lace. 
Each carried a bouquet of yellow roses. After the ceremony a re- 
ception was held at the residence of the bride's mother. The music 
was by Giesemann, and the wedding repast was provided by Pinard. 
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Morris Franklin, ex-Judge 
Mitchell, Mr. Ernest Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Atterbury, Mr. 
and Mrs. W, H. Wisnor, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lawrence, the Kev. 
Dr. Gallaudet, Mr. John W. Lawrence, Miss McKim, the Eev. Dr. 
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Hicks, the Misses Hicks, Mrs. Harper, the 
Misses Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Linn Franklin, Miss Nina Mitchell, 
Mr. Harper, Dr. J. N. Barstow, and others. 

At the residence of the bride's parents, No. 224 West Eleventh 
Street, in the evening, by the Kev. Dr. R. S. MacArthur, of Calvary 
Baptist Church, Mr. F. J. Reynolds, of Toledo, Ohio, was married to 
Miss Ida L. Stone, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Stone. The par- 
lors in which the ceremony was performed were very beautifully and 
artisticall}^ adorned with handsome flowers and evergreens, as were 
also the staircases and reception apartments. 

The bride was becomingly attired in a handsome costume of white 
satin and duchesse lace made with court train. The usual bridal 
veil of white was displayed over the entire length of the dress, and 
was caught at the head by a brooch of diamonds, a present of the 
groom. The corsage of the dress was cut square and fastened by 
gold bars. She carried a tastefully arranged bouquet of orange blos- 
soms. 

The best man was Mr. S. V. A. Van Home. Mr. Alexandre Dal- 
rymple, Jr., and Mr. George Bohde ofiiciated in the capacity of 
ushers. The bridesmaids were Miss Lizzie Mattison, Miss Tillie Bohde 
and Miss Lelia M. Bourne, all of whom wore toilets of white mull and 
silk, made dancing length, and carried pretty baskets of sweet scent- 
ed flowers. After the w^edding ceremony had been performed, a 
reception was held, at which Giesemann furnished the music. 

Among the many present were Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Reynolds, Mr. 
and Mrs. C. L. Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Waite, Miss Rey- 
nolds, Ihs. A. W. Colton, all of Toledo, O. ; Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Man- 
ning, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Earle, Mr. and Mrs. Hatch, Mr. and :Mi-s. 



48 THE S£ASOy. 

J. M. Davies, Mr. and Mrs. C. Barker, Mr. J. S. Barker, Mr. and Mrs. 
M. Starin, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sparker, Mr. Charles D. Hartzorn, Mr. 
Henry Eailey, Mr. Frederick Kailey, Mr. Charles Blizzard, Mr. Will- 
iam Hutf, Mr. and Mrs. A. Scudder, Mr. and Mrs. D. Marriner, Miss 
Marriner, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Stone. 

Tliursday, October 5. 

At the Church of the Eeformation, in Gates Avenue, Mr. James L. 
Eobinson, a son of the late Dr. Kobinson, of Flatbush, and a promi- 
nent member of the Board of Education, Vv'as married to Miss Cor- 
nelia Stagg Butler, daughter of Mr. Nevin W. Butler, Esq. The 
officiating clergymen were the Eev. John G. Bacchus, rector of the 
church, and the Rev. William P. Brush. The ushers were Mr. Edward 
W. Ivins, Mr. William Walkley, Mr. Paul D. Chase, and Mr. Nevin 
W. Butler. Mr. Edgar Logan, Jr., was the best man, and Mr. Charles 
C. Partridge, the groomsman. Miss Mary Butler, sister of the bride, 
was the only bridesmaid. The bride Avore a handsome costume of 
white silk combined with brocaded satin. Her veil was of tulle se- 
cured with orange blossoms. The bridesmaid wore white embroidered 
nun' s-veiling, and carried a basket of roses. After the ceremonj^ 
there was a reception at the house of the bride's father. No. 539 
Franklin Avenue. The parlors were handsomely decorated with 
flowers. There was music, and a fine collation was served. Among 
the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Edward de P. Butler, Mr. Edward 
Butler, Jr., Miss Celestine Butler, j\Iayor and Mrs. Seth Low, Mr. and 
Mrs. David Bartlett, General and Mrs. Stewart L. Woodford, Dr. A. 
Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Waring, Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Hay- 
den, Judge Barrett, Mrs. E. M. Winant. 

Friday, October 6. 

A GEEMAN at the Kennels was given by the Eockaway Hunt Club. 

Monday, October 9. 

Me. Joseph Conti's daughter, Miss Elisa Conti, w^as united in mat- 
rimony to Mr. Carlo Bertolino, son of Mr. Angel o Bertolino, in the 
evening. Alderman Kenney performed the civil service, after which 
followe°d that performed by the Eev. Father Wall, at St. Agnes's Eo- 
man Catholic Church on East Forty-third Street. The bride was be- 
comingly dressed m white satin, trimmed with orange blossoms. 

A reception followed the wedding at No. 10 Prospect Place, the 
home of the bride's father, who it will be remembered is Secretary of 
the Italian Legation. Among the guests present were the Chevalier 
G. F. Lechi de Caseli, editor of L'£:co tV Italia, Captain Lauro, Mi'. 
de Filipo, Mr. and Mrs. L. Ulio and Mr. Louis Alman. 



TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10. 49 



Tuesday, October 10. 

Miss Jenis^ie A. Stevens, a daughter of Mr. Asa Stevens, was mar- 
ried in the evening in St. Thomas's Church by the Rev. Dr. Yv'illiam 
F. Morgan, to Mr. DeWitt H. Parlier. The bride entered the church 
with her father, who gave her away. She wore white silk, trimmed 
on the front with flounces of duchesse lace. Her veil was of tulle 
and her bouquet of white rosebuds. There were no bridesmaids. 
The best man was Mr. J. J. F. Eandolph. The ushers were Messrs. 
Edward W. Davis, Jr., John R. Hill, William W. Conkling, John C. 
Juhring, R. L. T, Evans, and Henry C. Jenney. After the ceremony 
there was a reception at the residence of the bride's father, No, 64 East 
Fifty-third Street. Among the guests at the church and house were 
Mr. and Mrs. Forest H. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Schumacher, the Misses 
Schumacher, Mr. and Mrs. Brov/n, of Boston, Mr. and Mrs. William 
A. Darling, Mr. and Mrs. Manaton, the Misses Pouillon, Mrs. Knipe, 
Miss Youngs, Mr. and Mrs. Frasse, Mr. and Mrs. 0. Stahlnecker, 
Isaac A. Davis, Miss Davis, Mr. and Mrs, Charles Watts, Mrs. Wal- 
ton, Miss Shepherd, of Brooklj-n, Mr. and Mrs. Armour, the Misses 
Allen, Miss Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Haskell, Mr. and Mrs. Dyett, Miss 
Dyett, Arthur Conklin, Mrs. E. M. Dubois, of Boston, William Ste- 
vens, of New Hampshire, Salem H. Wales, Mr. Miller, and S. J. 
Storrs. 

Miss Louise B. Cook, a daughter of Mr. Adam Cook, was married 
in the evening in the German Evangelical Lutheran Immanuels 
Church, Harlem, to Mr. Albert L. Feldmann. The ceremony was 
performed by the Rev. Dr. L. Halfmann. The bride wore white 
satin, trimmed with flounces of white tulle. Her veil was of tulle 
and w'as secured by a spray of orange blossoms. Her bouquet was of 
white rosebuds. There was only one bridesmaid. Miss Anna C. Cook, 
the elder sister of the bride. She wore white cashmere, trimmed 
with swansdown, over white satin and damasse trimmed with Span- 
ish lace. The best man was Mr. Paul Feldmann. The ushers were 
Messrs. D. G. Hildebrand, Martin Welp, Adam Cook, Jr., and J. G. 
Engel. There was a reception at the residence of the bride's father, 
at Ninety-second Street and Park Avenue. Among the guests were 
Mr, and Mrs. H. W. Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. George Clark, of 
Albany, Miss Lily Sangmaster, of Albany, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. 
Koerner, Mr. and Mrs. L. Koerner, Commissioner of Emigration 
Hauselt, Edward Hauselt, H. W. Hildebrand, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. G. 
Plildebrand, Mr. and Mrs. John Sheel, Mr. and Mrs. Ewen McLityre, 
Charles Mclntyre, of Albany, and Jacob Cook. 

Mamaroneck, Westchester County, was made gay in the afternoon 
by the meiTj- wedding party assembled at the beautiful country resi- 
dence of Mr. J. M. Mestre, to witness the marriage of his daughter. 
Miss Clemencia Mestre, to Mr. Henry G. S. Noble. The guests 



50 • THE SEASON. 

arrived by the train that leaves New York at twenty minutes past 
two, and entering the carriages in waiting at the station drove over 
the picturesque road, made beautiful at this season by the brilliant 
coloring of the foliage, to the flower-decked scene of the wedding. In 
the broad hall Mrs. Mestre stood to receive her guests, which she did 
most gracefully. Mr. E. Floyd Clarke, Mr. A. E. Mestre, Mr. G. Eains- 
ford Talboj's and Mr. Leon del Monte v/ere the ushers, and Mr. Alfred 
Mestre was the groom's best man. The ushers led the bridal proces- 
sion, followed by Miss Yiila Urrutia and Miss Rosa Mestre, in dresses 
of silk mull, made walking length, and profusely trimmed with Valen- 
ciennes lace. They carried bouquets of pink roses and wore hGutoimVeres 
of the same. The other bridesmaids were Miss Mestre and Miss "Wells. 
They were attired in silk mull, made en frame, and trimmed with 
Languedoc lace. On the square bodices were placed tea roses, and 
they carried bouquets of the same. The bride, who entered on her 
father's arm, was lovely in her long-trained white satin dress, bor- 
dered by a knife-pleating, ever which fell a lace-edged drapery of 
white moire antique. The front of the moire had short pannier 
drapery of satin, edged with real Spanish lace, caught up on the side 
with orange blossoms, and finished at the bottom by a shell ruching. 
The long full veil, of soft illusion, was held on the dark hair by a 
wreath of orange blossoms, and fell over her face. She wore diamond 
ornaments, and carried a bouquet of white roses. 

The Rev. Father Isidore Meister performed the ceremony under a 
marriage bell of white flowers susjaended by wreaths of green, and all 
about the drawing room were placed great vases filled with flowers. 
The Lohengrin wedding march was played by Stub's orchestra as the 
bridal party entered, and Mendelssohn's march pealed forth after the 
ceremonj'. A collation was served, Clarke being the caterer, and the 
receT)tion lasted until late in the afternoon. The invited guests were 
Mrs, Garland, Mrs. Fleming, Miss Emma Stebbins, Miss Julia Steb- 
bins, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. Mun'ay, I\Irs. Van 
Rensselaer, Mr. Pevton Van Rensselaer, Mr. and Mrs. Schermerhorn, 
Mrs. J. ]\I. Poole, Mr. and Mrs, B. T. Corlies, Mr. and Mrs. Edward 
Weston, the Misses Weston, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Weston, Mr. Alfred 
Weston, Mr. George Weston, Miss Clara Weston, the Misses Weston, 
Miss Nichols, Mr. H. C. Oakley, Mr, W, Roosevelt Schuyler, Dr. 
L. G, Henebergcr, Mrs, Philip E. Thomas, Miss Thomas, 
Mr. and Mrs. W. Hall,' Mr, and Mrs. Moor Falls, Mrs, Hub- 
bard, Miss Hubbard, Mr, J, Hubbard, Mr, and Mrs, F, de 
Coppet, and Mrs, Henry de Coppet, ]\Iiss Fa\s cett, Mr. Edward de 
Coppet, Mr. J. Tinkham, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stebbins, Miss 
Vail, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vail, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Chittenden, 
Mr. and Mrs. John AV. Ehninger, Dr. and Mrs. Nichols, Mrs. and 
Miss Carr, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walsh, Mr. and Mrs, F, A. Whit- 
ney, Mrs. John Weston, Mrs, Spaulding, Mr, and Mrs, Chase, Mr. 
Maurice Bouvier, Mrs, Cone, Mr, and Mrs, Fuller, Mr, and Mrs. 
Myers, the Misses Kirkland, Mr, and Mrs. Bradford Rhodes, Mr. and 



WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11. 51 

Mrs. James M. Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Kushmore, IMr. and 
Mrs. Everett liushmore, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cari)enter, Mr. and 
Mrs. Frank H. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Styles, Mr. and Mrs. 
James Griffen and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry GrifCen, Mr. and 
Mrs. Thomas R. Hawley, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Taylor, Sr., ]Mr. 
and Mrs. Alexander Taylor, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. George C. Taylor, Miss 
Kate Fuller, Miss Mamie Cummings, Miss Belle Taylor, Miss Ida 
liushmore. Miss Phillippine Meister, Miss Louisa Griffen, Miss Clara 
M. Bradford, Miss Alice Popham, Miss Annie F. Popham, Mrs. Clara 
Bradford, Mr. Charles F. Griffen, Mr. Charles H. Delanoy, Mr. Will- 
iam C. Delanoy, Mr. Edward P. Delanoy, Mr. Malcolm Fuller. 

The church at Rj'e, Westchester County, so bountifully endowed 
by the late William Mathews, Esq., witnessed the wedding of his 
daughter, Miss Eleanor Graham Mtithews to Mr. William Porter 
Allen, at half past four o'clock. The chiirch was profusely trimmed 
with ti5wers artistically arranged, and the ceremony was performed 
by the Be v. Dr. Charles W^ Baird. The bride entered the church, 
where a large number of her friends were assembled, on the arm of 
her brother, Mr. William Mathews, preceded by the bridesmaids and 
ushers. The groom and his best man, Mr. Bradish Johnson Smith, 
met them at the altar. 

The bride «'ore a trained dress of rich white corded silk, i^rofusely 
trimmed with filmy point lace. Point lace filled in the square bodice, 
and the long veil was of illusion. She carried a bouquet of white 
roses, and wore diamond ornaments, the gift of the groom. Miss 
Belle Mathews, the bride's sister, Miss Lettie Mathews, a cousin, 
Miss Tillie Corning, and Miss Mattie Parsons were the bridesmaids. 
The ushers were Mr. J. Allen Townsend, Mr. Edward B. Cowles, Mr. 
Edward Cragin, and Mr. T. Monroe Davis. A reception at the bride's 
home at Harrison followed the wedding. Among the guests present 
were Mr. Joseph Park, Mr. and Mrs. William Owen, Mrs. S. A. 
Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. L. Townsend, Mr. E. Ellery Ander- 
son, Mr, and Mrs. John H, Henshaw, Mrs. Harriet Allen, Dr. and 
Mrs. John E, Allen, Mr, and Mrs, George D. Cragin, Mr, and Mrs. 
William Ward, Mr. Edvdn P, Smith, Mrs. S. B, Cowles, Mr, and Mrs. 
S, F, Adams, Miss Alice Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Allin, Mr, Jas- 
per E. Corning, Judge J, O, Dj^kman, Mr. Robert A. Livingston, Mr. 
and Mrs. William H. Parsons, Miss Annie ^mith, and Mrs. Josephine 
Anderson. 

IVednesday, October 11. 

The most important, and by far the most beautiful, wedding of the 
week, was the long-anticipated, and much talked of, Colford-Char- 
trand event, which occurred at Trinity Church, Newport, and which 
brought together a great number of the most f)rominent representa- 
tives of the social world. The bride, Miss Laura Frances Chartrand, 



52 THE SEASON. 

is a daugliter of the late John Louis Chartrand, of Cuba. She is a 
descendant on her mother's side of General Macomb, and is a sister 
of Mrs. McCarty Little. The groom, Mr. Sidney Jones Colford, son 
of the late Lewis C. Jones, Esq., of this city, was originally Mr. Col- 
ford Jones, but being left heir to an immense fortune, changed his 
name. Eev. Mr. McGill, rector of Trinity, read the marriage service. 
The dress, of ivory-colored silk, worn by the bride, was trimmed 
with Castilian lace, two centuries okl. The magnificent pearl and 
diamond jewels she wore, all belonged to her great grandmother, with 
the excej^tion of a superb serpentine bracelet, v.'hich was sent over as 
a wedding gift by the Baroness Kothschild, of London. Miss Mollie 
Hunter and Miss Helen Jones, the groom's sister, were the brides- 
maids on this occasion. The young men who acted as ushers, were 
Mr. Arthur Jones, a cousin of the bridegroom, Mr. Charles Catlin, 
Mr. Leon D'Oremieulx, Mr. Oilman Bowen, and Mr. Harry Eldridge. 
The reception, which came after the ceremon}^ at Mrs. McCarty Lit- 
tle's cottage, was a brilliant affair, the Horal decorations being un- 
usually artistic, the dressing superb, the presents handsome, and the 
breakfast served in true English style. 

At half past six o'clock the wedding of Mr. Darius Farrington and 
Miss Kate G. Carey, daughter of George L. Carey, Esq., was cele- 
brated at the Church of the Kedeemer, corner Fourth Avenue and 
Pacific Street. While the large assemblage of guests awaited the 
arrival of the bridal party, they were entertained hy the organist, who 
rendered a series of charming arias. At half-past six the bridal party 
entered in the following order, while the strains of the Tannhauser 
wedding march pealed from the organ : First came the six ushers. 
They were Mr, Frederick B. Carey, brother of the bride, Mr. John 
S. Ward Thompson, Mr. Augustus Garcia, Mr. S. E. Burden, Mr. J. 
S. Farlee, and Mr. William B. Eawkin, of New York. The six brides- 
maids, Miss Carrie L. Carey, sister of the bride. Miss Nellie Gran- 
berry, her cousin, Miss Nellie Woolsej^ Miss Minnie Williams, Miss 
Marie Flagg, and Miss Jennie Blanchard, of Yonkers, followed. The 
groom with the bride's mother came next, and lastl}", the graceful 
bride, leaning on her father's arm. 

The bridal party were met at the altar by the Eev. Dr. George Smith, 
rector of the church, who read the marriage service. The bride was 
given away by her father. The best man was her brother, Mr. John 
K. Carey. The bride wore a beautiful dress composed of white 
satin, elaborately trimmed with Spanish lace ; the front was em- 
broidered with i^earls, and the long, full train was bordered with a 
ruche of lace. Her veil of the softest tulle, floated gracefully almost 
to the end of the train, and was secured with clusters of orange blos- 
soms. She carried a bouquet of pure white roses, and wore pearl 
ornaments. The six bridesmaids made a pretty picture in their 
dresses of white Swiss trimmed with Valenciennes lace, and adorned 
on one side with a garland of water-lilies. They carried baskets filled 



TH UBS DAY, OCTOBER 12. 53 

\vith pink roses, and each wore handsome diamonds. The bride's 
mother wore an elegant dress of black velvet, made with a long train ; 
natural flowers and diamond jewels. After the ceremony at the 
church there was an enjoyable reception and collation at the home 
of the bride's father on Dean Street. Among the guests were 
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.G ranberry, Mr. and 
Mrs. George Weeden, Mr. and Mrs. L. Burton, Mr. and ]\Irs. A. J. 
Berrien, Mr. and Mrs. Kobert William, Mr, and Mrs. E. M. Boj^nton, 
and Mr. and Mrs. Wisner Townsend. 

The groom gave the bride a house and lot as a bridal gift, and many 
other presents were received. 

Mrs. Ellis gave a german at Bartow, Westchester County. 

]Mrs. H. W. Hatch gave a dance at her country house, Dobb's Ferry. 

Thursday, October 12. 

Miss Mart Eugenia Dedeeick, daui?hter of Zachariah Dederick, 
assayer, of Maiden Lane, was married in the evening, in her father's 
house, to William Marvin Porcher, by the Bev. Dr. William F. Mor- 
gan, rector of St. Thomas's Church. The couple stood during the 
ceremony under a canopy of smilax thatched with roses. Walter 
McLean, of the LTnited States Navj^ was the best man. C. F. Sulli- 
van and Allan D. Dederick were the ushers. Miss Carrie K. Deder- 
ick, who was attired in pink satin, Avas the only bridesmaid. The 
bridal costume was composed of white corded silk, heavilj' trimmed 
with Valenciennes lace. A tulle veil and white roses for a bouquet 
comjoleted the costume. Music was furnished bj^ Giesemann. The 
bridal-trip will be made through the West. Among the presents 
were a full china set from the groom's parents, a silver set from the 
bride's mother, and a black marble clock and vases from the bride's 
father. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. John D. Porcher, Ser- 
geant William Porcher, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest II. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. 
W. L. Hallett, Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Durham, Edwin M. Burr, Mr. and 
Mrs. J. H. Dederick, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Dieterlen, Mr. and Mrs. 
Ellery Dennison, H. Kellogg Smith, T. Warren Harris, Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mayfield, F. H. Stevens, Mrs. 
Asa Stevens, Miss Jennie A. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hall, John 
Downey, Miss Annie Yanderveer, H. K. Smith, Miss Lillie Smith, of 
Peekskill, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. Vanderveer, Miss Vanderveer, 
Miss Elsie Crane, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Monroe. 

The wedding of Miss Fanny Shrady, daughter of Dr. John Shrady, 
and James Lorimer Graham drew a large and fashionable assembly to 
the St. James Methodist Episcopal Church in Harlem in the evening. 
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. A. D. Vail, pastor of 
the church. The best man was Charles H. Lyon. The ushers were 
A. Kendall Johnson, A. B. Graham, cousin of the groom, Jared Lock- 



54 THE REASON. 

wood, James M. Collord, J. Lj^le Prior and William D. Leonard. Two 
cousins of the bride acted as bridesmaids — Miss Lizzie Bogert and 
Miss Cassie Bogert, of Brooklyn, One was dressed in ijale pink 
satin, cut short, with side draperies and the front laid in flounces of 
satin edged with Valenciennes lace. The corsage was cut square and 
the dress had a high lace collar. A basket of yellow roses was carried 
by each of the bridesmaids. The costume of the second bridesmaid 
was similar to the first, except in color, being a pale blue. White 
satin formed the wedding dress, which had a long train and was 
sleeveless. The front was laid in flounces of point lace. The dress 
was made with a Marie Antoinette collar of lace. The bride also 
wore white gloves and a tulle veil fastened with orange flowers and 
diamonds. The bride was escorted by her father, who gave her 
awa}^ The service was the regular Protestant Episcopal one. The 
reception was held at the house of the bride's parents, opposite the 
church, at Madison Avenue, and One Hundred and Twenty-sixth 
Street. The parlors were tastefully decorated with garlands of smilax, 
bouquets and floral devices, one of the latter being a monogram 
formed of pink and vvhite carnations. Music was furnished by Giese- 
mann. A large number of elegant presents were shown. Among those 
present were the Kev. Dr. and Mrs. James M. King, Mrs. Jessie Van 
Zandt, Frederick Van Zandt, Miss Lillie Meyers, Commodore Stevens 
and wife, of Port Jefferson, Chauncey Graham, Dr. Valentine Mott, 
S. F. Johnson, V. N. Davis, Dr. Marsh, Dr. and Mrs. Reed, N. A. 
Calkins, Miss Calkins, Charlton Cook, Miss Mary Cook, J. A. Turney, 
Mr. Teets, Miss Teets, Mr. De Eose, Alexander Kelsey, Dr. L. L. Sea- 
man, Edward Priestley, of Philadelphia, J. W, Thompson, Jr., Mrs. 
Journeay, Miss Havens, Dr. and Mrs. Thome, Mr. and Mrs. Kimmey, 
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Keys, C. W. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shirley, 
Miss Shirley, Dr. Van Santvoord, the Misses Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. 
Arthur Baldwin, Dr. Farrington, D. D. Porter, Miss Walters, Miss 
Purdy, Miss Minnie Baldwin, Dr. Cadmus, A. C. Bogart, of Brooklyn, 
Dr. and Mrs. Farrington, Dr. and Mrs. Rockwell. 

Colonel and Mrs. Richard Lathers, of Winyah Park, Pelham, West- 
chester County, assisted by their lovely and accomj^lished daughters, 
entertained a large number of New York society people at luncheon. 
On arriving at Pelham, the guests were met by a large stage and 
several carriages, which speedily conveyed them to the Lathers man- 
sion, where they were received by the Colonel with true Southern 
hospitality, and a genuine old time South Carolina punch, which was 
duly appreciated by all present. 

Saturday, October 14. 

A BTirLLiANT Company was present in the evening at the house of 
Nicholas Gw^-nn, the cotton broker, in West Fifty-eighth Street. 
The occasion was the wedding of his daughter, Miss May Dacre 



SATUKDAV, OCTOnEIi U. 55 

Gwynn, to Thomas Kearney Jordan. The parlors wore made attrac- 
tive by festooning of suiihix and evergreens, hanging baskets of pahus 
and arbors of pahns in the bay windows. The bride and groom 
stood in the front bay window and were married b}^ the Eev. Dr. 
John Hall, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. The 
arrangement of the bridal procession was novel, the ushers walking 
v^'ith the bridesmaids as follows : Miss Lee Gwynn, sister of the 
bride, and Norman Mellish ; Miss Ada Gwj'nn and John L. Logan. 
Miss Daisy Hornell and George M. Baync, and Miss Gabrielle Jordan, 
sister of the groom, with Edward K. Jordan, brother of the groom. 
Thomas Henry Nairne was the best man. Miss Ada E. Hancock and 
Gwynn Hancock, niece and nej^hew of the bride, and grandchildren 
of General Hancock, walked before the bride carrying baskets of 
roses and carnations. The boy was dressed in navy blue velvet and 
the girl in Valenciences lace. The bridesmaids wore prett}^ short 
dresses of white cashmere draped with cashmere and lace, and having 
a ruching around the bottom. The costumes were completed by 
scarlet velvet vests with high English collars. They wore corsage 
bouquets of red carnations. The bride's dress of white satin had the 
front and the court train covered with point lace, and was made with 
elbow sleeves and a square corsage. The front draj^ery was fan- 
shaped, and had successive flounces of jDoint and duchesse Jace. Her 
tulle veil was held by a diamond spray and orange flowers, and she 
carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley. Mrs. Gv>ynn was attired in 
black moire antique. Kefreshments were served by Pinard, and 
Lander sujiplied music. Among the invited guests were Major- 
General and Mrs. Hancock, Mrs. Russell, Mr. and Mrs, Eussell Han- 
cock, General Mitchell, Commodore and Mrs. Garrison, General and 
Mrs. Fry, General and Mrs. Vogdes, M. B. Fielding, President of the 
Cotton Exchange, Captain and Mrs. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Seth D. 
French, Miss French, Captain John Wharton, 13. S. A., Judge and 
Mrs. Hilton, Judge and Mrs. Horace Kussell, Bush Bayne, Effingham 
Lawrence, Miss Genevieve Andrews, the Misses Schielfelin, Miss 
Bronner, Miss McAfee, Dr. J. B. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. George H. 
Brooks, of Boston, Captain and Mrs. N. C. Hite, of Louisville, Ky., 
Miss Hite, Mrs. Robert Bell, of Louisville, Ma^'or Charles Jacob, of 
Louisville, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. C. Herter, 
Miss Jones, of Governor's Island, James P. Faulds, and Charles M. 
Fry. President of the Bank of New York. A few of the presents 
shown were as follows : from the bride's mother, diamond soli- 
taires ; the bride's father, a check ; Mrs. Russell Hancock, the bride's 
sister, a tea-set of silver ; Mr. Fielding, a tete-a-tete set of silver ; 
Bryce Gray, a set of antique jjitchers ; General Hancock, an ejDergne ; 
Mrs. Hancock, antique bronze pitchers ; J. M. White, a set of Sat- 
suma vases ; Mrs. C. Happel, a set of silver spoons ; Lieutenant and 
Mrs. Griffin, Limoges vases ; Mrs. Jordan, a diamond spray ; Charles 
W. Maury, a set of salt-cellars and spoons ; General Jordan, a china 
dinner-set ; Mrs. Lewis Case, a painted x:>laque. 



56 THE SEASON. 



Monday, October 16. 

William S. Buchanan and Miss Laura A. Williams, claugliter of 
George A. Williams, Nvere married in the evening at the house of the 
bride's father, No. 198 Kodney Street, Brooklyn, E. D, The Kev. Dr. 
Wells, pastor of the Third Street Presbyterian Church, performed the 
ceremony. Thomas McCormick was the best man. The ushers 
v/ere George C. Williams and E. A. Williams, Miss Jennie Snowdon 
was the only bridesmaid. The bride's dress was white satin and the 
veil was of tulle. The parlors were decorated with many handsome 
bouquets and floral designs. Eefreshments were served by Weeks. 
Among those present at the ceremony were Mrs. Brett and Miss 
Brett, of New York ; Mr. and Mrs. Martin, Miss Martin, Mr. and 
Mrs. Joseph Jones, the Misses Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Golder, Miss 
Annie Golder, Mr. and Mrs. 'William Potter, Miss Potter, Congress- 
man J. Hyatt Smith, Mr. and Mrs. William Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. 
Heath, Mr. and Mrs. Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. Conkling, ]VIr. and Mrs. 
McYeagh. 

General and Mrs. Stewart L. Woodford made the twenty-fifth anni- 
versary of their wedding, in the evening, the occasion for entertain- 
ing a small comj)any of their older friends at their house in Cam- 
bridge Place, Brooklyn, About one hundred and fifty persons were 
invited, mostly old schoolmates of the host and hostess, army friends 
of General Woodford, or i:)ersons who were present at the wedding 
twenty-five years ago. The company included General and Mrs. 
Slocum, General and Mrs. James F. Hale, and Mr, and Mrs, William 
Walter Phelps. 

Tuesday, October 17, 

Miss Susan M. Hoffman, daughter of the Kev. Dr. E. A. Hoffman, 
dean of the Theological Seminary in West Twenty-third Street, was 
married to the Eev. J. H. Watson, rector of the Colt Memorial 
Church, in Hartford, Conn., at one p.m., in Trinity Chapel. The 
bride's father performed the ceremony, assisted by the Kev. Dr. 
Cornelius E, Foote, rector of the chai^el. The Rev. Mr. Wilkins, of 
Hartford, was the best man. The ushers were J. C. Inches, J. R. 
Wilmerding, E. A. Hoffman, Jr., and Dr. W. D. Morgan. The brides- 
maids were Miss M. L. Hoffman, sister of the bride. Miss Nellie L. 
Hoffman, cousin of the bride, Miss E. V. Missroom and Miss M. 
Sloan, also cousins of the bride. The ushers escorted the brides- 
maids in the procession. The latter were attired in costumes of 
nun's veiling, made with demi-trains and surplices, the fronts being 
laid in upright pleats and drnped with flounces of Venetian lace. 
They wore tulle veils, fastened with ostrich tips, which also served 
for corsage bouquets. Two bridesmaids wore pink and two blue tips. 
The bride's dress of moire-antique had a square court train, and a 



TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17. 57 

front draped with ball fringe, showing a diamond-shaped design. 
The dress had a surplice and elbow sleeves and was trimmed with 
duchesse lace. Orange flowers were worn in the folds of the veil, 
which was of tnlle and also formed the corsage bouquet. The hand- 
bouqnet of white roses was fringed with maidenhair fern. The 
bride's ornaments were j^earl solitaire earrings, the gift of the groom. 
The bride was given away by the Rev. Dr. C. F. Hoffman, her uncle. 
A reception was held at the house of the bride's father in West 
Twenty-third Street, lasting until three p.m. There was music by 
Steel's orchestra, and refreshments were provided. The pair received 
congratulations under a floral umbrella, having a body of white car- 
nations, roses and daisies, and a stick of red carnations. A triple 
floral cornucopia dej)ended from a chandelier, and other pretty deco- 
rations abounded. The presents were exhibited without cards, the 
gift of the bride's mother being a silver service and the father's a 
check. 

The guests present included Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sloan, the 
Messrs. Sloan, the Misses Sloan, the Eev. Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Hoff- 
man, C. F. Hoffman, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. E. Auchincloss, Mr. and Mrs, 
J. V. V. Olcott, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Chambers, the Rev. Dr. and 
Mrs. Morgan Dix, Bishop Potter, Bishop Nealy, Bishop Cox, Bishop 
Scarborough, Bishop Huntington, ex-Governor and Mrs. John T. 
Hoffman, ex- Governor King, Secretary Frelinghuysen and Mrs. Fre- 
linghuysen. Mayor and Mrs. Seth Low, ]Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Low, IMr. 
and Mrs. H. E. Pierrepont, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Miss E Schieffelin, 
Mr. and Mrs. F. Wj'^^nkoop, the Misses Elmendorf, Mr. and Mrs. 
Yail, Miss Vail, Mr. and ]\Irs. M. Watson, George H. Watson, Mr. 
and IMrs. Samuel Carey, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Livingston, Mr. and 
Mrs. Gioome, of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry, Mr. 
and Mrs. C. L. Hackstaff, Mr. and Mrs. John Burke, of Orange, 
N. J., Dr. and Mrs. Kelsey, Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Brown, Miss Scott, 
Orlando Meads and Dr. Sayre. 

The wedding of James P. Bradt, of Alban^^ and Miss Kate Kettle- 
man, daughter of Captain John W. Kettleman took place in the even- 
ing at the house of the bride's father in West Fifty-fourth Street. 
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Thomas Armitago, 
pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. The ushers were A. J. 
Voyer, Titus Brooks, Martin Deri van and William Taylor. There 
were no bridesmaids. Ivory corded silk formed the bride's costume 
which was made with a long square train and was trimmed with Ori- 
ental lace. The tulle veil was fastened with natural white roses. 
Mr. and Mrs. Kettleman entered the parlors together, followed by 
the bride and groom. The bride's mother wore a dress of pale pink 
silk, combined with bottle-green satin, and trimmed with point lace. 
Her ornaments were diamonds. 

There were present Colonel and Mrs. De Voe, Colonel and Mrs. 
Whitney, Dr. and Mrs. Quuckenbush, Dr. Harvie Dew, Mi's. Ward 



58 THE SEAS OX. 

Whaler, of New Eochelle ; Mr. und Mrs. James Matthews, Mrs. 
Matthew J. Brennan, Dr. Schultz, Mr. and Mrs. Judson Jarvis, Mr. 
and Mrs. B. D. Deperries, Miss Maggie Thomson, Miss Aggie Ptobin- 
son, Dr. Burchard and familj', S. Alexander and Frederick Seaman, 
of Switzerland. 

Dr. Nathaniel Waldo Emerson, a cousin of the late Ealph Waldo 
Emerson, and a member of the faculty of the Massachusetts Homoe- 
pathic Medical College, and Mrs. M. Whitney Hale, the artist, were 
married in the morning in the Church of the Messiah by the Eev. Dr. 
William E. Alger, the former pastor of the church. The bride wore 
a travelling dress of blue velvet with hat to match. The ceremony 
was quiet, there being no ushers and few guests present. The 
wedded pair ate a wedding breakfast at the house of Dr. Constantino 
Lippe and started on a trip to Conway, Mass. They will live in 
Boston. 

^Vednesday, October 18. 

Miss Elma S^rTTHE Peeston, daughter of Cyprian Preston, was 
married to Arthur Stoddard Van Voorhis, the broker, in St. Thomas's 
Church in the evening, by the Eev. Dr. W. F. Morgan, rector of the 
church. E. D. Nelson was the best man. The ushers were H. A. S. 
Martin, Louis Gregory, H, E. Gregory, B. W\ Van Yoorhis, Jr., 
brother of the gooom ; D. S. Appleton, Jr., George E. Preston, cousin 
of the bride ; Vernon C. Brown and A. J. Drexel, Jr., of Philadelphia. 
The bridesmaids were Miss Mamie Bates, Miss Bertha Pupke, Miss 
Helen Van Voorhis, Miss Minnie Davis, Miss Garrigues, of Philadel- 
phia, Miss Wallace, of Connecticut, and Miss Wager, of Ehinebeck. 
The altar was flanked by ferns, palms and foliage plants. The bride's 
dress- of white satin had the front corded with flounces of point lace. 
Her tulle veil was fastened with orange flowers. Her bouquet was of 
white roses, and her ornaments diamonds. A reception was held at 
the Hotel Bristol, where refreshments and music were provided. The 
rooms were handsomely decorated. Among the guests were Eugene 
Kelly, John Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Bates, Mr. and Mrs. George 
B. Grinnell, the Misses Grinnell, Mrs. William Forster, Wellington 
Clapp, Miss Clapp, J. P. Martin, Mrs. Henry Preston, Mr. and Mrs. 
W. E. Preston, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Preston, Mr. and Mrs. James C. 
Fargo, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Fargo, Miss Alice Jerome, Mrs. Francis 
Adams, Mrs. Ellsworth, Miss Clara Macy, Mr. Chauncey, Miss Mamie 
Nash, Henry Nash, Eberhard Pupke, Miss Pupke, Mr. and Mrs. Eus- 
sell Hoadley, Mr. and Mrs. David Bonner, Mrs. David Hoadley, Dr. 
and Mrs. Frothingham, William Bogart, O. M. Bogert, Mrs. Le Due, 
Mrs. C. Vanderbilt, Miss Emma West, Miss Genevieve Andrews, Mr. 
and Mrs. MacDonald, Miss Bliss, Miss Ida Bliss, George B. Granville 
and family, Eussell H. Hoadley and family, Mr. and Mrs. William 
Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Griffin. 



WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IS. 59 

Dr. Marvin H. Carpenter, of Jersey City, and Miss Virginia Pud- 
ney, daughter of William H. Fudney, were married in Christ Church 
at half-jjast five p.m., by the llev. Dr. J. S. Shipman, rector of tho 
church. I'rancis Baldwin was the best man. Miss Celia Meeker was 
the bridesmaid. The ushers were Horace Ockerlausen, William Jen- 
kins, Dr. Stewart McXaughton, William A. Van Orden, Henry Skill- 
man and George Torne. The best man escorted the bridesmaid, and 
the bridegroom the bride. The bride was dressed in a travelling 
costume of blue velvet. A reception was held at the house of the 
bride's fattier in Greenwich Avenue. The wedding trip was to 
Niagara Falls. The bride and groom will live in Jersey City. Among 
those present at the wedding vvere Mr. and Mrs. George Olivit, Mr. 
and Mrs. Joseph Van Valen, of Newark, Mr. and Mrs. Skillman, of 
Bound Brook, N. J., Miss Jennie Delano, Mr. and Mrs. William 
Ferdon, A. B. Kichards, Dr. George Wright, Mr. and Mrs. J. Denton, 
Miss Lillie Swainson, Mrs. S. W. Giilon, Miss Clara Gillen, Mr. and 
Mrs. William Onderdonk, Miss Nettie Wesley, Miss Lottie Torne, 
Mr. and Mrs. William Meeker. 

Miss Annie E. Eoe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Koe, was 
married to Francis Watson Child in the evening in the Church of the 
Transfiguration by the Kev. Dr. Houghton, rector of the church. 
Koss L. Eoe, brother of the bride, was the best man. The ushers 
were William S. Jenkins, Harrison J. Lotten, James M. Lewis, Jr., J. 
Arthur Lotten, Benjamin E. Ostom and Herman Batler. There were 
no bridesmaids. The wedding dress was of white satin, the veil of 
tulle, and the latter was fastened with orange flowers. The brido 
wore a diamond pendant, the gift of the groom. She was given away 
by her father. A recejition was held at the house of the bride's 
father in East Tenth Street, which was prettily decorated. Among 
those present were Mr. and Mrs. J. Van Schaick, Dr. Steele, Miss 
Steele, W. H. W>lie, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent C. King, F. Waterbury, 
Miss Julia Nichols, Charles P. Geddes, Mr. and Mrs. John Town- 
shend, Walter Berlin, Henry Belcher„ Henry Hunt, A. E. Pond, J. 
Stanley Joyce, Miss Mamie Cochran, Miss Lizzie Dannatt, Mr. and 
Mrs. William E. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. 
George A. Morse, the Misses Pondir, Henry W. Ptobinson, Miss 
Nettie Robinson, John Surbrug, Miss Errani, Edward Christy, D. E. 
Seybel, Mr. and Mrs. Deiselle, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Marsh, Miss Ella 
Marsh, the Misses Conrey, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Oliver, W. T. Talia- 
fero, the Misses Judson. 

Miss Margaret A. Whitney, daughter of the late John S. Whitney, 
was maiTied to the Ptev. George S. Pratt, pastor of St. Alban's (Vt.) 
Baptist Church, in the evening, at the house of the bride's mother, in 
Brevoort Place, Brooklj'-n. The Rev. Dr. Frederick A. Farley was the 
officiating minister. The ushers were James F. Whitney, Jr., brother 
of the bride, and Charles Pratt, a cousin of the groom The bride 



60 THE SEASON. 

was preceded by the niece and nephew of the bride, Sliss Ruth Peters 
and Master Harold Betts, three and fonr years of age respectively. 
The little girl was dressed in cream white mnll and lace, and the boy 
in garnet velvet. The bride wore a handsome toilet of white corded 
silk with a front of brocade velvet trimmed with dnchesse lace. Her 
veil was of tulle and her ornaments were diamonds. "White roses 
adorned the veil, and colored rosebuds formed the hand bouquet. 
The bride's mother wore a dress of plum-colored velvet and satin. 
The house was decorated, and music was furnished by Geisemann. 
Among the invited guests were Mr. and Mrs. Sturgis Coffin, Mr. and 
Mrs. John Donaldson, Mrs. Daniel Mason, of Boston, Mr. and Mrs. 
Edward Whitney, of Boston, Mr. and Mrs. James Whitney, of 
Brooklyn, Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Betts, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer 
Pratt, of New York, Charles Dale, Stephen Condit, Davis Collamore, 
the Misses Collamore, and Mr. and Mrs. John M. Peters. 

James L. Holden and Miss Annie Furman Eoss, daughter of Mrs. 
Alonzo Eoss, were married in the afternoon at the house of the 
bride's mother, in Clinton Street, Brooklyn, by the Eev. Thomas 
Lawson. Henry Hildreth and Joseph Larry were the ushers. Miss 
Jessie Eoss, sister of the bride, was the only bridesmaid. She wore 
a dress of nun's veib'ng and white satin, and carried a Dresden china 
basket filled with jacqueminot roses. The bride wore a garnet travel- 
ling costume of satin, with a front of brocade. Her bonnet was of 
garnet phish, and was trimmed with ostrich tips. Her bouquet was 
of Marechal Neil roses. She wore diamonds, the gift of the groom. 

Special cars con\-cyed many guests to Bay side, L. I., where, at 
half-past three p.m.. Thomas Huger Pratt, of the firm of Winslow, 
Post & Pratt, and Miss Augusta Lawrence, daughter' of E. A. Law- 
rence, were married in the Lawrence homestead, Edgewater. The 
Eev. H. L. E. Pratt, father of the groom, performed the ceremony, 
assisted by the Eev. Dr. Henry M. Beare, rector of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church at Douglaston, L. I. The house was trimmed with 
autumn leaves and flowers. H. Southworth Pratt, the groom's 
brother, Avas the best man. The ushers were James B. Pratt and E. 
Frederick Post. The bridesmaids were Miss Helen Lawrence, sister 
of the bride, and Miss Helen G. Lawrence, cousin of the bride. The 
bride wore a white satin dress and an old point lace veil which vras 
worn by her mother and grandmother at their weddings. Among 
those present were H. L. E. Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Pratt, Mr. and 
Mrs. C. G. Landon, Mr. and Mrs. Howes, Mr. and Mrs. Eobert Will- 
etts, Mrs. Mary Mickle, Mr. and ]\Irs. I. N. Winslow, Mr. and Mrs. 
Schnewina, the Messrs. Langdon, Miss Lillie Perry, Miss Clark, L. 
K. Pratt, H. S. Pratt, W. S. Callender, E. S. Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. E. 
A. Lawrence, ilr. and Mrs. Frederick Lawrence, Cornelius Lawrence, 
Mr. and Mrs. Effingham Lawrence, Dr. and Mrs. Cheeseman, Miss 
Annie Lav/rence, Llr. and Mrs. T. E. Martin, Charles Heckscher, John 



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R'lrker, the Misses Parker, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Douglas, Mr. and 
Mrs. E. Townsend, Mr. and Mrs, Eobert Bell, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. 
"SVright, E. S. Lentilhon, Mis3 Dale, Miss Kodewald, Mr. and Mrs. N. 
Pape, G. C. Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Meagher, Dr. and Mrs. Otis, Dr. 
and Mrs. Bangs, Mr. and Mrs. Leaver, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Brewster, 
Miss Lizzie Brewster, 

A large company of New York people attended the wedding of 
Francis°B. Kobinson and Miss Gertrude Brandreth, daughter of the 
late Dr. Benjamin Brandreth, which took place in Trinity Protestant 
Episcopal Church, at Sing Sing, at half -past five p.m. The church 
was profusely decorated with flowers, autumn leaves and plants. 
The Kev, George W. Ferguson, rector of the church, performed the 
ceremony, assisted by the Kev. J. B, Gibson, E. C. Hoyt was the 
best man. The ushers were Ealph Brandreth, brother of the bride, 
W. H, Close, Joseph McAlpin, AVilliam Phillipps, G. K. Biker and 
H, T. McCann, Jr, The bridesmaids were Miss Bella Brandreth, 
sister of the bride, Miss Nellie Brandreth and Miss Lillie Brandreth, 
nieces of the bride ; Miss Gibson, Miss Bacon, and Miss Simons. 
The bride wore a robe of white brocade velvet with a full round train 
edged with shell ruching. It was made with a basque. The front of 
white satin was laid in diagonal pleats and trimmed with lace. The 
veil of illusion was held by orange flowers. The hand bouquet was 
of white roses and lilies of the valley. The bride wore a diamond 
crescent, the gift of the groom. A reception was held at Mrs. Bran- 
dreth' s house on the banl^s of the Hudson. Music was supplied by 
•Bernstein's orchestra and refreshments by Maresi. Among the 
guests were Mr. and Mrs. D. H. McAlpin, W. W. McAlpin, Miss Min- 
nie Close, Miss Brinckerhoff, Miss McCann, Miss Emily Hoyt, J. F. 
Flagg, F. M. Jones, J. W. Townsend, George Schmelzel, Mr. and 
Mrs! N. J. Hames, of New York, F. Finck, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 
Brandreth, Pierre C. Van Wyck, Mrs. Schuyler Hamilton, Mr. and 
Mrs. James T, Pyle, Colonel and Mrs. Stuyvesant Gibson, Miss 
Madge Gibson, J. P. Van Wirt, of New York, Miss Brown, of New 
York, C. M. Baymond, J. D. Slayback, Miss Nellie Scrimzer, of Eliza- 
beth, N. J., Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hillyer, Mrs. Kussell Sage, Colonel 
and Mrs. Slocum, Lieutenant and Mrs. Greene, Lieutenant Borup, 
United States Army, and ]\Irs. Borup, Mrs. Wood, of Washington. 
Edwin L. Todd, Miss Florence Washburn, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin 
Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Cassie, and Dr. Ames. 

Tliursday, October 19. 

Miss Jui.ia Louise Mooee, daughter of W. H. H. Moore, was mar- 
ried in the evening to Leroy C. Fairchild, son of Leroy W. Fairchild, 
by the Rev. Dr. Marvin R. Vincent, at the house of the bride's father, 
in East Thirtv-third Street, The best man was George W. Fairchild, 
brother of the groom. The ushers were Henry P. Fairchild, Eugene 



62 THE SBA.SOX 

Ketterlinus, Jr., William Lee and Arthur M. Moore, brother of the 
bride. There were no bridesmaids. The bride wore an elegant 
dress of white satin, heavih' trimmed with real point lace. She "also 
wore a point lace veil, which was fastened with orange blossoms, and 
a diamond pin, the gift of the groom. The house was tastefull}^ dec- 
orated with flowers. A ball of roses was in the doorway, and the 
initials of the bride and groom were hung in red carnations in front 
of the mirror in the parlor. About three hundred invitations were 
issued to the ceremony, and twelve hundred to the subsequent recej)- 
tion. Lander furnished music. A large number of costly presents 
were displayed. 

Among the guests were General and Mrs. Floyd Jones, Miss Lewis, 
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy W. Fairchild, Miss Fairchild, Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
Grant, C. King Fairchild, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Hart, F. Murphy, 
George S. Cholwell, Miss Hale, John J. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 
Dennis, Dr. and Mrs. Kobert H. Weir, Miss Weir, Mr. and Mrs. Sin- 
clair Armstrong, A. C. Armstrong and Miss Armstrong, Miss Hol- 
brook, Donald B. Toucey, Mrs. Macy, Miss Macy, Miss Kate Macy, 
Walter G. Ladd, Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. John N. Sterns, Henry 
H. Sterns, Miss Browning, Mrs. James B. Dominick, Miss Dominick, 
Alexander Dominick, Miss Bonnell, Mr. and Mrs. Lowry, Miss Belle 
Fraser, O. W. Buckingham, Miss Wilson, Miss Hochstrasser, and Miss 
Ketterlinus, of Philadelphia. 

Miss Henrietta M. Quimby, second daughter of D. W. Quimby, was 
married to Kelsie Fulager, of Newburg, N. Y., in the evening, at the 
house of the bride's parents, No. 139 Hooper Street, Brookljai, E. D. 
The Eev. Dr. John M. Koche, pastor of St. Luke's Methodist Episco- 
pal Church, performed the ceremony. Professor John K. Sparrow 
and A. D. Fowler, of Newburg, were the groomsmen. The brides- 
maids were Miss Francesca Hein and Miss Orvetta Quimby. One 
was dressed in pale pink satin, combined with velvet, and the other 
in pink nun's veiling, both dresses being trimmed with Spanish lace. 
The bride's dress was of pale blue satin Surah, made with a court 
train and trimmed with Matelse lace. She wore diamond ornaments. 
The bride's mother wore black satin, Spanish lace and diamonds. A 
reception followed the ceremony and many i:)eople joined in dancing. 
Weeks served refreshments. 

The guests included Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Street, the Misses 
Street, Foster L. Backus, Mr. and Mrs. Wortendyke, the Misses 
Wortendyke, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Park, Mr. and Mrs. James Fulager, 
Miss Fulager, Captain and Miss William B. Pettigrew, Mr. and Mrs. 
Alonzo Gaubert, Mr. and Mrs. DuBois, George H. Eowe, Miss Sophia 
Kowe, the Bev. Spencer H. Eoche, Captain and Mrs. A. G. Brown, 
George Umber and ex-Alderman Graham. 

Miss Ella Parmelee, daughter of William S. Parmelee, and a grand- 
daughter of John Jay and also of William Butterworth, was married 



TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24. 63 

to Henry Carmer, of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, at three 
p.iM., at the house of the bride's parents in Somerville, N, J. The 
wedding ^Yas a quiet one. 

Tuesday, October 24. 

The wedding of Richard Lee Campbell and Miss Emeline Furman 
Coe, daughter of Charles A. Coe, took place in Calvary Church, at 
half jDast three p.m. The church chancel was very prettily deco- 
rated with palms and ferns. The ceremony was performed by BishoiD 
Quintard, of Tennessee, assisted by the Rev. George D. Reese, of 
Dobb's Ferry. Louis F. Sands was the best man. Tiie ushers were 
the bride's brother, Charles A. Coe, Jr., William T, Payne, Ferdi- 
nand Sands and John Chrystie. Thebrides maids were Miss Martha 
Campbell, Miss Bessie Campbell, Miss Alice Woodward and Miss 
Eloise Pirsson. They wore dresses of pink satin surah, with demi- 
trains and elbow sleeves, the trimmings being of point lace. They 
carried hand bouquets of pink roses. Mrs. Coe, mother of the bride, 
was attired in a velvet dress of crushed strawberry hue. The bride's 
dress of white satin was elaborately draped with duchesse lace. The 
train was long and square and edged with satin piping. The bride 
also wore a point lace veil, garnished wi^h white lilacs and diamond 
ornaments. Her corsage and hand bouquets were of lilies of the 
valley. 

Flowers were lavishly used in the decoration of Mr. Cog's house in 
East Forty-sixth Street, where the reception was held. The bride 
and groom received congratulations under a floral i)a^jda iuade of 
white roses, carnations and asters. Refreshments were served by 
Pinard, and Lander supplied the music. The newly married pair 
will sail on the Scythia, November 21st, for a tour of several months 
in Europe. Among the guests present were Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. 
Appleton, Mr. and Mrs. William Appleton, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Aj^- 
pletoD, Mrs. Irving Clark, Mr. and Mrs. John Sutherland, Mr. and 
Mrs. Curry, Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Sands, Mrs. McCurdy, Mrs. Liv- 
ingston, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Pell, Miss Burrill, David Dudley 
Field, Mr. Hyde, Mr. and Mrs. Cortlandt Irving, Mrs. Beck, Miss 
Beck, Mrs. F. Garittson, E. A.. Quintard, Gilbert Jones, George 
Jones, John Harper, Miss Harper, Colonel and Mrs. E. H. Sandford, 
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Dayf Schuyler Merritt, Mr. and jMrs. M. F. 
Merritt, General Payne, Mrs. Samuel Borrowe, Miss Burrowe. 

The Rev. Summerficld E. Snively, rector of St. Paul's Church at 
Flatbush, L. I., and Miss Ida Elliot Selleck, daughter of Alfred D. 
Selleck, a banker of this city, were married in the afternoon in Grace 
Church, Brooklyn, by the Rev. Dr. Snively, brother of the groom and 
rector of the church, assisted by Bishop Littlejohn. Among other 
ministers who stood in the chancel were the Rev. Mr. Snivelj% of 
Troy, the Rev. Drs. Schenck and Hale, and the Rev. Messrs. Short 



<3-i THE SEASON. 

and Scudder. The best man %vas Dr. Shakespeare. The ushers were 
AVilliam Cary Sanger, J. A. Metcalfe, Dr. W. A. Pierrepont, A. P. 
Carhart, J. B. King and Howard A. Smith. There were no brides- 
maids. The bride was attired in an ivory satin dress made \vith. 
court train and trimmed with point iace. Her veil of tulle was held 
by orange blossoms, and she carried a bouquet of white roses. There 
was no reception held. The married couple, after their wedding 
trip, will live in Flatbush. 

Miss Annie Ward Nichols, daughter of Mrs. Georgiana Nichols, 
was married to Eichard B. Leake, son of Frederick Leake, of Will- 
iamstown, Mass., in the evening in St. Thomas's Protestant Episco- 
pal Church by the Kev. Alexander McKay Smith, assistant rector of 
the church. Charles Leake, a brother of the groom, was the best 
man. The ushers were J. S. Polhemus, L. Gregory, Benjamin Prince 
and W. B. Oliver. The bridesmaids were Miss Lizzie B. Nichols, 
sister of the bride, Miss Carrie Leake, sister of the groom, Miss 
Fanny Eoberts, Miss Kate Bulkley and Miss Nellie Greenleaf. Their 
dresses of nun's veiling over white silk were made short, with square 
corsages, and were trimmed with Oriental lace. They carried large 
silvered baskets of flowers, one being of violets, one of red carnations 
and the other of roses. The bride's dress of white satin had a simu- 
lated court train, and was trimmed with a diagonal flounce of point 
lace across the front. Her tulle veil was fastened with apple blos- 
soms, and her hand bouquet was of white roses. A cousin of the 
bride, Eben Knowlton, accompanied her to the altar. The bride was 
given away by her mother, who was escorted by the groom's father. 
A reception was held at the house of the bride's mother, No. 201 
West Fifty-fifth Street. Giesemann furnished the music. Among 
the guests present vrere Mr. and Mrs. F. Lake, Mrs. Charles Buckley, 
Mrs. Emma Buckley, Benjamin Buckley, Mr. and Mrs. Olive Buck- 
ley, Mr. and Mrs. Kussell Sage, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Fargo, Mr. 
and Mrs. J. F. I'argo, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Fargo, Mrs. M. F. Beers, 
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Justin Kellogg, Mr. and 
Mrs. Eben Knovdton, Mrs.'^Sjdvanus Keed, Mr. and IMrs. Cyrus W. 
Field, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. William Dunton, Mr. and Mrs. William d! 
Preston, E. K. Crowell, Miss Minnie Brown, Miss Florence Angell, 
Miss L. C. Morse, J. T. Pyle, Miss Palmer, A. H. Do Camp, Miss 
Hagan, Miss Hay, Marcus Benjamin, Miss L. Doane, Miss S. Smith, 
the Kev. and Mrs. F. S. Hyde, Mr. and Mrs. N. Henry Salem, A. T. 
Miner, Miss Genevieve Andrews, H. E. Adriance, Y/. B. Merriman, 
William Beers, Charles Gilbert, and Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hawley, 
of Bridgeport, Conn. 

Mrs, Hamilton Fish, Jr. , gave a garden party at Glenclyffe. 



WEDSEtSDAY, OCTOBER 25. C5 

Wednesday, October 25. 

The Brevoort House, corner of Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street, 
presented a scene of unusual s^^yety in the evening, when the parh)rs 
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Durant were thrown open to the guests 
invited to the wedding of their daughter, Miss Estelle Durant, to ]Mr. 
Henry C. Bowers. 

The ceremony took place at St. Thomas's Church, which was 
thronged with guests, at half-past three o'clock when the bridal party 
entered. The ushers led the procession, followed by the brides- 
maids, and the bride on her father's arm. 

The bridesmaids were Miss Martha Bowers, sister of the groom, 
and Miss Louise Chapman. Mr. H. M. Durant, brother of the bride, 
Mr. Hyde Clark, Mr. H. M. Johnson, Mr. N. P. Kogers, Jr., Mr. W. 
F. Morgan and Mr. Alfred Conkling were the ushers, and Mr. E. B. 
Aymar acted as best man. The ceremony was performed by the lie v. 
Dr. Kylance, Kector of St. Mark's Church, on the Bowery. 

The bride's dress was most becoming. The train, of white bro- 
caded satin, was edged with a rufHe of Valenciennes lace, and the 
front, of plain satin, was cut in squares around the bottom, over nar- 
row plesses. The apron drapery of the brocade was bordered by a 
deep flounce of exquisite duchesse lace. The square bodice was 
filled in with duchesse lace, amid M-hich glistened a pin of pearls and 
amethysts, the gift of her father. At the throat the lace was held by 
a diamond pin, and a diamond star held in place the tulle veil. 

The bridesmaids wore dresses of white nun's veiling. The fronts 
were laid in box-pleats, under a pleated sash drapery. At the back a 
wide satin sash was placed. The corsages were cut decoUette, edged 
with pleated satin ribbon, and filled in with Mechlin lace. The 
sleeves were of the lace. They v/ore little bonnets of deep blue vel- 
vet, covered with Cluny lace, and with white ostrich tips at the side, 
and carried bouquets of pink roses. 

The parlors at the Brevoort were ornamented by some beautiful 
paintings by Bierstadt, and decked with a profusion of flowers. The 
young couple stood beneath a bell of white flowers. Baskets hung in 
all the doorways and covered the mantles, and tropical plants filled 
in the corners and hallways. 

Among the guests at the house were Mrs. Henry Durant, of Coopers- 
town, the mother of the groom ; General and Mrs. Stone, Miss Stone, 
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hamersley, Dr. and Mrs. Seward Webb, Mr. and 
Mrs. Nelson J. Tappan, Judge and Mrs. George C. Barret, Miss Barret, 
ex-Governor and Mrs. John T. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sand- 
ford, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hilton, ]\[r. and Mrs. Bradish Johnson, Jr., 
Mrs. Kichard H. L. Townsend, Judge and Mrs. Horace Eussell, Mr. 
and Mrs. John T. Hoffman, Mr. and ]\Ii\s. Boerum Wetmore, Miss 
Mary B. Nash, Mrs. Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. AVilliam E. Chisolm, 
Miss Maggie W. Chisolm, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Crawford, 
Miss Sciienck, Miss Tucker, Mrs. Drexel, Miss Laura llhinelander, 



Q() THE SEA.SOX. 

Baron and Baroness de Thorn sen, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. PJiine- 
lander, Miss Louise "VVetmore, Miss Aymar, Miss Howell, Eev. Dr. 
Schenck, Mr. Eugene de Kaj^ Townsend, Miss Adele Durant, Mrs. 
Francis H. Tows, Miss Bixby, Mr. Pendleton N. Schenck, Mr. and 
Mrs. William Ehinelander Stewart, the Misses Blake, Mr. and Mrs. 
Chauncey M. Depew, Mr. and Mrs. Girard, and Mr. Piatt. 
Pinard supjDlied the collation. 

The wedding of Howard Lockwood and Mrs. Carrie Baker Done, 
grand-daughter of the late Bowles Colgate, took j)lace at the house of 
the bride's brother-in-law, Clinton Gilbert Baker, at Irvington-on-the- 
Hudson. The Eev. Mr. Lathrop, of Stamford, Conn., performed the 
ceremony. Edward C. Anderson was the best man. The ushers 
were Dr. Eobert Abbe and Dr. Joseph A. Nolan. The bride's dress 
was of white brocaded satin, the waist being embossed velvet made 
in Queen Anne style. A reception followed the ceremony, the house 
being decorated with autumn leaves and flowers, and refreshments 
w^ere served. Among the presents were a silver teapot and sugar 
dish, and brow^n Derby cups and saucers, from Mr. and Mrs. Edwin 
H. Sampson, of Boston, a silver salver from Mrs. Hoffman Atkinson, 
an embroidered crimson plush table-cover from Miss Wallace, a set 
of crown Derby china from Edward C. Anderson, a gold coffee-set 
from Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Howell, a silver candlestick from 
Mrs. James B. Colgate, a jaair of silver olive dishes from Mr.' and 
Mrs. Samuel Colgate, a silver punch bowl and ladle from the staff and 
employes of the groom's journals, a water-color from Miss Fanny 
Lockwood, a set of cut glass from Mr. and Mrs. Clinton G. Baker, a 
plaque from Mr. and Mrs. J. Hood Wright. There were present, 
among others, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Colgate, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel 
Colgate, Miss Colgate, Mr. and Mrs. Bowles Colgate, Mr. and Mrs. 
Stephen Colgate, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hood Wright. Mrs. C. T. Barney, 
Mr. and Mrs. D. Noble Eowan, Mrs. George W. Abbe, the Misses 
Abbe, Mrs. Clargill, Colonel Henry C. Lockwood, Mr. and Mrs. P. G. 
Monroe, of Chicago ; Miss Botts, Miss Nellie Wallace, Miss Josephine 
Eadlej^ Charles Walden, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walden, Mrs. David- 
son, John Gallagher, Clarence Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Phillips, 
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Ladd, Miss Small, Mr. and Mrs. Hollister. Mr. 
and Mrs. S. Y. Allaire, Dr. Andrew H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. William- 
H. Smith, of Nyack ; Mr. and Mrs. Theodore E. Smith, of New Brit- 
ain, Conn, 

Saturday, October 28. 

Miss Ella Bexedict, daughter of Eeed Benedict, the well-known 
jeweller, was married to James V. Burkman, in the evening, at the 
home of the bride's father near West Brighton, Staten Island. A 
large company were present from this city and various parts of Staten 
Island. The grounds looked very pretty, illuminated as they were by 



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28. 67 

Chinese lanterns, as well as by the raj-s of the full moon. Inside the 
house the mantels were covered with bright autumn flowers. A wed- 
ding bell of red and white carnations hung in the parlor doorway, and 
opposite it a horseshoe of zinnias and marigolds. The doorways 
were also curtained with smilax. Music and refreshments added to 
the enjoyableness of the reception which followed the ceremony. 
The latter occurred at half-past seven p.m., and was performed by the 
Rev. Dr. R. S. Arndt. of Newark. Henry D. Low was the best man. 
The ushers were Anton Hodenpyl and Boyd Everett. Miss Kate P. 
Cortelyou, of San Francisco, the bride's cousin, was the only brides- 
maid. She wore a pretty dress of blue basket silk, and carried a bou- 
qiiet of roses. The brida's dress was of shell pink brocade combined 
with satin of that shade. It was made with a train and square cor- 
sage and trimmed with point lace. She wore a tulle veil and dia- 
monds. Mrs. Benedict was attired in black velvet and moire, 
trimmed with point lace, and she wore diamond ornaments. At 
about twelve p.m. a special boat, furnished by John H. Starin, 
brought the bridal pair and a large company of friends to this city! 
After a short trip the bride and groom will live in Brooklyn. 

Many elegant presents were shown. The groom gave a diamond 
crescent pin, Mrs. R. Benedict a full set of decorated china, and the 
bride's father a full set of silver. There were also an ice-pitcher 
from Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johnson, a pair of vases from Mr, and Mrs. 
F. P. Benedict, an elegant clock and candelabra from Mrs. Fernandez, 
a large painted plaque from R. N, Peterson and A, W. Sexton, a 
bronze figure from D. H. Wickham, a vase from Mr. and Mrs. Coleman 
Benedict, a bronze statuette from Frederick White, and a revolving 
china coffee urn and cups from Mrs, Wygant and Mrs. Williams. The 
guests included Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Benedict, of Brooklyn, Mr and 
Mrs. Frederick P. Benedict, Miss Kate and Ella Benedict, of Plainfield, 
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Benedict, Miss Susie Benedict, F. Harris and Miss 
Harris, of Danbury, Conn., Mr. and Mrs. William Reed, Mr. and Mrs. 
A. J. G. Hodenpyl, Mr. and Mrs. Fernandez, Miss Fernandez, Mr. and 
Mrs. Melville, Mr, and Mrs. Mulford D. Simonson, Miss Belle Low, 
Bennett H. Bird, of Brooklyn, E. J, Kaltonbach, Mr. and Mrs J r' 
Howard, Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Miller, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. William 
L Gill, Mrs. Arndt, Miss Arndt, Dr. F. H. Martindale, the Misses 
Martmdale, Mrs. S. V. Burkman, Mr. and Tkli-s. J. H. Conkliug, Mr, 
and Mrs. Stephen Garrettson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rickerson, Mr', and 
Mrs. M. E. Wygant, Miss Julia ^S'illiams, George Stett, Miss Cora 
Green, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Dixon, Frederick White, Robert White, 
Mrs. John Decker, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Decker, Mr. and Mrs! 
Charles Pollock, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Sprague, Dr. and Mrs. Wood 
Mr. and Mrs. William Yoorhis, Leonard D. White, W. A. Ely of 
Danbury, Conn., Alexander Dalrymple, De Witt Van Buskirk, W 'w 
Fairchild, Irving Smith. Miss Thora Barber, W. Hoffman, and Miss 
Cornie Bowne. 



68 THE SEASON. 



Monday, October 30. 

]\Ir. Joseph Mathers, Jr., -was mamed in the evening to Miss 
Carrie Louise "Welles, dani^rhter of. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard E. Welles, 
of No. 50 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, in the Lafayette Avenue 
Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, D.D., pastor, 
ofSciating. The church was appropriately decorated with plants and 
autumn leaves. The bride was attired in a white silk robe, with an 
extra long train. The front of the dress was of brocaded satin and 
the trimming was duchesse lace. The ornaments w^ere a diamond 
pin and solitaire eamngs. The bride's tulle veil and orange 
blossoms were worn by her mother at her marriage twenty-six 
years ago. The bridal bouquet was of white roses and jasmine. 
There were four bridesmaids. Miss Alice Welles, a sister of the 
bride, and Miss Minnie A. Welles, of Clinton, la., a cousin, wore 
white embroidered cashmere and Surah. They carried baskets of 
dark red roses tied with pink ribbon. Miss Hattie A. Greiner, of 
Buffalo, was dressed in white surah trimmed with guipure lace. 
Miss Edith C. Harris, of New London, was attired in white surah 
and Canton crepe. Miss Greiner and Miss Harris carried baskets of 
pink roses tied with light blue ribbon. The ushers were Messrs. 
Philip Hager, David Rait, Jr., Spencer Lockwood, Ernest Powers, 
Sidney Guj^on and Edward L, Strong. Mr. Edward Moffat was best 
man. After the ceremony there was a reception at the residence of 
the bride's parents. Many costly jDresents were received. 

Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Welles, Mrs. W. W. 
Goodrich, Mr. Harry Goodrich, Miss Goodrich, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. 
Barr, Mr. Thomas Barr, Jr., Miss Carrie Barr, Mr. M. Brundage, 
Miss Mary Moore, Mr. Edward Vernon, the Misses Vernon, Mr. and 
Mrs. H. A. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Boynton, Mr. and Mrs. Edward 
Moffat, Mr. and Mrs. J. Uhler, Mr. and Mrs. James Raymond, Miss 
Carrie Raj-mond, Mr. Frank Raj'mond, Miss Lillie Raymond, Mr. 
and Mrs. George C. Robei'ts, Mr. and Mrs. James Hart, Miss Ella 
Hart, Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Silleck, Miss Lulu Siileck and Miss Fanny 
Silleck. 

Tuesday, October 31. 

The chancel of St. Bartholomew's Church w^as decorated w^ith 
palms and ferns in the afternoon, on the occasion of the wedding of 
Robert Armstrong Livingston and Miss Florence Scott, step-daughter 
of Dr. E. W. Ranney. The groom was a relative of the late Chancel- 
lor Livingston. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Henry 
L. Mottet, rector of the Church of the Holy Communion, assisted by 
the Rev. Charles Hoffman and the Rev. Mr. Webb. W. S. Living- 
ston, Jr., w^as the best man. The ushers were Dr. Walter L. Ranney, 
James D. Livingston, Dr. Beverley Livingston, W. V. K. Olcott, 
Warren R. Dix, Nelson J. Waterbury, Jr., Joseph A. Oudin and 



TUESDAY, OCTOBER 81. 69 

Charles H. Butler. The bride was given away by her stepfather. 
The bride's dress of white satin was draped with old point lace, a 
family heirloom, which also formed the bridal veil. She wore dia- 
mond earrings and pin, the gift of the groom. A reception was lield 
from half past four to six p.m. at Dr. E. W. Eanney's house in West 
Twenty-third Street. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. W. S. 
Livingston, Miss Fanny Livingston, F. A. Livingston, Miss Clara 
Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Knox, INJiss Knox, John '%!. Knox, 
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Walter Edwards, Miss Huggins, the Misses Wigham, 
Miss Bessie Flo3'd- Jones, Arthur Floyd-Jones, Mrs. Charles F. Hoff- 
man, Frederick Hoffman, Miss Hoffman, Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Ean- 
ney, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Ranney, Dr. D. L. Eannej^ Mr. and Mrs. 
Eobert Bonner, Miss Purdy, Miss Byrne, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dix, 
Miss Dix, Paul Krotel, Miss Krotel, James Harper, the Misses Le 
Grave, Miss W^aterbury, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Olcott, the Misses Olcott, 
Mr. and Mrs. J. Van Vechten Olcott, Miss Jessie Baldwin, Miss Kid- 
dle, Judge and Mrs. Kilbreth, Miss Moss. 

The wedding of Dr. B. M. Van Syckle, of Newark, N. J., and Miss 
Grace Coffin, daughter of Andrew G. Coffin, took place in the evening 
at the house of the bride's father. No. 321 Clinton Street, Brooklyn. 
The ceremony was performed by the Eev. A. J. Lyman, pastor of the 
Congregational Church at Court and President Streets. The ushers 
were T. D. Van Syckel, the groom's brother, William M. Skinkle, of 
Newark, George A. Thomson and William A. Ziegler. The bride's 
dress was of heavy white Ottoman and trimmed with duchesse lace. 
Her veil, which was of tulle, was held by orange blossoms. Only in- 
timate friends and relatives were present. The groom, who is a 
graduate of Eutgers College, and has spent two years in the hospitals 
in this city, will sail v/ith his bride in the Adriatic to-morrow. Ho 
will spend two years in the hospitals of England, France, Germany 
and Austria. 

There was a pretty wedding in Rt. Luke's Methodist Episcopal 
Church in the evening, the groom being C. H. Harrower, of the edi- 
torial department of Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., and the bride. 
Miss Margaret Sherman. They were married by the Eev. Charles S. 
Harrower, the pastor of the church and the brother of the groom. 
The pulpit was prettily adorned with palms, ferns and yellow cry- 
santhemums. Canning Harrower. a brother of the groom, was the 
best man. The ushers were J. B. Cornell, Jr., Henry Cornell, Han- 
fred Crawford and Henry E. Chapman. There were no bridesmaids. 
The bride's dress was made of white satin. Her veil was of tulle. 
After the ceremony, a reception was held at the house of J. B. Cor- 
nell, the bride's brother-in-law, at Fifth Avenue and Fort^'-fourth 
Street. The house was very lavishly decorated with plants and floral 
devices. Maresi served refreshments. 

Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Acton, M. and 



70 THE SEASON. 

Mrs. Gilbert Oaldev, Mr. and ^.Irs. "W. J. Hutchinson, Mr. and Mrs. 
"W^ird, Mr. and Mrs. George McKibbin, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Andrews, 
Miss Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Silles, Mr. and Mrs. Irving E. Fisher. 
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Purdy, 8. A. Purdy, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. L. 
Raefflcr, Mr. and Mrs. John Chamberlain, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Bleak- 
man, Miss McGowan, Miss Margarette Sterling and Mr. and Mrs. 
Allen G. Newman. 

William Drummond Page and Miss Helen J. Grinnell, daughter of 
G. B. Grinnell, were married in the evening in the Church of the 
Intercession, at Eleventh Avenue and One Hundred and Fifty-eighth 
Street, by the Be v. E. Winchester Donald, of Ascension Church, as- 
sisted by the Rev. Bishop Faulkner. Isaac P. Martin, Jr., was the 
best man. The ushers were W. M. Grinnell, Newell Martin, T. S. 
Clarke, E. H. Landon, S. R. Betts, of Chicago, J. A. Carrington, Jr., 
and L. J. McBirney. Miss Laura G. Grinnell and Miss Mary L. Grin- 
nell, sister and cousin to the bride, were the bridesmaids. The 
bride's dress was of Ottoman silk and was trimmed with point lace. 
Her ornaments were diamonds and pearls. A reception was held at 
the house of the bride' s parents, in Audubon Park, West One Hun- 
dred and Fifty-seventh Street. 

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Jesup, Jr., celebrated their wooden wed- 
ding in the evening. 

"Wednesday, November 1, 

A SPECIAL train carried a large number of New York people along 
the autumn-tinted shore of the Sound to Stamford in the afternoon, 
where the wedding of H. Southworth Pratt, the well-known insurance 
agent, and Miss Josephine Ham, a daughter of John C. Ham, were 
married, at half past two p.m., in St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal 
Church. The altar and chancel of the church were decorated with 
autumn leaves, palms, ferns and bright flowers. The ceremony was 
performed bv the Rev. H. L. E. Pratt, father of the groom, assisted 
by the Rev. Mr. Brathwaite, rector of the church. The best man was 
James B. Pratt, the groom's brother. The ushers, all from New 
York, were James G. Janeway, Henry H. Landon, George P. Seaman, 
and B. R. Bavne. The bridesmaids were Miss Lizzie Brewster, of 
New York, Mfss Allie C. Ham, sister of the bride. Miss Hattie Clarke 
and Miss Mollie Scott, of Brooklyn. Two of them w^ore dresses of 
blue satin and t%vo dresses of blue silk, and all carried bouquets of 
roses. The bride's toilet included a robe of white corded silk with a 
front of brocade velvet, a tulle veil and diamond earrings pi'esented 
by the groom. She carried the usual bridal bouquet. George Pell, 
a"friend of the groom, played the wedding music on the organ. A 
reception was held from three to five p.m. at the house of the bride's 
father at Broad and Sumner Streets. The bridal pair were relieved 
by a background of palms, autumn leaves, and flowers v/hile receiv- 



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 71 

ing congratulations. The bride and groom came to New York by tlie 
4.28 tram, and in the morning started for Mauch Chunk and the Dela- 
ware Water Gap. Among the wedding presents were a set of table 
silver from the bride's father, a set of old china from the bride's 
mother, a set of spoons, etc., from the bride's sister, a set of cutlery 
from Mr. and Mrs. Martin and sconces from Mr. and Mrs. Taber. 
The guests included Mr. and Mrs. John Bigelow, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 
G. Landon, Edward Landon, F. Landon, General and Mrs. McClellan, 
Mr. and jMi-s. F. E. Martin, of Orange, N. J., Mrs. H. L. E. Pratt, 
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Bache Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Huger Pratt, 
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Taber, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Place, the Rev. 
Dr. Howard Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Minturn, Mr. and Mrs. 
E. S. Jaffray, Miss Edith Jafifray, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Franklin, of 
Flushing, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brewster, Roosevelt Schuyler, Mr. and 
Mrs. W. B. Seaman, W. S. Alley, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. G. Chevalier, Mr. 
and Mrs. J. B. Andrews, L. T. Hoyt, the Misses Hoj^t, Mr. and Mrs. 
I>. Howes, Miss Howes, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Stout, Mr. and Mrs. 
William Remsen, the Misses Remsen, John Parker, the Misses 
Parker, Mr. and Mrs. J. Norton Winslow, E. Frederick Post, Reg- 
inald Travers, Miss Travers, Miss Julia Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. 
Edward F. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. 
Effingham Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Fahnestock, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. 
Cornell, Miss Lillie Perry, of Bristol, Miss Ahna Tefft, Mr. and Mrs. 
Robert Sedgwick, J. P. Gillies, W. S. Callender, Russell Murray, 
Percy Wisner, Charles Badgley, Captain J. Lentilhon, Edward Len- 
tilhon, Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor, J. Rutgers Le Roy, Newbold Le 
Roy, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hone, Robert Hone, Dr. and Mrs. Jane- 
way, Dr. N. Bolton Bangs, Dr. and Mrs. F. N. Otis. 

Miss Emma C. Thurston, daughter of Henry D. Thurston, was 
married, in the evening, to Bernard A. Shafer, by the Rev. Father 
McDowell, pastor of St. Agnes's Church. The ceremony took place 
at the house of the brides father, No. 137 West Fifty-third Street. 
The ushers were John Keogh and Charles Scott ; and the bridesmaids 
were Miss Mary Shankey and Miss Maggie Durian. The bride wore 
a dress of ruby velvet and satin trimmed with Valenciennes lace and 
garnished with pink roses. Miss Grace Watt Thurston and Masters 
Francis and Willie Hill entered with the bridal procession. Many 
pretty presents were displayed. There were music and dancing. 
Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. William Hill Clallin, Mr. and 
Mrs. William E. Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Irish, Mr. and Mrs. 
Yv^ilter Parker, Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Blumenthal, Mr. and Mrs. 
William Hill, Miss Ella Thurston, Miss Fanny Thurston, Thomas 
Doyle, Miss Doyle, of Haverstraw, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ingersoll, Mr. 
and Mrs. Samuel Ingersoll, Mr. and Mrs. T. Demmerell. 

Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Fleming entertained their friends in the even- 
ing on the occasion of their silver wedding anniversary at their house, 



72 THE SEASON. 

No. 63 East Sixty-first Street. About one htindred guests were pres- 
ent. Mrs. Fleming received lier guests in a becoming dress of gray 
silk. Many handsome presents of silver and bnc-a-brac were 
received. Cai)pa, with i^art of the Seventh Regiment band, furnished 
music. Eefreshments were also provided, and there was dancing. 

Tlinrsday, November 2. 

Miss Hattie Lehman, daughter of Mayer Lehman, was married to 
Philip J. Goodhart in the evening at the house of the bride's father, 
No. 5 East Sixty-second Street. The ceremony was performed by the 
Eev. Dr. Gottheil. The groom is a member of the firm of Frelich & 
Goodhart, in this city, and of the firm of Donaldson & Frelich, in St. 
Louis. The ushers were S. M. Lehman, brother of the bride, and 
Philip Lehman, a cousin. Albert Goodhart, a brother of the groom, 
was the best man. The bride v.-as given away by her father. The 
bridesmaids were Miss Settle Lehman, sister of the bride, and Miss 
Harriet Lehman, cousin of the bride. They wore dresses of white 
grenadine over silk, made with demi-trains, and square corsages and 
trimmed with duchesse lace. They carried bouquets of pink and 
yellow roses. The bride's dress was of white satin, made with a full 
court train, and profusely trimmed with point and duchesse lace. 
She vv'ore diamond pendants, the gift of the groom, and carried a 
bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. 

After the ceremony the company of eighty invited guests sat down 
to the supper table, which v\-as set in the first floor parlors, and was 
furnished by Pinard. The menu, which was printed on white satin 
ribbon, was elaborate. The floral decorations by Hodgson were pro- 
fuse. At the head of the table, over the bride and groom, hung a 
very large wedding bell, made of masses of red and white carnations, 
white chrysanthemums, roses and eucharis blossoms. Among those 
present were B. Newgrass, of Liverpool, J. W, Helmann, of Los 
Angeles, Edward Musgrove, of Liverpool, the Misses Alice and Emma 
Seligman, Henry Seligman, Mr. and Mrs. E. Lehman, S. Spingler, 
Mrs. F. Seligman, S. A. Fatman, F. B. Abbott, Miss Abbott, J. Bern- 
heimer. Miss Lillie Bernheimer, M. Hertzog, the Misses Hertzog, 
Miss M. Walter, Miss C. Cohn, Mrs. B. Froelich, Mr. and Mrs. W. 
Einstein, Miss Ruth Eckmann, Mr. and Mrs. J. Pollack, of St. Louis, 
Mr. and Mrs. A. Bamberger, Hyman Blum, Mr. and Mrs. S. Rossin, 
Miss Tillie Procnownicke, Isidor Rosenheim, N. Rosenheim, Mr. and 
Mrs. Heinzheimer, of Cincinnati, and Mr. and Mrs. O. Strauss. 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp gave a reception to Miss Emma 
Thursby, in the evening, at their house, No. 84 Bedford Avenue, 
Brooklyn. The parlors were decorated with flowers, and supper was 
set in the dining-room. Miss Thursby was assisted in receiving her 
guests by Mrs. Knapp and Miss Nettie Knapp. Miss Thursby vv'ore 
a dress of white moire antique, trimmed with point lace and diamond 



MOKDA T, ^^0 VEMBEK G. 73. 

ornaments. Mrs. Knapj) was attired in black satin. John M. Loretz 
presided at tlie organ. Mrs. Florence Kice-Knox, Miss Emily \Vi- 
nant, Miss Imogen Brown, Miss Tliursby, Signor Agramonte, Signor 
Moraski, and Theodore Toedt sang during the evening. Miss Settle 
Blume gave a recitation. Miss Louise Hoch, aged nine, played the 
piano. Among the invited guests were General and Mrs. Grant, 
Mayor and Mrs. Low, Mayor and Mrs. Grace, Colonel Mapleson, 
Signor del Puente, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. James, Postmaster and 
Mrs. Pierson, Mr. and Mrs. \V. L. liichardson, the Eev. and Mrs. T. 
De Witt Talmage, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hyatt Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew 
McLean, Mr. and Mrs. Horatio C. King, Thomas Kinsella, General 
and Mrs. Stewart L. Woodford, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Tenny, Mrs. E. 
Cornell White, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. CJaflin, Silas B. Dutcher, Kichard 
Hoffman, Dr. and Mrs. Cornelius Olcott, Miss Lillian Olcott, Mr. and 
Mrs. W. A. Pond, Judge Horace Bussell, Professor and Mrs. E. Ogden 
Doremus, Judge Benjamin F. Tracy, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Smith, Mr. 
and Mrs. F. A. Schroeder, General Isaac S. Catlin, Judge E. L. 
Fancher, James Tanner, Judge Truax, L. T. Lewis, Andrew H. Green 
and Sigismund Kauffman. 

Mrs. Blodgett gave a tea in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Story, in her 
tasteful parlors, which are filled with Florentine coffers, Lucretia 
Borgia cabinets, rare tajDestries and beautiful pictures. 

Mrs. Eobert Eemsen gave a handsome rosebud dinner to Miss 
Cuthbert Slocum, of New Orleans. 

Monday, November 6. 

Mrs. Langtry made her first appearance at Yv'allack's Theatre. 
Among those present were Cornelius Vanderbilt, John H. Draper, 
George Gould, Wright Sanford, Dr. Charles Phelps, Henry French, 
Blanche Eoosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Breese, Mr. and Mrs. 
James H. Benkard, General Butterfield, William Stuart, Mr. and Mrs. 
G. G. Haven, Napoleon J. Haines, Jr., Mr. Grow, Miss Grow, Mr. and 
Mrs. John Lowery, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Sherwood, Herman Oelrichs, 
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wall ack, General 
William Cutting, Frederick May, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wallack, Mr. 
and Mrs. Luckemeyer, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Neilson, Mr. and Mrs. 
Meredith Howland, August Montant, Miss Townsend, Eose Coghlan, 
E. Berry Wall, A. Thorndike Eice, Miss May Callender, Mr. and Mrs. 
Theodore Moss, the Misses Moss, Peter Marie, James Duane Living- 
ston, Thomas Baring, of London, Charles E. Flint, General and Mrs. 
Winslow, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Willis. 

The horses' hoofs and the rattling carriage wheels echoed through 
the frosty air in Irving Place in the evening, as the crowds of gajdy- 
dressed people were brought to the doors of the Academy of Music to 



74 THE 8EAS0K 

hear Madame Patti in Lucia de Lammermoor. At half past six the line 
had formed for the opening of the doors to the family circle, and at 
half past seven the carriages began to engage the attention of Captain 
Clinchy, who supervised the street arrangements. A crowd of people 
of the most various ages and stations in life stopped on the sidewalk. 
The Academy was well filled, owing perhaps to the fact that the 
ticket speculators were selling tickets at regular rates during the 
afternoon and evening. Some of them, it is said, did this because 
they had Langtry tickets to sell and wished to go up to Wallack's. 
Whether" the ticket speculators migrated or not, it is certain that a 
number of society people did, by going from Wallack's to the Acad- 
emy, or vice versa, thus seeing both of the stars of the evening. 
Among those at the Academy were Mrs. James P. Kernochan, Mr. and 
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Paran Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. John 
Hoey, Mr. and Mrs.W. B. Dinsmore, Judge Brady,Dr. W A. Hammond, 
Creighton Webb, Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Gunther, Mr. and Mrs. EobertMc- 
Claine, Mr, and Mrs. D. O. Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Rickdorfer, Mrs. H. 
McK. Twombly, Mrs. Ellio.tt F. Shepard, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Poor, 
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Musgrave, Mr. and Mrs. E. Parker, the Misses 
Morford, Mr, and Mrs. Disbecker, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Rosenwalder, 
Seaman Rosenwalder, E. Kipper, Mrs. L. L. Brown, Miss Brown, Mr. 
and Mrs, Root, W. J. Foley, Miss Catherine Wolfe, Bruce Brown, Mr. 
and Mrs. Hotchkiss, Mrs. William Astor, T. M. Avilles, Mrs. James C. 
Ayres, N. M. Beckwith, S. L. M. Barlow, A. Belmont, A. L. Browne, 
William Belden, G. R. Blanchard, G. H. Bend, G. S. Bowdoin, H. 
Walton Brown, J. Monroe Brown, Robert L. Cutting, R. T. Wilson, 
George Kane, Charles H. Contoit, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clews, Mrs. 
Amos Cutting, Andrew Carnegie, J. Del Calvo, the Misses Clift, C. A. 
Cheever, T. H. Cox, H. Draper, L. Del Monte, J. W. Drexel, J. O'Don- 
ner, John W. Davis, George A. Freeman, Edward A. Farrington, 
Clarence Seward, J. N. A. Griswold, J. J. Goodwin, W. S. Gurnee, 
Mrs. Grace, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goelet, 
T. A. Havemeyer, G. G. Havens, A. S. Hewitt, F. B. Herzog, William 
Hogencamp, Mrs. Mark Hopkins, Mrs. Hurlbut, L. W. Jerome, J. 
Iselin, G. L. Kingsland, David J. King, Mrs. A. F. E. Kirkland, P. 
Lorillard, F. A. Lawrence, Mr. and IMrs. Woodbury, G. Langdon, J. 
Millbank, N. L. McCready, Edward E. Matthews, J. F. De Navarro, 
Royal Phelps, Edward Parsons, Mrs. Pompelli. 

Tuesday, November 7, 

There was a large assembly in St. Bartholomew's Church in the 
evening, attracted by the wedding of Lieutenant Wright P. Edgerton, 
U. S. A., a son of ex-Governor Edgerton, of Ohio, and Miss Fanny 
Helmuth, daughter of Dr. William Tod Helmuth, of this city. The 
wedding was one of the most brilliant to look upon that have oc- 
curred this season, owing to the presence of eight bridesmaids, be- 



TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 'i'5 

sides two little cliiklren, and nine ushers, the latter beinf:; military 
friends of the groom, who is attaclied to the Second Artillery llef^i- 
ment at West Point. The uniforms of the officers and the bright 
toilets of the bridesmaids made a pretty effect. Lieutenant M. M. 
McComb was the best man. The ushers were Lieutenants Coffin, 
Crozier, Hodges, Hobbes, Johnston, Jones, McClernand, Koestler and 
Wisser. The bridesmaids were Miss Pauline Edgerton, sister of the 
groom, Miss Ettie Clements, Miss Grace Holbrook, Miss Bessie No- 
land, of Virginia, Miss Nannie McElroy Miss Josephine Neilson, 
Miss Aveline Crawford, of Brooklyn, and Miss Lilla Kunhardt. They 
wore pink and blue costumes of combined corded silk and crepe de 
chine, with trimming of Oriental lace. They were made with trains, 
square corsages and elbow sleeves. The bridesmaids carried pink 
and yellow roses. The bride's dress was of white Ottoman silk, made 
with a long square train and with the front and sides profusely 
draped with Irish point lace. Her veil was of tulle. White roses 
formed the hand bouquet and the corsage bouquet. Miss Bessie 
Whiting and Master Howard Neilson, the former in a pretty pmk 
dress, preceded the procession, and opened the gates of smilax that 
guarded the aisle. Bishop Hellmouth, of Huron, Canada, performed 
the ceremony, assisted by the Kev. Dr. S. S. Cooke, rector of the 
church, and the Rev. H. R. Percival, of Philadelphia. The chancel 
was set with plants and ferns. 

A largely attended reception was held in Dr. Helmuth's house in 
Madison Avenue. Among the floral decorations were a pond filled 
with water lilies and a large ball of roses. Among the presents 
shown were a silver service from Mrs. J. G. Irving, an engraving from 
Elihu Root, a dessert service from J. F. Blanchard, an ice-bowl from 
Mr. Shumaker, a silver dinner-set from G. M. Wheeler, an ice-cream 
set from Miss Helmuth, a silver pitcher from Miss Irving, a silver 
butter dish and knife from Colonel Pritchard, a silver pitcher from 
Mrs. Perceval, a dessert service from Dr. Liebold and a pair of vases 
from Mr. Wall. 

Mrs. Andrew Boardman gave a german, the first meeting of the 
" D. V. V. Club," in the evening in honor of her daughler, Miss 
Yvelin, at her house. No. 13 East Forty-fifth Street, which was exten- 
sively decorated for the occasion. The favors were unique and 
varied. Large bouquets of roses were also used in one of the figures. 
The cotillion, in which about twenty couples participated, was led by 
Schuyler Skates Wheeler, dancing with Miss Yvelin. The latter was 
attired m a pink satin dress, trimmed with deep ruffles of Valen- 
ciennes lace, made with square corsage and elbow sleeves, met by 
mousquetaire gloves. Her ornaments were diamonds, and her bou- 
quet was of jacqueminots, Mrs. Boardman wore black satin de Lyon, 
trimmed with jet passementerie. Miss Boardman was attired in 
white Ottoman silk, trimmed with duchesse lace. Among those who 
took part in the dancing were Miss J. N. Baldwin, Miss E. Van Deu- 



76 THE SEASOX 

sen, Miss McCleUancl, Miss Tobey, Miss Habirsliaw, the Misses 
Frasse, the Misses Fowler, Miss Mott.. Miss Clarke, Miss Crossley, 
Miss Andrews, Miss Maidhof, Charles E. Pell, T. Steele, W. H. Young, 
W. H. W. Morris, E. Bull, E. Boardman, J. Stoddard, Henry A. Buck, 
S. Lipi)encott, Charles Todd, J. and F. Emmons, E. Birdsej^e, Louis 
Sledge and Herman Clarke. Judge and Mrs. Hall, Dr. Walton, Mr. 
and Mrs. Kearny, Mrs. M. McClelland, Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer, Mr. 
Knight and Mr. E. Mooney were also present. 

Mrs. W. P. Smith entertained the Thursday Night Club at her 
house in Washington Square. 

Mrs. John G. Dale gave a luncheon-party in honor of Miss Waldo, 
who was visiting her. 

Mrs. J. Bowers Lee gave a dinner-party. 

The officers of the Twelfth Kegiment dined at Pinard's. 

An amateur performance of Patience was given in the evening at the 
house of Mrs. A. Adam, in East Forty-first Street, for a charitable 
object. The costumes were new and tastefully made. About one 
hundred people were present, the tickets being sold by invitation. 

The ' ' Little Church Around the Corner" was decorated with flowers 
in the evening for the wedding of Charles Dieudonne and Miss Clara 
Movius, daughter of Joseph Movius, who were married by the Eev. 
Dr. Houghton. The ushers were Eugene Dewey, N. J. McPherson- 
Henry Yung, Mr. Pattison, Walter Stiastny, Herman Simon and 
August Movius. The bridesmaids were Miss Edith Becker, Miss Cora 
Wehle, Miss Daisy Wehle, Miss Eugenie Erdmann and Miss Nova 
Kudlisch. They wore short dresses of white satin Surah, with fronts 
flounced with Valenciennes lace, square corsages and lace elbow- 
sleeves. They carried large bouquets of colored roses. The bride 
wore an elegant dress of brocade trimmed with point duchesse lace, 
and made with a square corsage and lace elbow sleeves. Her veil 
was of tulle and was fastened with orange flowers and diamonds, and 
she carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley and white roses. After 
the ceremony there was a reception held at Delmonico's, in the 
second floor parlors, which were illuminated in pink and decked with 
large bouquets of roses. The guests then sat down to a wedding sup- 
per, four long tables being set in the ball-room and jDrofusely deco- 
rated with bouquets. The menu v\'as attached to white gros grain 
ribbon eight inches wide. There were present about one hundred 
and fifty guests, including the Swiss Consul, Mr. Bertschmann and 
wife, Mr. and Mrs. R. Miiser, C. H. Gunther, Mr. Salmbach, Mr. and 
Mrs. L. Litz, Emil Schultze, Frederick Schultze, J. H. F. Meyer, 
August Stein, Fritz Steins, 'Mx. Fritzsche, ]\ir. C. W. Sierck, Charles 
Hauselt and Oscar Bunze. 



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Wediiesclaj', November 8. 

Miss Ida Sulzbacher, daughter of AVilliam Snlzbaclier, was married 
to William Reitlinger in the evening, in the ball-room at Delmonico's, 
by the Rev. Dr. F. de Sola Mendes, assisted by the Rev, Dr. Gottheil. 
The ceremony took place beneath an arbor of ferns and autumn 
leaves, faced with roses, chrysanthemums, carnations, daisies and 
other flowers. A wedding bell was hung from its roof, and at the 
apex was the monogram of the bride and groom in bon silene roses 
and carnations. The corners of the room were filled with ferns, and 
the orchestra balcony was covered with autumn leaves and grasses. 
There were many beautiful bouquets besides. All the rooms on the 
floor were used for the wedding. The ushers were Henry Gitter- 
mann, Adolj^h L. Sanger and Mr. Frankenthal. The bride's dress 
was of white corded silk. She wore a tulle veil, diamonds and orange 
flowers. A wedding supper was served and Bernstein furnished the 
music for dancing. Many costly presents were shown at the house 
of the bride's father. Among the guests were Alexander Reitlinger, 
j\Ir. and Mrs. Jesse Seligman, Mr. and Mrs. James Seligman, Mr. and 
Mrs. Bernheimer, Mr. and Mrs. L. Rosenfeld, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis 
May, Mr. Lehman, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W . Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. J. 
Goldsmith, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gitterman, Martin B. Smith, A. 
Leopold, Miss Leopold, Adolph Lev}-, Dr. A. Jacobi, Mr. and Mrs. C, 
Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Steinfeld, D. U. Herrman, James S. Leh- 
mayer, Miss Millie Lehmayer, Mr, and Mrs. Siegmund J. Bach. 

Miss Mary E. Townsend, daughter of Mr. Samuel T. Townsend, of 
108 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, was married to Mr. William Y. 
Frazee, of this city, at the residence of the bride's parents in the 
evening. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. R. S. Storrs, D.D., 
assisted by the Rev. J. A. M. Chapman. The parlors were tastefully 
decked with palms, evergreens and exotics, and festoons of smilax 
draped the doorways, balustrades and chandeliers. There v/ere no 
bridesmaids, and the bridegroom had no best man. The ushers were 
Mr, L. H. Dodge, Mr, G. W, Collard, Jr., Mr. Charles T. Young and 
Mr. Albert Cromwell. The bride, who was given away by her father, 
was dressed in white satin en iraine, trimmed with duchesse lace. 
The corsage was cut square and was filled in with duchesse lace, the 
bouquet being of orange blossoms. The veil was of tulle, caught at 
the hair with orange blossoms. For ornament the bride wore dia- 
monds. 

A reception was held oiter the ceremony, at which there was music 
and a collation. Among the wedding gifts which were insj^ected 
were a black marble clock and mantel ornaments from Mr, and Mrs. 
Sidney P. Nichols, a set of silver knives and forks from Mr. and Mrs. 
D. D. Wylie, a set of silver spoons from Mrs. D. P. Powell, and a set 
of china from ;Mr. and Mrs. J, A, Frazee, 

Among the guests were Dr. and Mrs. Yv^est, Mr, and Mrs. Isaac 



78 THE SEASOK 

Hall, Mrs. Sidney P. Nichols, Miss Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. James H. 
Hart and the Misses Hart, Mr. and Mrs. K. Woodward, Miss Oakley, 
Miss Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. Eufus Litchfield, Mr. and Mrs. William 
P. Earl, the Misses Bird, Miss Crowell, the Misses Halliday, Mr. and 
Mrs. H. Haviland, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Haviland, Miss Poole, of Syra- 
cuse, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Lewis, Miss 
Field, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Griffin, Miss Carrie Hersey, Miss Ella 
Valentine, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Valentine, and Mr. and JVIrs. Fore- 
man, of Freehold, N. J. 

Thursday, November 9. 

A DINNER was given at Delmonico's to Herbert Spencer, who is to 
sail for England November 11th. The gathering was large, cultured 
and brilliant. The Hon. William M. Evarts j^resided and made the 
address of welcome to Mr. Spencer, who was greeted in the heartiest 
manner. He responded in a speech in which he dwelt on the Ameri- 
can tendency to overwork. Speeches were also made b}^ Henry Ward 
Beecher, John Fiske, Professor W. G. Sumner, Professor 0. C. Marsh 
and Carl Schurz. 

A breakfast v. as given to Charles Wyndham by A. M. Palmer at the 
Hotel Dam. Among those present were Bronson Howard, A Oakey 
Hall, Oscar Yv^'ilde, Parke Godwin, Joseph Brooks, E. G. Gilmore, W. 
J. Florence, Henry E. Abbe}^ John Habberton, Arthur Wallack, James 
W. Morrissey, Albert Weber, William Winter and Daniel Frohman. 
Mr, Palmer sat at the head of the table with Mr. Wyndham on his 
right. Mr. Palmer in projDosing the health of Mr. Wyndham said 
that he had two motives for the breakfast. The first was the pleasure 
of meeting the guests assembled, and the second and stronger was to 
make some public acknowledgment of Mr. Wj'ndham's well-known 
hospitality to Americans in London. 

Miss Minnie L, Billings, daughter of Mrs. J. H. Billings, w^as mar- 
ried in the evening to Irving Howard Brown by the Rev. Dr. C. H. 
Parkhurst. The ceremony took place in the house of the bride's 
mother, in Madison Avenue, which was decorated very prettily, a 
wedding bell being hung between the front windows and balls of 
roses in the doorways. James Polhemus was the groom's best man. 
The ushers were C. K. Billings, brother of the bride, William Jenks 
and Henry Blake. The bride was attired in a dress of white cut 
velvet, made with a court train, and trimmed w'ith Valenciennes 
lace. She wore a tulle veil, caught with blush roses, and pearl orna- 
ments. Miss Jennie Billings, the bride" s sister, stood up with the 
bridal party during the ceremony. Among the presents received by 
the bride were a solid silver tea-set from the groom's mother, and a 
case of solid silver from the bride's mother. Among those present 
were Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Denney, Dr. and Mrs. Conkling, Dr. and 



THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 79 

Mrs. Watson Case, Miss Case, Mr. and ]\Irs. W. H. Wiokhani, Mr. 
and Mrs. EdM'ard Kitter, James Armstrong, the Misses iirmstrong, 
and W. H. Garner. 

Miss Eunice Dana, tlie only unmarried daugliter of Charles A. 
Dana, was married to Dr. John Brennan, of Colorado Springs, at four 
P.M., in the house of the bride's father, No. 19 East Forty-seventh 
Street. The wedding was a very quiet one', only a small number of re- 
latives and intimate friends being present. The recent death of Mrs. 
Olin, a daughter of S. L. M. Barlow, caused the arrangements for the 
wedding to be very simple and private. The Rev. Abram Hart per- 
formed the ceremony. Among those present were Dr. and Mrs. W. 
H. Draper, Paul Dana, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, Mr. and 
Mrs. McDaniels, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haydock, Mr. and Mrs. Frank- 
lin Bartlett and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Bartlett. 

Flatbush ^vasthe scene of the wedding of representatives of two old 
Long Island families, Henry L. Brevoort, son of J. Carson Brevoort, 
and°Miss Gertrude P. Lefferts, daughter of John Lefferts. The 
house of the bride's father, in Flatbush Avenue, a short distance from 
Prospect Park, was built about two hundred years ago, and Mr. Bre- 
voort's home in Brevoort Place has been in his family's possession 
for an equally long time. Weddings between the Leffertses of Flat- 
bush and the Brevoorts and Leffertses of Brooklyn have been of fre- 
quent occurrence. Only about seventj^-tive persons were present at 
the house, which was decorated for the occasion. The ceremony 
was performed by the Rev. Charles S. Wright, pastor of the Dutch 
Reformed Church at Flatbush, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Welles, of 
Flatbush. E. N. Dickerson, Jr., was the best man. Robert Lefferts, 
Horace M. Barry and G. G. Nichols were the ushers. The bride's 
dress was of white Ottoman silk, made with a train and trimmed 
with pearl fringe. The tulle veil was fastened with orange blossoms. 
The bride carried a bouquet of white roses and wore diamond orna- 
ments. Among the presents were a sapphire and diamond ring from 
the groom, a check, clock and mantel ornaments from the bride's 
parents ; a diamond breastpin from the groom's mother, and an oi^al 
ring from E. N. Dickerson, Jr. Among the guests were Mrs. Kane, 
Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Sedgwick, Mr. and Mrs. J. Carson Brevoort, H. W. 
Brevoort, Mr. and Mrs. Prince, Dr. and Mrs. Strong, the Misses 
Strong, Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, Schujder Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Orr, 
Miss Luqueer, Mr. Benson, Miss Benson, Livingston Giffo'rd, Edmund 
Wetmore, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Renwick, Mr. and Mrs. L. Vanderbilt 
and Mrs. Judge Yanderbilt. The bride and groom will make a trip 
to Canada, and on their return will live in this city. 

Miss Jessie Ketcham, daughter of E. W. Ketcham, was married to 
William L. Darling, of Brooklyn, in the evening, in the house of the 
bride's father, No. 228 Hudson Street, Hoboken, by the Rev. Lyman 



80 THE SEASON. 

D. Calkins, of Springfield, Mass. - The ushers were E. "W. Ketcham, 
Jr., and Charles Burkett, of Brooklyn. The groomsmen were J. W. 
Fields, Jr., of Princeton, and Palmer Campbell, of Hoboken. Miss 
Nettie Ketcham, the bride's sister, and Miss Darling, the groom's 
sister, were the bridesmaids. The first was dressed in pale jDink and 
the latter in pale blue Surah, and they carried bouquets of roses. 
The bride's dress of cream satin had a ruching around the train, and 
was garnished with orange blossoms and lilies. The pointed corsage 
was bordered by a ruching of fringed silk and lace. She wore a tulle 
veil and diamond solitaire earrings, the gift of the groom. Among the 
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Main, Mr. and Mrs. Finlej', Mr. and Mrs, 
F. S. Ketcham, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Darling, Miss Blanche Darling, 
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Campbell, Herbert Campbell, the Misses Barka- 
lew, Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon, of Brooklyn, Dr. and Mrs. Atwood, of 
Brooklj-n, Mr. and Mrs. Josej^h Fisher, of New Brunswick, Mr. 
Fisher, Mrs. Fannie Ketcham, of Plainfield, Mr. and Mrs. Edward 
Peck, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Davies, Arthur Chalmers and ]\Irs. 
Chalmers. 

Miss Emmeline Hopkins, daughter of Mrs. Henry. Hopkins, of Cats- 
kill, N. Y., was married to Mr. Herman Livingston, of Oak Hill, Cats- 
kill Station, at St. Luke's Protestant Episcoj)al Church, Catskill. 
The officiating clergj^man was the Rev. Thomas Cole, of Catskill. 
The church was tastefully decorated with palms, smilax and exotics. 

The bridal procession entered the church headed by the ushers, 
Mr. H. C. Hopkins, brother of the bride, and Mr. Thomas G. Law- 
rence. Then came two little girls, Eunice Hopkins, a cousin of the 
bride, and Sadie Livingston, sister of the bridegroom. After them 
came the bride, escorted by her brother, Mr. Samuel C. Hopkins, 
who gave her away. The bride was dressed in white satin, en traine, 
trimmed with point lace. The corsage was cut square and was filled 
in with point lace. The veil was of tulle, caught at the hair with a 
spray of orange blossoms. Orange blossoms formed the bouquet de 
corsage and trimmed the entire front of the skirt. The bride wore 
diamonds for ornaments, and canied a hand bouquet of white roses 
and orange blossoms. The two little girls who acted as bridesmaids 
were dressed in white nun's veiling. One wore a blue and the other 
a pink silk hat, each trimmed with a white feather. At the chancel 
the bride was met by the bridegroom and his brother, Mr, John Liv- 
ingston, who acted as best man. 

After the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of the 
bride's mother, on the Athens Turnpike, Catskill. The doorways, 
arches and chandeliers were festooned with smilax, while the mantels 
were banked with different-hued rosebuds. The bridal couple 
received the congratulations of their friends in the front parlor, where 
a vase of palms and ferns made a suitable background to the beauti- 
ful dress of the bride. There was a collation by Pinard and the wed- 
ding presents were displayed, among them being a Royal Worcester 



S A TUB DAY, I^^OVEMBER 11, 81 

tea-set from the bridegroom, a solid silver service from Mr. and Mrs. 
Archibald Kogers, a handsome lamp from Miss O. De Eenne, a 
plaque from Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Taber, a tea-set from Mr. and 
Mrs. Herman T. Livingston, a set of silver knives from Mrs. Oliver 
Prescott, a mirror from Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Day, a mirror from 
Miss Edith Rowland, a silver ladle from Miss Jane V. Hopkins, a 
berry dish from Mr. and Mrs. James Hopkins, a set of salt spoons 
from Mr. and ]\Irs. James H. Howland, a set of silver spoons from 
Mr. George L. McAlpin, a clock and pair of candelabras from Mrs. 
Charles D. Fiiller, and a set of vases from Mr. J. V. L. Pruyn, Jr. 

Among those present at the church and the subsequent reception 
were Mr. and Mrs. James Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hopkins 
and the Misses Hopkins, Mr. Frank Hopkins and Miss S. Hopkins, 
Miss Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Kogers, Mr. George L. McAlpin, 
Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Rogers, the Misses Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Jere- 
miah Day, Dr. and Mrs. De F. Day, Miss Benson, Mrs. Oliver Pres- 
cott, Miss Jeanette Hodgman, Miss Annie Tucker, Miss Dora Mur- 
dock. Miss Essie Murdock, Mrs. Howland, the Misses Howland, Mr. 
Eobert Livingston, Mrs. Hall and Miss Hall, Dr. Fanning and the 
Misses Fanning, the Misses Van Orden and the Messrs. Van Orden, 
Mr, E. Ludlow, Mr. E. Clarkson and Mr. and Mrs. J. R, Brown. 

Saturday, November 11. 

Dk. Francis Seymour Haden, the well-known English etcher, who 
arrived in New York a few days ago, was given a receiDtion in the 
evening at the Lotos Club. A large company was present. The time 
set for the reception was half past nine. But both members of the 
club and invited guests gathered slowly. The early arrivals spent 
their time in examining a collection of Mr, Haden's works, which had 
been arranged on the walls of the east parlor. Shortly after ten 
o'clock, the rooms having filled up and the guest of the evening hav- 
ing arrived, Whitelaw Reid, the president of the club, made a brief 
address of welcome. 

The marriage of Gustav Kobbe and Miss Carolyn "Wheeler, daugh- 
ter of the late George Minor Wheeler, of Scarsdale, N. Y., took place 
in " Old St. Mark's Church in the Bowerie, " in the afternoon. The 
Rev. Dr. J, H. Rylance, rector of the church, performed the cere- 
mony, William Gordon was the best man. The ushers were John 
C. Wheeler, cousin of the bride, Theodore V, Boy i> ton, Hay ward 
Leavitt, Blakely Hall and William H. Russell. The bride was pre- 
ceded by two little girls, Miss Rosalind Wheeler, sister of the bride, 
and Miss Mary Butler, of Scarsdale. They wore costumes of nun's 
veiling and large poke bonnets, trimmed with ostrich plumes, and 
carried baskets of roses. The bride's dress of white satin was made 
in the fashionable style. A spray of autumn leaves was fixed in the 
folds of her veil, which was of tulle. The married pair started on a 



82 THE REASON. 

short wedding trip. Among tliose present were Mrs. G. M. '^^^heeler, 
Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Walter Koobe, the Misses Kobbe and Mr. Benjamin. 

The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. C. D. W. Bridgman, of this citj', celebrated 
the twenty-fifth anniversar}'" of their marriage. The members of Dr. 
Bridgman's church and congregation, the Madison Avenue Baptist, 
took graceful and apjDropriate notice of the occasion. To the in- 
formal wedding reception, which their pastor and his wife held in the 
evening, they came laden with baskets of exquisite flowers and many 
other tangible evidences of their regard and affection. Other friends 
were also present in person or sent kindly congratulations. Mrs. 
Bridgman, who has been in infirm health for many months, is so far 
recovered that she was able to receive her friends with her husband. 

The Rev. and Mrs. Philip A. H. Brown gave an afternoon tea at 
their house in West Nineteenth Street. About two hundred persons 
were present, Mrs. Brown was assisted by the Misses Carter in 
receiving her guests. Among those present were General and Mrs. 
Alexander S. Webb, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Morgan Dix, Mrs. John 
D. Jones, Miss Floyd-Jones, JMrs. Carney Rogers, the Misses Wilkes, 
the Rev. Dr. Weston, General Morell, Miss Ethel Potter, the Misses 
Harvey, Mrs. Stephen P. Nash, Miss Nash, Henry Rogers, the Rev. 
Dr. Richey, the Rev. Dr. Oliver, the Misses Bon Pfister, the Rev. and 
Mrs. J. Bloomfield Wetherill, Mrs. Samuel Seabury and Miss Nicol. 

The Saturday Night Club's November dinner took place at the 
Hotel Brunswick. The dinner was followed b}'- speeches, toasts and 
songs. The attending members were S. P. Aveiy, W. S. Andrews, 
L. M. Bates, William Belden, Clark Bell, Dr. Edward Bradley, Austin 
Corbin, A. G. Day, E. N. Dickerson, W. H. Guion, Dr. W. A. Ham- 
mond, A. B. Herrick, T. L. James, Steele Mackaye, George A. Morri- 
son and Dr. J. Clarke Thomas, The guests were Judge Noah Davis, 
" Harry" Edwards, William Mapleson, F. B. Thurber, George Alfred 
Townsend, Commodore C. E. Jenkins, Horace Yvhite, Dexter A. 
Hawkins, Perry Belmont, Signor Mierzwinski, Judge W. H. Arnoux, 
Herbert E. Gye, C. H. Stead, Albert Weber, Henry L. Pearson and 
David Scott. 

Tuesday, November 14. 

A FASHIONABLE Wedding in Brooklyn, in the evening, brought a 
large assembly of people to Holy Trinity Church, on the Heights, 
where the ceremony took place. The bride was Miss Anne, daugh- 
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Sheldon, and the groom was Charles 
Adams Coombs. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. 
Charles H. Hall, rector of the church. The ushers were William H. 
Coombs, brother of the groom, Richard H. Eggleston, A. Walter Hig- 



TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 83 

gins, Wjnthrop Parker, Charles F. James and Noel E. Lounsbmy. 
The bridesmaids made a pretty feature of the wedding, all being 
dressed alike in costumes of white India mull, made of dancing 
length and trimmed with Valenciennes lace. They carried on their 
arms bouquets of roses made in the form of a sheaf and tied with 
satin ribbon. The first bridesmaid had Jacqueminots, the second 
Catherine Mermettes, the third Marechal Neils, the fourth tea roses, 
the fifth CajDTichins, the sixth Bon Silenes. The names of the brides- 
maids were Miss Josephine Sheldon, sister of the bride. Miss Mamie 
Coombs, sister of the groom, Miss Corinno Baldwin, Miss Katie Brett, 
Miss Annie Phelps and Miss Stella Kenyon. The bride's dress was 
of heavy white satin made with a long, square train over a quilted 
satin petticoat. The drajiery was pleated in fan shape at the hips 
and held h^ a satin rosette. The sleeves were short and of lace, and 
the low corsage and draj)ery were trimmed v/ith Honiton lace. She 
wore white kid gloves and carried a bouquet of white roses. A recep- 
tion was held after the ceremony until ten p.m. in the house of the 
bride's father, No. 8 South Elliott Place, which was prettily adorned 
with plants and flowers. There was music, but no dancing. The 
bride and groom will go to Canada on ^ wedding trip. Among the 
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lionel A. Sheldon, Maj^or and Mrs. Seth 
Low, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. James, Postmaster and Mrs. Henry G. 
Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Babcock, General and Jilrs. Abner Double- 
day, Mr. and Mrs. Pliny Jewell, of Hartford, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard 
Peters, Leicester P. Holme, Dr. and Mrs. D. B. St. John Koosa, the 
Eev. and Mrs. Ulysses D. Eddy, the Eev. Dr. Eddy, Mr. and Mrs. 
Haughwout Howe, Mr. and Mrs. Josej)h H. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. H. 
S. Germond, Ensign N. J. L. Halpine, U. S. N., Henry C. Howells, 
Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Deming, Mr. and J.Irs. Coleman Benedict, 
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Adams, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Ormsbee, Miss Orms- 
bee, Mortimer Osborne, Dr. William B. Hard, Miss Hurd, Mr. and 
Mrs. John D. Biker, Miss Odell, Mr. and IMrs. George B. Germond, 
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Paddock, Howard M. Durant, the Kev. and 
Mrs. J.Hyatt Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Cushing, Mr. and Mrs. 
"William J. Coombs, Mr. and Mrs. MoiTis Franklin, Mr, and Mrs. W. 
W. Kenyon, Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Burn- 
ham, the Eev. and Mrs. John White Chad wick, I\Ir. and Mrs. E. J. 
Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Morse, Dr. and Mrs. J. Lester Keep, the 
Eev. Dr. and Mrs. C. D. W. Bridgman, Mr, and Mrs. J. C. Godfrey, 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ashton Greene, Mr. and 
Mrs. Eufus L. Cole, Dr. and Mr*;; John Eichardson, Mrs. Eussell, 
Miss Caroline Batchelder, Mr. aml^t^'s. Frederick Hinrichs, Mr. and 
Mrs. James Geoffrey, Mr. and Mwr Daniel Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. 
Daniel Treadwell, Mr. and Mrs. Chartes Pratt, Miss Tillie Pratt, Dr. 
and Mrs. Brockway, Mr. and Mrs. "Winchester Britton, Mr. and Mrs. 
Thomas Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Morse, the Eev. and Mrs. 
Hugh O. Pentecost, Mr. and Mrs. Kalbfleisch and Mr. and Mrs. 
Theodore Banta. 



84 THE SEASON. 

Miss Mary C. Hamilton, clanghter of Mrs. George K. Sistare, was 
married to Marlin F. Hatch in the evening by the Rev. Dr. Alexander 
McKay Smith, assistant rector of St. Thomas's Church. The cere- 
monj'' took place at the house of the bride's mother. No. 104 West 
Forty-third Street. The nshers were Dr. Weed and F. C. Lyon. The 
bridesmaids were Miss Julia Bogert and Miss Blanche Wright. Mas- 
ter Max Eockwell, who wore a suit of black velvet, and Miss Alice L. 
Watson, who was attired in white silk and Spanish lace, attended the 
bride. The toilet of the bride's mother was composed of black 
velvet, point lace and diamonds. A large number of very fine pres- 
ents were shown. Among those present were Mr. and Iilrs. E. K. 
Wright, Commodore Braine, U. S. N., Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Watson, 
Maurice Sistare, George K. Sistare, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Manning, 
General Davies, Dr. and Mrs. Luckrow, Dr. and Mrs. Bradford, Dr. 
and Mrs. F. W. Eockwell, Mrs. Thatcher, Mrs. Sanford, Miss San- 
ford, Mrs. Lyon, of Bridgeport, Mr. and Mrs. Orimund C. Hatch, Mr. 
and Mrs. Thomas Kearney Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Camerden, 
and Mr. and Mrs. F. Eudd. 

Mrs. Lewis Colford-Jones gave a reception yesterday afternoon at 
her residence in Fifth Avenue — being the first reception which she 
has given in seven years, a period of family mourning. It was ten- 
dered to Mr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Colford, the son and daughter-in-law 
of Mrs. Colford-Jones, who were married at Newj)oi-t last October, 
and served the double purpose of introducing Mrs. Colford, who is a 
Cuban lady, and also of introducing Mrs. Colford-Jones's niece, Miss 
Etta Strong, who is to be a debutante of the season at Mrs. William 
Schermerhorn's ball. Mrs. Colford Jones wore a dress of black em- 
broidered crepe de chine. Mrs. Colford was dressed in terra cotta 
silk en ira'me, trimmed with chenille of the same shade, and Miss 
Strong wore white Surah en ira'me. After the three hundred guests 
had been introduced, tea was served, Mrs. Columbus Iselin presiding 
at the table. Among those present were Mrs. John Astor, Mrs. 
Eobert L. Cutting, Mrs. Bronson Murray, the Misses Van Eensselaer, 
Mrs. Langdon, Mr. Woodbury Langdon, Mrs. William Schermerhorn, 
Mrs. James Kernochan and Miss Kernochan, Mr. and Mrs. George 
Henry Warren, Miss Warren, Eev. Dr. and Mrs. Tiffany, Mr. and 
Mrs. Henry Day, Mrs. Iselin, Miss Iselin, Colonel and Mrs. De Lan- 
cey Kane, Mr. and Mrs. James Strong, Mrs. Schuchardt, Mrs. Bird, 
Miss Bird, Mr. Hamilton Carey and Miss Carey. 

Wednesday, Noveinber 15. 

Miss F1.0EENCE Louise Talcott, daughter of Frederick L. Talcott, 
was married to Conrad Morris Braker in Christ Church at four p.m., 
by the Eev. Dr. Eussell. rector of St. Paul's Church, Paterson, N. J. 
J. Asher Smith was the best man. The ushers were H. J. Braker, the 
groom's brother, D. McBurnie Hunter, William T. Hay ward, Lewis 



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 85 

Morris, John Douglas and John Taj'lor, of Philadelphia. There 
were no bridesmaids. The bride's dress was of gros grain silk, with 
a front of embossed velvet. The veil was of tulle, and fastened with 
orange blossoms. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Edward 
Talcott, Mr. and Mrs. F. Talcott, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Angustus Talcott, 
Mr. and Mrs. C. Palmeter, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Pickard, Mr. and 
Mrs. W. H. Gnion, Mr. and Mrs. C. Braker, Jr., Mrs. James Alger, 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tripler, Mrs. Davison, ]\[r. and Mrs. William 
M. Keltz, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Meyers, Mr. and Mrs. Anson P. 
Pond, Dr. and Mrs. Hills, Mrs. Jolly, Miss Eagle, Miss Fanny Morris, 
Miss Annie Jones, Miss Aida Kelty, Miss Sadie McNulty, James A. 
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Badgley, Miss Ida Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. 
F. L. Underbill, Mrs. Pondir, Mr. "Howard Gilder, Miss Julia A. 
Grant, Mr. and ]\lrs. James A. Floyd, W. P. Moreton, Mr. and Mrs. 
Crane, Miss Crane and Hamilton Castner. 

Miss Bertha J. Abendroth, daughter of William T. Abendroth, was 
married to Francis G. Dickson, of Jersey City, at half past five p.m., 
at St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Portchester, by the Kev. 
E. W. Kenny, rector of the church. There were no bridesmaids. 
The best man was C. H. Smith, Jr. The ushers were W. A. White, 
of Porchester, and W. N. Hoyt, Orlando H. Tajdor and William F. 
Myers, of Jersey City. The bride was given away by her father. Her 
dress was composed of cream-white Ottoman silk, made with a court 
train, and with a front trimmed with narrow box-pleatings, over 
which fell ruffles of point duchesse lace. The corsage was cut in a 
triangle and filled in with lace. She wore a tulle veil, caught with 
orange blossoms, and carried a bouquet of white roses. Elegant dia- 
mond earrings and a lace pin, the gift of the groom, were part of her 
toilet. The reception took place at the house of the bride's father, 
Echo Hill, which was decorated with cut flowers, smilax and palms, 
as also was the church. Pinard furnished refreshments, and there 
were music and dancing. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. Dickson, 
the groom's parents, Mrs. Dimick, Miss Dimick, Mr. and Mrs. Will- 
iam Mclntyre, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Hoyt, ?dr. and Mrs. George Lary, 
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Eraser, A. Ahrens and Miss Helen Rawson, all 
from Jersey City ; Mr. and ]\Ii's. George H. Moseman, of Brooklyn, 
Mr. and Mrs. M. Valentine, of Woodlawn, N. J., J. Cairnes, Mr. and 
]\Irs. F. A. Abendroth, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Abendroth, and Mr. and 
Mrs. John Abendroth, of New York, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Miller, 
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hoagland, Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. White, Mr. 
and Mrs. J. B. Root, Mrs. E. White, Miss White, Mr. and Mrs. John 
E. Marshall and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Marshall. 

Henry N. Williams, a son of Robert N. Williams, formerly of 
Bufl:"alo, and Miss Kate Donaldson, daughter of the late Richard 
Donaldson, were married in the Remsen Street Presbyterian Church, 
Brooklyn, in the evening, by the Rev. Dr. Van Dyke, the pastor. 



86 THE SEASOX 

The chancel was thickly set with plants and flowers. The bride was 
given away by her brother. E. Valentine was the best man. The 
ushers were Thomas Stern, Edgar Logan, Jr., J. D. Wolf Dimock and 
C. P. Ayers. F. AV. Tursch, of Trinity Church, New York, played 
the organ. The bridesmaids were Miss Minnie Williams, Miss Annie 
Patrick, of Pittsburg, Miss Blair, of Philadelphia, and Miss Nellie 
Lawson. A reception was held at the house of the bride's father, No. 
86 Joralemon Street, only relatives and intimate friends being pres- 
ent. The bride wore a white satin robe trimmed with Valenciennes 
lace and a tulle veil with orange blossoms, and carried the usual 
bridal bouquet. 

Miss Maria Howard Potter, daughter of Howard Potter, was mar- 
ried to J. Kennedy Tod at four p.m., in the hou.se of the bride's 
father, at Park Avenue and Thirty-seventh Street, by the Kev. Dr. 
Henry C. Potter, rector of Grace Church and uncle of the bride. 
Andrew Tod was the best man. The bridesmaids were Miss Kose 
Tod, sister of the groom, Miss Grace and Miss Bertha Potter, sisters 
of the bride. Miss Ethel Potter, cousin of the bride, Miss Margaret 
Crosby and Miss Anne Duane. They wore dresses of white flowered 
gauze made with demi-train, low elbow sleeves and fronts flounced 
with lace. The bride's dress of rich white satin had a front of alter- 
nate flounces of pearl passementerie and point lace. The drapery 
•was garnished with orange blossoms. The point lace veil was caught 
by a diamond crescent. The large rooms of the house contained 
many handsome bouquets. Lander furnished music and refresh- 
ments were served. At the recei3tion, which was limited to intimate 
friends and relatives, there were present J. P. Kingsland, Dr. and 
Mrs. Metcalf, Mrs. Hewitt, the Misses Hewitt, Miss Wolfe, ]\Ir. and 
Mrs. Thomas Ward, the Misses Howard,- Mrs. Clarence Cary, Mrs. 
Horatio Potter, President Potter, of Union College, Mr. and Mrs. E. 
F. Potter, Miss Ethel Potter, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Brown, Mi.ss 
Brown, Miss Butler, Charles K. Hone, Mr. and Mrs. Eobert B. Potter, 
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Eice, Mrs. J. P. Morris, Mrs. Blatchford, 
Mrs. John Kean, the Misses Kean, Mrs. William P. Griffin, Mrs. Lock- 
wood, Miss Lockwood, Mrs. Lucius Tuckerman, Miss Tuckerman, 
Mrs. Milnor, Miss Milnor, Mrs. Sylvanus Eeed, Mr. and Mrs. James 
K. Gracie, Miss Carow, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jones, the Misses Hum- 
bert, G. L. Hugh, Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, Miss Breese, Mr. and Mrs. 
James L. Breese, J. Kearny Warren, Mrs. Samuel Thorne, Mr. and 
Mrs. Douglas Eobinson, Elliott Eoosevelt, Mrs. L. Wilmerding, Dr. 
Andrew Smith, Miss Crosby, Mrs. Howard Crosby, Peter Marie, Miss 
Marie, J. K. Pendleton, Samuel G. Ward, G. L. Schuyler, the Misses 
Schuyler, Mr. and Mrs. C. Bors, Dr. and Mrs. Griswold, Dr. Curtis, 
the Eev. Dr. and Mrs. John Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey, Mr. and 
Mrs. Henry E. Pellew, Mrs. John Taylor Johnston, Miss Johnston, 
]Mrs. J. B. Johnston, Miss Johnston, Mrs. Lydig, Mr. and Mrs. Bache 
Emmet and Mrs. Lord. 



WEDNESDA 7, NO VEMBER 15. 87 

Miss Emma Schumacher, daughter of C. Schumacher, was married 
to Francis W. Stevens, in the Church of the Holy Spirit, in the even- 
ing, b}^ the Eev. Dr. Edmund C. Guilbert, the rector. The brides- 
maids were Miss Mamie Schumacher, sister of the bride, Miss Annie 
Adams, Miss Mamie Schroeder, and Miss Mamie Adams, of Phihidel- 
phia. The ushers were Henry Schumacher, brother of the bride, G, 
B. Sheppard, Henry Clearman, J. W. Stanley, William li. Ware and 
E. S. Vollmer. The best man was William De Blois. The bride's 
dress was of white gros grain silk, made with a pleated front. She 
wore a tulle veil, and htr flowers were entirely orange blossoms. A 
reception was held at the house of the bride's parents in East Eighty- 
first Street. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Forest H. Parker, 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Frasse, Mrs. De Blois, and Mrs. Haskell of 
Boston. 

Miss Helena. Beinhauer was married to Frederick W. Jockel, in the 
evening, in the Fourth Keformed Church in Fortieth Street, by the 
Kev. Dr. John Oeuter, rector of the church. The ushers were Henry 
A. Jockel. Charles G. Koss, James Fitzgerald, Robert Jackson and 
Thomas Alexander. A large wedding bell was suspended in front of 
the pulpit, and there were other elaborate decorations. The brides 
dress was of white Ottoman silk and had a Medici collar. It was 
trimmed with point lace. She wore a tulle veil with orange blossoms 
and diamonds. A reception was held at the house of the bride's 
parents in West Fifty-eighth Street. 

The wedding of Miss Pollock and Edward Livingston attracted a 
number of New York people to Pittsfield, Mass. The ushers were 
James Pratt, George Watherspoon, George F. Garr and Augustus Van 
Cleef, of New York, W. L. Montgomery, of Trenton, N. J., and E. L. 
Pollock, of Pittsfield. Miss Florence Learned, Miss Anna Clapp and 
Miss Joslin, of Pittsfield, and Miss Hansom, of Albany, were the 
bridesmaids. 

Perhaps the prettiest wedding that took place to-day was that of 
Miss Margaret Benson, daughter of the late George M. Benson, and 
John F. Berry, which occurred at Benson's Corners, New Utrecht, 
L. I. The ceremony was performed in an old-fashioned red farm- 
house, a century and a half old, the present home of Robert Benson, 
the uncle of the bride. The house has a wide, old-fashioned hall, 
and large rooms which contain many interesting heir looms, includ- 
ing old portraits, a rare old picture of Washington, and a commission 
from George III. to an ancestor. In front of the door, where a big 
black Newfoundland dog kept watch, lies a small mill-stone, the first 
brought to this country from Holland. The wedding was attended 
by a small company, representing Long Island's oldest families. 
Egbert Benson, brother of the bride, ancl Evart Suydam, a cousin, 
were the ushers. The bride' s dress was of silk mull and her veil of 



88 THE SEASON. 

tulle. She wore the Mechlin lace and the pearl earrings which her 
grandmother wore as a bride. She also wore a pearl pendant. The 
house was prettily trimmed with sumach, plants and flowers. Among 
the guests were Mr. and Mrs. J. Carson Brevoort, Dr. and Mrs. De 
Muna, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Johnston, of Morristown, and Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles Wright. 

Eobert Townsend Arnold and Miss Clara Butterfield, a relative of 
General Butterfield, were married in the Church of the Transfigura- 
tion at five o'clock b}^ the Eev. Dr. Houghton. The best man was 
Monroe Chubb. The ushers were Leland Chubb, F. M. Johnson and 
"Wallace Dean. Miss Zanie Goff and Miss Josephine Borden, of Chi- 
cago, were the bridesmaids. Their dresses were of white satin, with 
full trains, and having overskirts with deep flounces of Spanish lace. 
The elbow sleeves were of lace. They carried bouquets of roses. 
The bride's dress was of brocade velvet, with a front of white satin, 
covered with cut crystal passementerie. Her tulle veil was crowded 
with a wreath of orange blossoms. A reception was held at the apart- 
ments of the bride's mother, in the Brandon, at Park Avenue and 
Seventy -third Street. 

The Misses Walsh gave a dancing party last evening at No. 94 
Amity Street, Brooklyn. About one hundred and fifty persons were 
present. The parlors were prettily decorated. Stub furnished the 
music. 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burkhalter celebrated their golden wedding 
last evening, at No. 231 West Fourteenth Street. Many handsome 
presents vvere received. 

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beers gave a reception to Leon Berthelot and 
his bride, their lately married daughter, in the evening. 

Tliursday, November 16. 

All Souls' Unitaeian Chuech held a throng of fashionable people 
at half past three p.m., when the wedding of Miss Lucy Tuckerman, 
the youngest daughter of Lucius Tuckerman, and Arthur G. Sedg- 
wick, of Boston, took place. The Kev. Dr. James Freeman Clarke, 
of Boston, performed the ceremony. The bridal party, consisting of 
eight bridesmaids and eight ushers, were prettily relieved by dense 
masses of ferns, palms and foliage plants which flanked the pulpit. 
The groom waited at the head of the aisle with his best man, Paul 
Tuckerman, the bride's brother. The ushers, who headed the pro- 
cession, were Emelen Koosevelt, Elliott Eoosevelt, Leon d'Oremieulx, 
Henry Hoyt, Lawrence Godkin, G. W. Van Nest, C. E. Stratton and 
C. H. Russell. The bridesmaids were Miss Laura Walcott Tucker- 
man and Miss Emily Tuckerman, the bride's sisters, Miss Christine 



THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 89 

Kean, ]\Iiss Ella Dickey, Miss Fanny Johnston, Miss Grace Parish, 
Miss Annie P. Murray and Miss Laura W. cl'Orcmieulx. Their cos- 
tumes v\-ere not uniform, though all wore white dresses with trains, 
except that each wore a veil of tulle fastened with pink carnations. 
They carried large bouquets of various kinds of roses. The bride's 
dress was of white corded silk, richly trimmed with point lace. Her 
veil was of point lace, and she carried a bouquet of white roses and 
lilies of the valley. Diamonds were her ornaments. The reception 
at Mr. Tuckerman's house in Madison Avenue was largely attended, 
many j^eople coming some time after the close of the ceremony. The 
wedding bell, which overhung the happy pair, was a very pretty one, 
made entirely of white flowers. The jDresents were not displayed. 
Music was supplied by Lander. Among the guests were Mr. and 
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Mrs. Griffin, Miss Edith 
Fish, Miss Edith Potter, Howard Potter, Mrs. C. C. Goodhue, the 
Misses Goodhue, Mr. Jackson, Mrs. John Sherwood, Mrs. O'Connor 
Miss Kate Bulkley, Woodbury G. Langdon, Mrs. Langdon, Mrs. AVil- 
merding, Mrs. Bayard Cutting, Mrs. Oliver Harriman, Mr. and Mrs. 
Darwin, Mr. and Mrs. \V. C. Tuckerm.an, Mr. and Mrs. Baj-ard Tuck- 
erraan, Mrs. Sedgwick, D. H. Sedgwick, Mr. and ]\Irs. Robert Sedg- 
wick, Mr. and Mrs. Gracie, Mr. John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Taylor John- 
ston, the Misses Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Dodge, Mr. and 
Mrs. Donald, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Choate, Mrs. Schuyler, Judge 
and Mrs. Howland, Mr. and Mrs. Grenville Kane, Mrs. Blodgett, Miss 
Blodgett, the Misses Weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Robb, Miss Lee, the Misses 
Van Rensselaer, Peter Marie, the Misses Kingsford, Francis A. Stout, 
Arthur Turnure, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Montgomery H. 
Clarkson, John .Schuyler, Dr. B. F. Dawson, Mrs. Oothout, Miss 
Oothout, John A. Rutherfurd, Miss Post, Miss Norton, Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles E. Butler, Russell N. Bellows, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Forbes, 
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Story, Charles F. Southmayd, Mrs. Bradish 
Johnson, Jr., Mr. and Miss Mott, Mrs. Richard Irvin, Jr., Lieutenant- 
Commander Gorringe, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Jr., Mr. Clar- 
ence Pell, the Misses Pell, William Turnbull, Jr., Mrs. Turnbull, 
Miss Turnbull, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate, ]Mr. and Mrs. R. E. 
Colgate, John Sargent Cram and Mr. and Mrs. Pierrepont. 

There was a wedding in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Fifth Avenue, at 
nine a.m., the bride being Miss Martha Marie Fitch, daughter of the 
late Walter Fitch, of Lockport, and granddaughter of the late Judge 
Cavanagh. The groom was E. P. Miller, a member of the Stock Ex- 
change. The altar was flanked with calla lilies. The selections 
played on the organ included the "Angel's Serenade," Braga ; the 
"Nuptial March," Sonderman ; and the " Festival Fantasie," Guil- 
mant. The bride was escorted by Robertson Rogers, the groom's 
best man. The groom walked with the bride's mother, and the}' were 
followed by Mr. and Mi's. W. G. Miller, the groom's parents. Arch- 
bishop Corrigan celebrated a nujitial mass while the bridal pair knelt. 



90 THE SEASON. 

He afterward performed the marriage ceremony assisted by Monseig- 
neur Quinn, the Eev. Fathers Dauhresse and Pardow, S. J., and Father 
McDonnell, who acted as master of ceremonies. The bride's dress 
was a travelling costume of light ecru camel's hair. She wore a hat 
to match, trimmed with ostrich plumes. Her bouquet was of pink 
tea roses. The bridal party partook of a wedding breakfast at Del- 
monico's. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. 
Osborne, Mr. an(5 Mrs. Jay Gould, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Trowbridge, 
Washington E. Connor, E. G. Arthur, George J. Gould, Mr. and Mrs. 

B. C. Sanford, of St. Louis, Mr. and Mrs. Enos Runyon, John J. 
Kiernan, J. Griihths Marten, and Eichard Jordan. 

Miss Louise Taylor, daughter of William Taylor, proprietor of the 
St. Denis Hotel, was married to John Lindsley McCutcheon, of Alle- 
gheny City, Penn., in the evening, in the Broadway Tabernacle, by 
the Rev. i)r. Taylor, the pastor. The best man was Mr. Osborne, of 
Pittsburg. The ushers were Thomas McCutcheon, brother of the 
groom, John H. Taylor, Thomas Marshall, Rowland Freeman, Charles 
Whittemore and Mr. Wylie. The bridesmaids were Miss Kittie L. 
Taylor, the bride's sister. Miss Henrietta Taylor, her cousin, Miss 
Julia Armstrong and Miss Fanny Gilson. They wore white silk 
dresses with silk midl overdresses, and carried bouquets of roses. In 
the bridal procession were Miss Josie Everett, dressed m pink satin, 
and Master Alfred Taylor, dressed in blue velvet, two little children. 
The bride's dress was of gros grain silk, trimmed with point ap- 
plique. Her tulle veil was held by white roses. The reception was 
held in the ladies' jjarlor of the St. Denis, where there was hung a 
bell of white chrysanthemums and other floral devices. The hotel 
corridors were draped with lace and smilax. Geisemann furnished the 
music, and there was a sumptuous refreshment table. Among the 
presents were a full set of silver from Mrs. William Tajdor, a bronze 
statue from John Taylor, the bride's uncle, spoons and china from C. 

C. Leigh, the bride's grandfather, a mahogany library' table and a 
cabinet from the bride's father, a set of silver from Mr. and Mrs. J. 
H. Lindsay, and a set of decorated china from Mrs. E. Gilson. 
Among the guests were Mrs. E. Gilson, Mrs. James McCutcheon, of 
Pittsburg, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Tackaberry, Miss Armstrong, Miss 
Tackaberry, Mr. and Mrs. H. Clifford Miller, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. 
Tiemann, Mrs. John R. Paxton, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Collin, Mrs. G. 
G. Leigh, Charles H. Spencer, W. Ives Washburn, George R. Wood- 
ford, Clarence C. Buel, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall BrovN'n, Joseph J. Poggi, 
William L. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. A. Campbell, Miss Campbell, Mr. 
and Mrs. D. W. Pugh, Miss Conants, W. S. Gilson, W, H. Gilson 
and George Arms. 

The wedding of Miss Kate E. Shindler, daughter of James Shin- 
dler, and Augustus W. Jewett, took place in the evening at the house 
of the bride's father in West Fifty-sixth Street, the ceremony being 



TIIURSPAY, NOVEMBER 16. 91 

performed by tbe Eev. Dr. C. H. Eaton, pastor of the Churcli of the 
Divine Fraternity. The ushers were General Anson G. McCook, Eob- 
ert M. Bull, Kichard W. Bayley and ^Villiam D. Johnson. The 
bridesmaids were Miss Minnie Jewett, the groom's sister, and Miss 
Lulu B. Shindler, sister of the bride. The bride's dress was of white 
satin, and was trimmed with Spanish lace and garnished with crushed 
roses. The same flowers formed the hand bouquet, and were used to 
fasten the veil, which was of Spanish lace. The bridesmaids wore 
short dresses of white corded silk, and carried boucpiets of colored 
roses. The rooms were very prettily trimmed with flowers. Pinard 
furnished the refreshments. Among the guests were Judge and 
Mrs. Noah Davis, Mr. and M's. Delano C. Calvin, Dr. and Mrs. 
Wylie, Dr. and Mrs. Lusk, Dr. and Mrs. De Wolf, Mr. and Mrs. Rob- 
ert Maclay, Mr. and Mrs. R. Kipling, the Eev. Dr. and Mrs. C. H, 
Homer, of Brooklyn, Mrs. Jacob Jewett, of Poughkeepsie, Mr. and 
Mrs. J. Woolsey, A. H. Grote, Jkli's. Lewis Sheldon, and Mr. and Mrs. 
H. Semken, of Washington. 

Miss Minnie Van Antwerp Schuyler was married to James W. Les- 
trade in the Cavalry Baptist Church, in West Twenty-Third Street, in 
the evening, by the Eev. Dr. E. S. Mac Arthur, the pastor. C. F. Sul- 
livan was the best man. The ushers were F. Frederick Georger, 
Clarence E. Britton, A. B. Towers and William Carey. The bride was 
attired in a dress of duchesse satin trimmed with point lace. Her 
tulle veil was fastened with thistles. A reception for intimate friends 
only was held at the house of Louis Georger, in West Twenty-first 
Street. 

S. Herbert Gunn and Miss Fannie Eeed were married at the house 
of the bride's mother in West Fourteenth Street, in the morning. 
The wedding was a very quiet one. The bride's dress was white 
crepe du chine, trimmed with point lace. Her ornaments were dia- 
monds. 

Miss May Delevan Kelson, daughter of Mrs. 0. F. Frye, of Exeter, 
N. Y., was married to the Eev. George Brinley Morgan, of the above 
place, at noon, in St. Thomas's Church, by the Eev. Dr. W. F. Mor- 
gan, rector of the church, who is the uncle of the bridegroom. The 
church was decorated for the occasion. Dr. William B. Morgan, of 
Hartford, the groom's brother, was the best man. The ushers were 
Henry K. Morgan, Jr., the groom's brother, A. T. French, cousin of 
the bride, G. 13. Huntington, and Gibson Fannestock. The brides- 
maids were Miss Laura Nelson, sister of the bride, Miss Emily Mor- 
gan, sister of the groom, Miss Bessie E. French, cousin of the bride, 
and Miss Eebie Clark. They wore pretty costumes of nun's veiling, 
made short, and dark green Eembrandt hats with long ostrich tips. 
They carried bouquets of pink roses. The bride's dress was of white 
satin and her veil of tulle. Her ornaments were diamonds. A wed- 



y^ THE SEASON. 

ding breakfast was served at the house of Mrs. Edward Tuck, in East 
Sixty-first Street. Among those present were Jndge and Mrs. Thomas 
Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. G. b. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. F. O. French, Mrs. 
O. F. Frye, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Morgan, and Mrs. J. P. Townsend. 

Saturday, Novemljer 18. 

Mks. Botta gave a large reception for Mr. and Mrs. Story, at which 
the former read some of his unpublished poems. 

Sunday, November 19. 

Colonel Emtl Fkey, the Swiss Minister to the United States, who 
arrived in Washington about two months ago, was given a reception 
by the united Swiss Societies of New York and its vicinity in the 
Lexington Avenue Opera House. Colonel F. Frey is not only the first 
representative that the Swiss Eepublic has ever had in the diplomatic 
corps at Washington, but he has honorable record in this country, 
and these circumstances combined to make the reception a patriotic 
and hearty demonstration. Colonel Frey came to this country in 
1860 or 1861 and settled in Illinois. A few months later the war 
broke out, and he enlisted as a private in the Twenty-fourth Illinois 
Eegiment, of which the German revolutionist, Friedrich Hecker, was 
colonel. The regiment belonged to General Grant's brigade. He 
obtained permission to raise a company for the Eighty-second Illinois 
Eegiment, and did so, becoming its captain. At Gettysburg he was 
acting major, and there fell into the hands of the rebels and was sent 
to Libby Prison, where he remained eight months in close confine- 
ment. Together with Colonel Goff, of Virginia, Mr. Thompson's suc- 
cessor as Secretary of the Navy, he was held as a hostage for Captain 
Gordon, a Confederate soldier who had been captured by the Union 
Army and sentenced to death. Through the efforts of Colonel Frey's 
friends here and in Europe, Captain Gordon's life was spared, and 
he was exchanged for Colonel Frey, who, after the war, returned to 
Switzerland and entered politics. He became a member of the Fed- 
eral Council, was for a time president of one of the Houses, and for 
ten years edited a newspaper. He presented his credentials to Presi- 
dent Arthur two months ago, and last week was given a reception in 
Buffalo. 

Madame Patti was entertained at dinner by Dr. and Mrs. E. Eras- 
tus Marcy at their house, No. 396 Fifth Avenue. A small company 
was present. Mrs. E. Eaymond and Miss Marcy, Dr. Marcy's daugh- 
ter, assisted in receiving the guests. The table was set in the art 
gallery, and was adorned Math several large bouquets. The guests 
were, besides ^Madame Patti, the INIarquis and Marchioness Lanza, 
the Count de Cabry, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. jNIusgrave, Dr. W. A. 
Hammond, Mr. and Mrs. George Irving, William Winthrop Carey, F. 
Tuckerman, J. H. Mapleson and Signer Nicolini. 



TUESD A } ', JVO I 'EMBER 21. 93 



Monday, Novembej* 20. 

Mayor Edson was given a social dinner by John B. Haskin at 
Fordbam. 

Tuesday November 21. 

Miss Marcia Flagg, the daughter of Ethan Flagg, was married to 
Charles Henry Butler, second son of "William Allen Butler, at half 
past three p.m., in the First Presbyterian Church, Yonkers. The 
pulpit was flanked by masses of green foliage, and at the head of the 
aisle was an arch of smilax, studded with chrysanthemums. From 
this hung a bell of white chrysanthemums. The aisle was guarded 
by a gate of smilax, on which was the monogram of the bride's and 
the groom's initials in red and white flowers. The Kev, John Eeed, 
pastor of the church, performed the ceremonj'. William A. Butler, 
Jr., was the best man. The ushers were Howard E. Butler, Benja- 
min F. Butler, Jr., John L. Lamson, John Farr, T, V. Boj^nton and 
"William C. Sanger, George Pell played the organ. The bridesmaids 
were Miss Mary Butler and Miss Hattie Butler, sisters of the groom, 
Miss Janet Flagg, the bride's sister, Miss Cornelia Waring, Miss Kate 
Hawley, Miss Amanda Baird and Miss Bessie Flagg, the latter, a young 
girl, b«ing dressed in pale blue silk. The other bridesmaids wore 
resses of white Surah satin, made with very short sleeves puffed at 
the elbow. The dresses were made with sash backs and had jolain 
fronts of brocade satin. The corsages were cut square and filled in 
with lace, and lace collars were also worn. The three bridesmaids, 
who were brunettes, wore pink ostrich tips in their hair, and carried 
bouquets of Jacqueminot roses. The blonde bridesmaids wore blue 
ostrich tips and carried bouquets of Bon Silenes and Marechal Niels, 
White satin formed the bride's dress, which was made with along 
round train, edged with ruching, and a simulated basque. The 
front was laid in wide upright satin pleats and a flounce trimmed 
with lace. The corsage was cut square. At the side of the dress the 
drapery was looped up with satin ribbon. The long white musque- 
taire gloves of the bride reached above the elbow. Her tulle veil v/as 
held by a diamond star. The bride's mother wore an elegant dress 
of black velvet trimmed with j^oint lace. The bride's father escorted 
her and gave her away. A reception was held after the ceremony at 
the home of the bride's father in Ashburton Avenue. Among those 
present were Mr. and Mrs. Sidne}^ Ai:>pleton, Sidney Appleton, Jr., 
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cornell, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Lord, Mr. and 
Mrs. F. Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Dwight, Mrs. C. E. Agnew, Miss 
Agnew, Mrs. Lamson, ]\Iiss Sallie Markoe, Miss Crane, Miss Marshall, 
Arthur Schermerhorn, Powers Farr, Mr. and Mrs, John T. Waring, of 
Massachusetts, Arthur Waring, Mrs. Hayes, wife of General Hayes, 
Mr. and jVIrs. John Olmstead, Wells Olmstead, Mrs. James B. Colgate, 
Miss Colgate, Professor H. M, Baird, Mi\ and JVIrs. Cochran, IMr. and 



94 THE 8EAS0X. 

IMi-s. Hall Baldwin, James B. Townsend, Dr. L. W. Flagg, Jacob 
Reed, Mrs. J. K. Meyers, Mrs. W. W. Law, Mrs. A. A. Havemeyer, 
Mr. and JVIi's. Charles Collins, the Misses Collins, Dr. G. E. Upham, 
Captain and Mrs. J. G. Grindle, Mrs. Charles liockwood, Mr. and 
Mrs. J. E. Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Bogart, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. 
Ketcham, Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Skinner. 

A charity ball in aid of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, of Brooklyn, 
at McDonongh Street and Stuj'vesant Avenue, was held in the even- 
ing in the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It was the first ball ever 
held by the society, and was so successful that the managers expected 
last evening that about $3U00 would be realized over expenses. The 
parquette was floored over and the boxes were decorated with vines 
and plants. Bernstein's orchestra occupied the rear of tbe stage. 
The name of the society was in gas jets over the stage. Dancing 
began shortly after ten p.m. At the supper speeches were made and 
a letter from the Rev. Father Malone was read. 

TAe Charity Journal, published for the ball, giving the history of the 
institution, was distributed during the evening. The order of danc- 
ing had twenty -four numbers. Among those present ^^eve Mayor 
and Mrs. Low, Charity Commissioners Kissam and Van Sicklen, Dr. 
Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Leo Bamberger, Bernard Peters, Lorraine 
Palmer, Ernest Natham, President of the Asylum Society, S. Good- 
stein, Moses May, Joseph Wechsler, Louis Israel, D. W. Stein, M. 
Goldsmith, Mr. Bruckheimer, N. Bernstein, Morris Adler, M, Hess- 
berg, P. Seldner, Max Ball and Aaron Rossman. 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Remsen gave a large and elegant dinner in 
honor of Miss Slocomb, of New Orleans, Among those present were 
Miss Warren, Miss Effie Borrowe, Miss Mary Tailer, Miss Remsen, 
Miss Georgie Remsen, Mr. George Wotherspoon, Jr., Mr. Maurice, 
Mr. Minton and Mr. Henry V/arren. 

The Rev. Dr. R. S. Storrs was given a reception by his i^arishioners 
of the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn. 

Miss Margaret Cecil Wall, daughter of the Rev. Thomas G. Wall, 
Superintendent of the Presbyterian Hospital, was married at noon to 
Dr. John Fletcher Duffield, son of Professor John T. Duffield, of 
Princeton, in the Phillips Presbyterian Church, at Seventy-third 
Street and Madison Avenue. The ceremony was performed by the 
bride's father, assisted by Professor Duffield and Professor Edward 
Wall, of the Stevens Institute, Hoboken. The bride was given away 
by her brother, William H. Wall, and Dr. Henry A. Mandeville was 
best man. The bride's dress was white corded silk, en traine, trimmed 
with duchesse lace, the corsage cut square, and her ornaments w^ere 
diamonds. She wore a tulle veil, with orange blossoms, and carried 
Cornelia Cook roses. The ushers were Edward C. Wall, Robert L. 



WEDNESDA Y, ^^0 VEMBER 2^2. 95 

Maitland, Edward B. Wall, Henry G. Diiffield, Walter S. Green, and 
Dr. William B. Hawkins. Following the ceremony the bride and 
groom sailed for Savannah. Among those present in the church 
were President and Mrs. McCosh and ex-President John McClean, 
of Princeton, Mrs. Alexander Maitland, Miss Eliza L. Maitland, Mr. 
and Mrs. Eobert L. Stuart, Mrs. John C. Green, Dr. and Mrs. John 

A. Wells, of Englewood, N. J., the Eev. Dr. Samuel D. Alexander, 
the Kev. S. B. Dod, of Hoboken, E. E. Stanley and the Misses Stan- 
ley, of Kahway, N. J., the Kev. Dr. G. H. Mandeville, the Kev. G. 
Howard Duf&eld and wife. Professor William H. Green, Mrs. John 
Hull Browning, Mrs. Lizzie B. Sisson, and Drs. G. M. Smith, Andrew 
H. Smith, J. V. S. Woolley, and Frederick A. Burrall. 

\%'ediiesday, November 23. 

Miss Sophie H. Chapin, daughter of M. T. Chapin, of No. 196 
Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, was married in her father's house, in 
the evening, to Dr. W. M. Hutchinson, of the same city, by the Kev. 
Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler. S. T. Chapin, brother of the bride, and Dr. 
Kobert L. Dickinson were the ushers. The best man was William 
Wray. Miss Clara Mills, of Pompton, N. J., was the bridesmaid. She 
wore a dress of combined silk and brocade satin, and carried a bou- 
quet of colored roses. The bride's dress of Ottoman silk had a front 
of brocaded plush, was made with elbow sleeves and square corsage, 
and was garnished with orange flowers and trimmed with point and 
duchesse lace. She wore a tulle veil, solitaire diamond earrings and 
a diamond pin, the gift of the groom. The ceremony took place un- 
der a floral canopy. The parlors were hung with smilax and baskets 
of roses, and there was a yoke of flowers. A reception was held from 
half past seven to nine p.m. The bridal pair started from this city 
this morning for St. Augustine. The presents included a sealskin 
dolman from the bride's father, a gold chatelaine watch from the 
bride's mother, a bronze clock and ornaments from the bride's 
brother, and a set of Wedgewood ware from the groom's sister. 
Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Tilney, Mr. and Mrs. W. 

B. Wadsworth, of Plainfield, N. J., Dr. and Mrs. Geoge Brush, Dr. 
and Mrs. George Drury, Professor S. G. Armor, Professor and Mrs. 
A. J. C. Skene, Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Westbrook, Dr. and Mrs. C. 
Eugene Gunther, Dr. and Mrs. Verona, Dr. J. C. Sniveh^ Dr. Spencer, 
Mrs. Spencer, Miss Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Williams, the ]\Iisses 
Williams, Drs, Butler, Drake, Ayers, DeLavergne, Cochran and W. C. 
Belcher. 

Miss Georgiana Hayes, daughter of the late Jacob Hayes, was mar- 
ried to Thomas W. Strong, Jr., in the evening, by the Kev. Dr. K. 
S. MacArthur, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church. The ceremony 
took place at the house of the bride's parents in East Sixtieth Street. 
The ushers were Eugene B. Strong, Edward W. Strong, W. B. Post 



96 THE SEASOX 

and George S. Rank. The bride's mother gave her ^tvcij. The wed- 
ding dress was composed of white satin ; it was made with a full court 
train, and was trimmed with point and duchesse lace. The tville veil 
was held by diamonds and orange blossoms. The ceremony' took 
place beneath a bell of white chrysanthemums, which bore on either 
side the initials of the bride and groom. A pillow with the same let- 
ters rested before the mirror and a bow and arrow of red carnations 
hung above it. The rooms were otherwise handsomely decorated. 
The brido and groom went South on their wedding trip. ' The guests 
included Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hayes, 
Eugene Hayes, Miss Minnie Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. William Hayes, Mr. 
and Mrs. S. L. Post, Miss Post, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Dos Passes, 
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Drake, Mr. and Mrs. Lippincott, Mr. and Mrs. J. 
W. Strong, Miss Belle Strong, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mote, P. W. Hard- 
ing, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller. 

Tliarsday, November 23. 

A children's party was given in honor of Miss Florence Watts, by 
her father, C. H. W^itts, a member of the Produce Exchange, at J^is 
house, No. 968 Lexington Avenue, in the evening. The house was 
decorated with cut flowers, and refreshments were served. The party 
lasted until ten p.m. Dancing was indulged in. Miss Florence wore 
a dress of wliite Swiss trimmed with Valenciennes lace ; there were 
daisies in her hair and on the corsage. Among the children present 
were Masters Harry Schumacher, Harry Henriques, Edgar Conrick, 
Leonard Ely, Davy Atwood, Willie Berg, Alfred Whitney, Charles 
Nichols, Forrest Parker, Fred Wilson, Harry White, George Plotts 
and Jesse Hazeltine, and Misses Belle King, Clara Gardiner, Mamie 
Armstrong, Gertie Conrick, Addie and Annie Wilson, Bertha San- 
born, Emily Winter, Sallie Whitney, Marion Nichols, Frankie Kel- 
lock, Edith Baxter, Etta Davis, Nettie Althause, Eveline and Jennie 
Parker and Edith Robinson. 

Miss Donaldson, of No. 137 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, enter- 
tained the dancing class of which she is a member at her house in the 
evening. The rooms were decorated, refreshments were served, and 
Stub furnished music. 

A dinner was given by a number of gentlemen of Englewood, at the 
Englewood House, to Consul-General T. B. Van Beuren, who has 
recently returned from Japan. Music was furnished by Stub's 
orchestra. C. N. Jordan presided, and addresses were made by Will- 
iam Walter Phelps, General Stewart L. Woodford, Daniel Drake 
Smith, George S. Coe and Colonel W. M. Grosvenor. Among others 
present were Dumont Clarke, Charles Nordhoff, E. C. Holman, J. T. 
Floycl, W. J. Cruikshank, W. E. Tillinghast, E. A. Brinckerhoff, D. 
W. Evans, W. L. Bigelow, Jessie B. Burdette, G. L. Haight, Alexan- 



THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 97 

der Amend, Donald IMackav, N. Hart Smith, John E. Miller, C. B. 
Pratt, Herbert B. Turner, S/W. Towey, C. H. Waterbmy, William 0. 
Allison, F. B. Nichols, William Stanley, C. Mortimer, Robert Baylies, 
L. Rockafeller, Clinton M. Blake, J. H. Crane, Captain J. H. Merri- 
man, and W. L. Whittemore. 

Frederick W. Devoe gave a dinner-party at his house, in honor of 
Mayor-elect Edson. It was a purely social entertainment. The guest 
of the evening sat at Mr. Devoe' s right hand, and Justice Noah Davis 
at his left. The other guests were William Dowd, Judge Abraham R. 
Lawrence, the Rev. Dr. C. C. Tiffany, Gustav Schwab, Jacob H. 
Schiff, Judge John R. Brad}^ Stephen A. Walker, Moses Devoe, 
Thomas F. Devoe, G. Van Reed, James F. Drummond, F. Saunders, 
Jr., A. E. Orr, George Montague, Gilbert H. Crawford, Henry A. Rog- 
ers, Dr. Norvin Green, J. Seaver Page, Dr. Cyrus Edson, George A. 
IMcyer, Jacob D. Vermilye, H. O. Armour and Heniy Meyer. Messrs. 
Edson, Davis, LavvTcnce and Brady made short and informal speeches. 

A large assemblage was attracted to the University Place Presby- 
terian Church, corner University Place and Tenth Street, in the even- 
ing, v/hen the Rev. Dr. Burchard united in marriage his grand- 
daughter, Miss Susan Codman Frenche, daughter of ]Mr. James Frcnche 
of ^Vaterloo, N. J., and Mr. Frederick Hudson Calkins. The ushers 
led the bridal procession as it entered, followed by the bridesmaids, 
and the bride on the arm of her father, who gave her away. After 
the ceremonj'- the bride and groom were followed by the ushers and 
bridesmaids, arm in arm. Mr. Ernest Perrin walking with Miss Min- 
nie Frenche, a sister of the bride, Mr. Floyd Clarke v\'ith Miss Cassia 
Calkins, a sister of the groom, Mr. William Turner with Miss Jennia 
Hermann, Mr. Lewis Sayre Burchard with Miss Marguerite B. Hicks, 
and Mr. Walter R. Le'ggatt and Mr. William M. Olcott, the other 
ushers, walked together. The groom's best man was Mr. Frank S. 
Williams. The bride was lovely in her trained dress of white Sicili- 
enne silk, profusely trimmed v>'ith duchesse lace. The bodice was 
cut V-shape, and orange blossoms held in place the veil of tulle. Her 
ornaments were diamonds, the gift of the groom. The bridesmaids 
wore dresses of white camel's hair, made walking length, and trimmed 
vrith laca. Broad sashes of vrhite moire fell over the drapciy at the 
back. The square necks vrere trimmed with lace, and two of them 
carried bouquets of pink roses, and two bouquets of red roses, wear- 
ing boutonnieres to match. The reception which followed the cere- 
mony was held at the residence of the groom's father, the Hon. Hiram 
Calkins, No. 147 West Forty ninth Street, which was trimmed with 
smilax and flov.'ers for the occasion, and roses banked the mantels. 
At eleven o'clock a special collation was served for the bridal party, 
separate from that of the guests. The centrepiece was of ice-cream, 
representing a bride and groom. The bride was eaten by the ushers, 
the groom by the bridesmaids, while the foundation was partaken of 



98 THE SEASON. 

by the newly-married couple. Mazzetti was the caterer. Among the 
guests at the church and reception were Mr. and Mrs. William H. 
Catlin, the Misses Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Moller, Mr. 
and Mrs. Union Adams, Rev. and Mrs. John P. Newman, Mr. William 
Blanchard, Miss Fanny Blanchard, Mr. W. E. Connor, Mr. and Mrs. 
John Agnew, Colonel and Mrs. W. H. Robertson, Mr. Homer Bost- 
wick, the Misses Bostwick, Hon. and Mrs. Frederick P. Olcott, Mr. 
Ogden D. Budd, Mr. William A. Baton, Mr. Charles B. Brush, Miss 
Carrie Cooley, ex-Governor and Mrs. John T. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. 
A. B. Cornell, Mr. Thomas Cornell, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Loew, Mi'. 
Charles E. Loew, the Misses Crumble, Mr. D. D. Conover, IVIi-. and 
Mrs. Joseph C. Carey, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Agnew, Mr. William A. 
Brown, Hon. and Mrs. Mackin, of Newburg, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. 
George K. Chase, Miss Effie P. Chase, General and Mrs. James W. 
Husted, of Peekskill, Mr. John Bryan, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Van- 
noit, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Capleston, Miss Capleston, Mr. Frank 
Crumble, Mr. George Crumble, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. England, General 
and Mrs. U. S. Grant, Mr. and Airs. L. A. Calkins, Miss Ella Calkins, 
Mr. Frank A. Calkins, Mr. Lester B. Faulkner, JVIr. and Mrs. H. M. 
Cummings, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. William 
L. Flanagan, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Furnald, Jr., Mr. and JMi's. George 
W. Clarke. Dr. E. W. Fisher, Hon. and Mrs. Delano C. Calvin, Mr. 
and Mrs. William Falconer, Mr. O. W. Hegeman, ]\Ir. and Mrs. Charles 
S. Fitch, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Haywood, Hon. and Mrs. Thomas L. 
James, the Misses Dempsey, ]\Ir. and Mrs. Edward H. Kent, Mr. and 
Mrs. P. P. Dickinson, Mr. C. C. Dickinson, Mr. and Mrs. J. Burling 
Lawrence, Hon. and Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew, Mr. and Ivlrs. Roger 
H. Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Lemont, of AllDany. 

Friday, Novcjubcr 24. 

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Robertson, of No. 292 Washington Avenue, 
Brooklyn, gave a party in the evening for their daughter, Minnie, it 
being her eighteenth birthday. An extension was built on thfi par- 
lors to provide more room for dancing, and this was draped with 
flags. The rooms were also decorated with flowers. The part}" broke 
up at one a.m. Miss Robertson wore a pink satin dress, with a front 
of embossed plush and Jacqueminot roses. Her mother was dressed 
in seal brown plush. Dieter furnished refreshments. Among the 
guests were Miss Roberts, Miss Fanny Roberts, William Roberts, 
Miss Gussie Gaynor, William Wimple. Henry Seeley, George Seele^', 
Miss Maggie Seelyc, Miss Edith Martin, Miss Alice Martin, Mulford 
Ilartin, Miss Gillett, Henry Feuchtwanger, William Cooper, Mr. 
Ivnox, Mr. Freeman, Mr. Orr and Mr. Gay, of Troy. Walter Sinn, 
William Crocker, of San Francisco, James A. Law, of Tarrytov/n, Miss 
Robertson, Miss Crary, C. E. Barber, the Misses Tuttle, William 
Tiittle, Miss Cornell, the Misses Hart, the Misses Pattison, the 
Misses Bates, Miss Birdsall, Mr. Tice, Mr. Bretts, Mr. Sparks, Fred- 



MOSDAV, NOVEMBER 27. 99 

erick Masson, Mr, Lockwoocl, Mr. Overall, IMr. St. Johns, Mr. Fleet, 
Mr. Ellis, Mr. Chouchoui and Mr. Baker. 

Dr. and Mrs. R. F. "Weir gave a reception at their honso in AVest 
Thirty-third Street, in the evening, 

Saturday, November 25. 

Mrs. Grenville Winthrop entertained the Small and Early danc- 
ing class. The meeting was the first of the season, and was highly 
successful. The class is coDiposed of twelve debutantes and twelve 
young men. Mrs. Edward L. Ludlow and Mrs. Grenville Winthrop 
have the management of the class, which is to meet regularly every 
Saturday night throughout the winter. Mr. Henry Parrish, Jr.. Miss 
Anna Hall, Miss Kitty Waldo, Mr. Edward Livingston, Miss Etta 
Strong, Mr. George Parsons and Miss Sands are among the members. 
Miss Fannie Swan was one of the guests at the meeting on Saturday. 
She, Miss Waldo, and Miss Hall were the belles of the evening. Miss 
Waldo wore a strikingly handsome dress of pale olive-green illusion, 
with garnitures of natural white water-lilies, 

Mr. C. Stacey Clark gave a reception at his handsome bachelor 
apartments on Seventeenth Street, at which were present a number 
of well-known people, 

Sunday, November 26. 

Mrs. a. S. Stephens, of No. 33 East Sixty-third Street, gave a din- 
ner party for Mrs. Langtry. 

Monday, November 27. 

A WEDDING of unusual interest to the older families in fashionable 
society in this city took place in the evening in the Baylies home- 
stead at Ninth Avenue and Twenty-eighth Street. The bride was 
Miss Cornelia Prime Baylies, daughter of the late Lincoln Baylies, 
and the groom was Francis Cabot Lowell, of Boston, a son of G. Gar- 
diner Lowell, and a relative of James Russell Lowell, United States 
Minister to the Court of St. James's. The bride is a niece of Mrs. 
Maturin Livingston and a relative of Alexander Hamilton, her mother 
being a daughter of Robert Ray. The house where the wedding took 
i:)lace was many j^ears ago the country residence of the Baylies family, 
who then owned^ a large tract of land about it, extending down to the 
river. The town house of the familj'' was at that time known as the 
" Lions," so called from the sculptured lions flanking the entrance. 
They attracted the attention of passers-by in Bowling Green for many 
years. The wedding ceremony took place in the ball room, in the 
same place where the bride's mother v/as married, and the day was 



100 THE SEASON. 

the anniversary of the mothers wedding. The whole house was 
lighted with wax candles, set in qhandeliers and candelabra, about 
fifteen hundred being used. The soft light illuminated furniture of 
the finest rosewood, rare paintings and frescoed walls. Gobelin 
tapestries and other evidences of wealth and taste. The fiowers used 
in decorating the rooms werp all brought from Boston, and were 
maitdy grouped in simple bouquets. The mantels, windov/s, door- 
ways, staircases and newel posts were profusely draped with smilax. 
An orchestra, of six violins, was stationed in a little room at the head 
of the stairs, which was veiled by lace curtains. The conservatory of 
the house extends two stories in height, so that the dining-room on 
the first floor and the drawing-room on the second floor open into it, 
the latter having a balcony. The rooms were thrown open on the 
second floor so that guests could make the entire circuit of them with- 
out going out into the hall. The family coat-of-arms and motto, 
''J'Espere Eadlen," are painted over the library door. The wedding 
did not occur until nine p.m. The ceremony was performed by the 
Eev. Dr. Brady E. Backus, rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles, 
assisted by the Kev. Charles H. Learoyd, of Taunton, Mass. The 
only bridesmaid was Miss Paith Baylies, the bride's sister, who will 
be introduced in society at a ball given in her honor next winter. 
Her dress was made of white gauze de Chambery and white satin, 
with a train and square cut corsage and tulle elbow sleeves, caught 
up with lilies of the valley. She carried a bouquet of Bon Silene 
rosebuds and wore diamond ornaments, the gift of the bride. The 
wedding dress of the bride was composed of cream white satin, and 
was made with a full court train. The front was draped with ruffles 
of point lace eighteen inches deep. The corsage was cut heart- 
shaped, both front and back, and the elbow sleeves were of point 
lace. She wore the point lace veil which was worn by her grand- 
mother at her wedding. It was caught up with orange blossoms. 
Her bouquet was of white roses. The bride's ornaments comprised a 
riviere of large brillianis, a diamond breast-brooch with pendants, a 
diamond bracelet, a pearl necklace, all once worn by the bride' s 
grandmother, and a pearl bracelet, the gift of the groom. EiliotLee, 
of Boston, was the best man. The ushers were Harcourt Amory and 
George Gardner, of Boston, Eockwood Hoar, of Worcester, Mass., 
and Kobert Bay Hamilton. The bride was given away by Walter 
Cabot Bajdies, the second son of Mrs. Baylies, the elder one being at 
present travelling in China. The bridal pair will probably make 
Taunton, Mass , the objective point of their wedding trip, the coun- 
try homes of the families of both the bride and groom being there, 
Mrs, Maturin Livingston and Mrs. Francis G, Garrettson assisted in 
receiving the guests at the reception. Among those present were 
Mr, and Mrs, H, A. Coster, Mrs. Jonathan Edwards, the Misses Ed- 
wards, Colonel and Mrs. Victor Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. George Caven- 
dish Bentinck, Mr. and Mrs, Ogden Mills, General Schuyler Hamil- 
ton, Dr. and Mrs. John C, Jay, the Misses Jay, Miss Julia M. Sands, 



MO.XDA y, NO VEMBER 27. 101 

Mrs. Theodore Eoosevelt, Miss Eoosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. Bayard 
Tuckerman, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Tuckerinan, Miss Jeannie Tucker- 
man, Paul Tuckerman, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Tuckerman, Iloyal Phelps, 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Post, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Post, Mr. and Mrs! 
Herman E. LeEoy, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Sheldon, Mr. and Mrs. 
George H. Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Prime, Mr. and Mrs. Fred- 
erick Prime, Mrs. Edward King, the Misses King, Mr. and Mrs. Peter 
J. King, Mrs. Heiny Van Eensselaer, Dr. and Mrs. Delafield, Mr. and 
Mrs. Lewis Delafield, Mr. and Mrs. Eobert D. Livingston, Mr. and 
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Hamilton, Jr., Mrs. 
Paran Stevens, Mrs. Edwin A. Stevens, IMr. and Mrs. Frederick W. 
Stevens, Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mr. and Mrs. Goodhue, Mr. and Mrs. 
Parker and Mr. and Mrs. Hotfman. The following Boston people 
were present : Mr. and Mrs. Francis C. Cordman, H. E. Shaw, Mrs. 
Anna Lowell, sister of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. G. Gardiner Lowell, 
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Coolidge, Dr. and Mr. Algernon Coolidge, 
Justice Gray, Judge and Mrs. Lowell, Eichard T. Parker, Miss M. 
Parker, Miss Annie Amory and Miss Lovering. The presents in- 
cluded elegant sets of sliver, furniture, paintings, an emerald bracelet, 
bronzes, china, etc. 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tuck entertained a large company of their 
friends in the afternoon at their house. No. 7 East Sixty-first Street. 
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Fahnestock, Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew, Mrs. John 
Colgate, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Townsend, Mrs. White, Mr. and Mrs. 
Nathan Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. E. Andrews and Mr. and Mrs. Jordan 
L, Mott were among those present. 

Lloyd Aspinwall, Jr., who will marry Miss Nina Sutton next Satur- 
day, gave his bachelor dinner to a number of his friends in the even- 
ing, at Pinard's. 

The Lotos Club was visited by a large number of ladies in the 
afternoon, who inspected the rooms and the paintings on exhibition, 
and listened to a musical and literary entertainment. Among those 
who sang were Mrs. Imogene Brown, Mrs. Florence Eice-Knox, Miss 
Hattie Clapper, Mrs. Studwell, Mrs. Anderson, Thomas Bullock, Sig- 
ner Morawski and W. T. Carleton. Miss Emily FaithfuU and Eich- 
ard Mansfield gave recitations. Among those present \vere Mrs. John 
Sherwood, Mrs. Zerega, Miss ^erega, Mrs. Schuyler, Mrs. Cutting, 
Mrs. P. W. Hasbrouck, Justice and Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Froelich, the 
Misses Seligman, Mrs. Eichard Lathers, the Misses Lathers, Mrs. James 
Barrow, Mrs. O. B. Bunce, Mr. and Mrs. Laight, Dr. and Mrs. Savage, 
Miss Kate P. ^NTieton, of Savannah, Ga., Miss Morewood, Mrs. O'Hara 
Mrs. Charles Phelps, Miss Donaldson, Miss Harrison, Mrs. Longl 
street, Madame Dotti, Miss Emma Juch, Mrs. Broadhead, Miss Isabel 
S. Lange, Mrs. C. H. Chapfield, Mrs. Crosby, Miss Crosby, Miss Anna 
Bulkley Hills, Mrs. Dr. Eanney, Miss Henrietta Beebe, Mrs. Henry 



102 THE ^EASOy. 

A. Alden, Mrs. Arthur T. Hills, Mrs. S. E. Weed, IVIrs. A. B. Stone, 
Mrs. W. L. Thomson, Miss Maud Stephens and Mrs. A. E. "Weld. 

Madame Christine Nilsson was serenaded at the Windsor Hotel. 

Tuesday, November 28. 

The wedding of Timothy Hopkins, the adopted son of the late 
Mark Hopkins, of San Francisco, and Miss May Crittenden, niece of 
Mrs. Mark Hopkins, took place in the evening in St. Thomas's 
Church, the ceremony being performed by the Eev. W. H. Piatt, 
formerly of Grace Church, San Francisco, and now of St. Peter's 
Church, Eochester. The chancel was set with palms and flowers. 
Arthur Lockwood, W. M. Newhall, and William H. Crocker, of San 
Francisco, were the groomsmen. The ushers were Charles S. Hurd, 
J. D. Grant, E. H. Pardee, and J. K. Nuttall. They wore turquoise 
pins set with diamonds, the gift of the groom. The bridesmaids, 
who walked with the groomsmen, were Miss Mary Miller, Miss Easton 
and Miss Hattie Crocker, of San Francisco. Henry Ivison escorted 
the bride and gave her away. The groom walked up the aisle with 
Mrs. Hopkins. The bride's dress was of cream-white satin and had 
a round court train, square corsage, the front draped with wide 
flounces of point lace, low elbow sleeves and satin drapery caught up 
at the side with orange flowers. The veil was of richest point lace 
reaching to the end of the train and was caught by orange flowers 
and a tiara of diamonds. Her corsage bouquet was of orange flowers 
and her hand bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. The 
bride's ornaments were diamonds and pearls, including a pearl neck- 
lace, diamond and pearl bracelets, earrings and brooch. Mrs. Hop- 
kins was attired in a pearl satin dress with a black lace overdress. 
She wore diamond ornaments, including a large diamond cross. Mrs. 
Stanford's dress was of black silk trimmed with point lace. Slie wore 
diamonds in her hair, a necklace of large brilliants and a heavy band 
of diamonds. A reception was held after the ceremony in Mrs. Hop- 
kins's rooms at the Windsor Hotel. The floral decorations included 
many immense bouquets. A large floral piece in the centre of the 
room had on one side the wedding monogram and on the other two 
hearts of crimson flowers, j)ierced by a floral arrow. A large white 
floral shield also bore the bridal monogram, and there were many 
other elegant devices. At ten p.m. the bride and groom, ushers, 
groomsmen and bridesmaids sat down to supper. The approaches to 
the room were lined with flowers. The table had a centre piece of 
solid roses about six feet in length. The names of the bridesmaids 
were painted on elegant blue satin favors, together with the date of 
the wedding and the monogram of the bride and groom. The gentle- 
men's places were designated by hand-painted cards representing 
Cupid in various attitudes, and also the date, name and monogram. 
The room was elaborately decorated with flowers. The bride and 



TUESDAY, I^OVEMBER 28. 103 

groom will go to their country house in Massachusetts, and will re- 
turn on next Saturday, after which there will probably be a reception 
at the Windsor. Mrs. Hopkins will give them a reception on Decem- 
ber 28th at San Francisco. Among the guests were ex-Governor and 
Mrs. Stanford, of California, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Huntington, Miss 
Huntington, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crocker, Mr. and IMrs. Henry 
Ivison, Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Mills, Ogden Mills, Mr. and Mrs. White- 
law Keid, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Parsons, John A. Livingston, Miss 
Livingston, Miss Barrett, Mr. Dewey, of San Francisco, Mrs. Sibley 
Severance, the bride's sister, of San Francisco, Cyrus W. Field, 
David Dudley Field, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Juilliard and Lloyd Tevis. 

Miss Jessie E. Raymond, daughter of Mrs. William M. Raj-mond, 
was married to William Donald, in the evening, at the house of her 
cousin, Dr. William M. L. Fiske, No. 12 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, 
E. D., by the Rev. Archibald McCullough. The bridesmaids were Miss 
Ella Bearnes and Miss Lizzie Donald, sister of the groom. The 
ushers were James Donald and Joseph Donald, brothers of the 
groom. The groomsmen were F. D. Moffat and Harvey N. Fiske. 
The bride's dress was of white satin, and she wore a tulle veil, 
orange flowers and diamond ornaments. The bridesmaids wore 
becoming white costumes and natural flowers. The house was dec- 
orated with flowers and smilax. There were only intimate friends 
and relatives present. 

Miss Cornelia Lesher, the daughter of Stephen R. Lesher, was 
married to Schuyler van Vechten, of Albany, at half past three p.m., in 
the house of the bride's father, No. 330 Madison Avenue, by the Rev. 
Dr. Joseph F. Elder, pastor of the Church of the Epiphany (Baptist). 
The house was elaborately decorated. On each side of the bricle and 
groom, as they stood in the baj'^-window, were groups of ferns, and 
over their heads hung a large wreath of various kinds of roses. 
The chandelier and doorways were draped with smilax studded with 
roses, and a large basket of flowers stood in the music room back of 
the parlors. S. Mortimer Lesher, brother of the bride, was best 
man. The ushers were Sidney Appleton, Edward Porter, of New 
Haven, John Creighton and Arthur L. Lesher, the bride's brother. 
Miss Adele Lesher, sister of the bride, was the only bridesmaid. 
Her dress was of white satin and silk-embroidered mull trimmed 
with embroidered lawn and made of dancing length with a square 
corsage. The bride's dress was composed of cream-white brocade 
and satin, trimmed with pearl passementerie and made with a court 
train, square corsage and lace elbow sleeves. She carried a bouquet 
of white roses and wore a tulle veil, with orange blossoms, and a dia- 
mond pin, the gift of the groom. The bride's mother wore a dress 
of dark blue velvet, with a front of lemon satin embroidered in pink 
rosebuds, and diamond ornaments. Among the guests were Miss 
Annie Van Vechten, E. S. Jaffray, Miss Edith Jaffray, Mrs. De 



104 THE SEASON. 

Kuyter, the Misses De Buyter, Mrs. Montgomery, Miss Montgomery, 
Mrs. Woodbury G. Langdon, Mrs. C. S. Van Norden, Mrs. Fawcett, 
Miss Fawcett, Edgar Fawcett, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Webb, Jr., 
Mrs. John Irving, Mrs. Newbold Lawrence, the Misses Lawrence, Dr. 
Holbrook Curtis, Miss Saulsbury, Dr. Bowditch Morton, Henry 
Landon, Miss Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Corning, of Albany, 
ex-Governor and Mrs. John T. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. John Law- 
rence, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd, Miss Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bead, 
Miss Bead, Mr. and Mrs. George Baymond, of Norristown, Mr. and 
Mrs. George Dunham, N. Whitman, J. Herriman, Jr., Miss Herri- 
man, the Misses Davis, the Misses Horn, T. Monroe Davis, Dr. and 
Mrs. Baldwin, Judge and Mrs. John B. Brady, Henry De Coppett, 
J. B. L. Sniffen, W, Fonday, of Albany, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard 
Jacob, Leonard Jacob, Jr., the Misses Willis, Mr. and Mrs. John 
Firth, and Mrs. Char] es Stuart Van Norden. 

Miss Annie Goodman was married to Walter F. See in the Church of 
the Holy Trinity, Harlem, at three p.m., by the Bev. Dr. E. H.^McKim, 
rector of the Church. There were no bridesmaids or best man. The 
bride's mother was escorted up the aisle by the groom, and the bride 
walked with her father, who gave her away. The ushers were A. F. 
See, A. B. Powers, F. Paddock and F. C, Deveau. The bride wore a 
travelling costume of garnet velvet, with a satin front, and a hat with 
ostrich plumes of the same color as the dress. She carried a bouquet 
of Marechal Niel roses. The bride's mother was attired in dark blue 
velvet. There was no reception. The married pair will visit Wash- 
ington, and will be at home on Wednesdays after December 12th at 
No. 60 ^ast One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Street. Among those 
present were Mrs. J. F. Ketcham, Mrs, F. F. Lockwood, Mrs. W. H. 
Hollingsworth, Miss Etta Whitehouse, B. F. Baj^nor, Miss Jennie 
Young, Miss Fannie Underbill, Miss Seggerman, Mrs. Searles, Miss 
Lina Searles, Mrs. Pierce and Mrs. BoJston. 

Miss Nettie Oliver, daughter of George S. Oliver, was married to 
Wesley F. Smith by the Bev. Mr. Fisher, of Jersey City, in the even- 
ing, at the house of the bride's father, in West Fifty-fifth Street. A 
wedding bell of white chrysanthemums hung over the bridal pair, and 
the rooms were otherwise handsomely decorated. B. A. Hegelman 
and C. G. Cornell were the ushers. The bridesmaids were Miss 
Emma Cornell, Miss M. Cornell, Miss Knevals and Miss Ivison. The 
bride's dress was of white brocade satin and was trimmed with point 
lace. She wore a tulle veil and orange floM^ers. The bridesmaids 
were attired in white silk dresses and carried bouquets of pink roses. 
Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamilton, Mr. and 
Mrs. W. S. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Oliver, the Misses Clark, 
Mr. and Mrs. Ivison, Mr. Knevals, Mr. Willets, ]\Ir. Hartshorn, Mr. 
and Mrs. Baxter, Mr. and Mrs. Laidlaw, Mr, and Mrs. Jennan. 



TUESDA l\ NO VEMBER 28. 105 

A large assembly of fashionable people were present in St. 
Thomas's Church at noon, at the wedding of Oliver Sumner Teall, the 
eldest son of Colonel W. W. Teall, of Syracuse, and Miss Florence 
Sanford Walcott Bissell, daughter of A, F. Bissell, of Orange, N. J, 
The altar was richly decorated with palms and ferns. The Kev. Dr. 
W. F. Morgan read the service, assisted by the Rev. Dr. H. Degan, 
of South Orange, N. J. The best man was Frederick L. "NVickes, of 
Syracuse. The ushers were F. S. Witherbee, Allan W. Evarts, Henry 
P. Egleston, Lieutenant C. W. Babcock, United States Navy, Dr. 
Stephen S. Burt and Richard Pancoast. The bridesmaids were Miss 
Anna Teall, of Syracuse, Miss Mary Waite, daughter of Chief-Jus- 
tice Waite, Miss Sadie Lawrence and Miss Julia Welles. The bride's 
dress consisted of a long train and bodice of cream-white brocaded 
velvet, with a front of point lace. Diamonds fastened the point lace 
veil and caught the lace at the corsage. She carried a bouquet of 
white roses. The bridesmaids wore dresses of white Surah satin, 
made dancing length and trimmed with Spanish lace. Thc}^ carried 
large bouquets composed of Marechal Niel and Duke of Connaught 
roses. A wedding breakfast was served at the Buckingham, a brief 
reception being held first in the parlors, where a handsome largo 
vrreath of colored roses hung over the married pair. Seventy-eight 
persons sat down at the table, the bride and groom being in the 
centre on each side, the bride's mother at one end and her father at 
the other. Two large bouquets were at each end of the table, and a 
huge bride's cake was set in front of the bride. The cards were 
printed with the monogram of the bride's and groom's initials in 
silver. The party broke up at about three p.m. The bridal pair will 
live in Prescott, Arizona. The guests sitting at the left of the bridal 
l)air were Mrs. Oliver Teall, Mr. Wicks, Miss Waite, Mr. Witherbee, 
Miss Anna Teall, Dr. Burt, Miss Frances Parker, IMr. Mclntyre, Mrs, 
Edward Knapp, Mr. Robinson, Miss Mclntyre, Mrs. George Floyd- 
Jones, Mr. Holcomb; Miss Floyd-Jones, Mr. Hart, Miss £. BisselJ, 
the Rev. H. Degan, Mrs. E. Bissell, Dr. Davenj^ort, T. B. Musgrave, 
Mrs. Samuel Campbell, Miss Mary Wagstaff, Edward Knapp, Mrs. 
Betts, Miss Morris, Mrs. Musgrave, Madame de Meisner, Wayne 
Parker, Miss Evarts, Mrs. William Sanford, Miss Davenport, Samuel 
Campbell, Mrs. Remsen, Colonel McLean, Mrs. Kirtland, S. K. Sat- 
terlee, Mrs. Collins and W. W. Teall. Those sitting at the right of 
the bridegroom were Miss Sadio Lawrence, Mr. Pancoast, Miss Wells, 
Lieutenant Babcock, Miss Isabel Bissell, Henry Egleston, Miss M. 
Teall, William M. Evarts, Mrs. John Wilmerding, Willis Betts, the 
Countess de Moltke, Mr. de Meisner, Mrs, Alfred Davenport, George 
Floyd- Jones, Mrs. H. Sanford, Miss Fanny Parker, Master Salton- 
stall. Master Teall, Mrs, Waite, Dr, Bissell, :vli-s. Teall, Mrs. McLean, 
IMi-s, H. Sanford, Mrs, Alexander Davis, Mr. Ehvood, Miss Tilling- 
hast, Mrs, W. Robison, Colonel Palmer, Miss Sumner, IMr. Stokes, 
Miss Lizzie Parker, Mrs. John Lawrence, Mr. Wells, Mrs. Knower, 
IMrs. Ellwin AUen, Mrs. Wells, and W. W. Teall. 



106 THE SEASOX. 

Mr. and Mrs, Lawrence Turnure gave a reception and cotillion, in 
the evening, at their house, in Madison Aveniie, for the purpose of in- 
troducing their daughter, Miss Jean Turnure, to their friends. The 
reception lasted from nine to twelve p.m., after which there was a 
cotillion led by De Lancey Kane and Miss Turnure. Miss Dresser, 
Miss Etta Strong, Miss Hall, Miss Eoss, Miss Campbell, the Misses 
Binsse, Miss Marie and Miss Work, nearly all of the whom were 
debutantes, received the company with Miss Turnure. 

Mr. and Mrs. William Schermerhorn gave a large private ball, in 
the evening, at their house in West Twenty-third Street, in honor 
of their niece, Miss Cotinet. 

Mrs. Jeremiah Eobinson gave a reception at her house, in 
Montague Terrace, Brooklyn Heights. 

Wednesday, November 29, 

Miss LotTisE WiLMOT, daughter of John Wilmot, was married to 
Henry A. Ogden, of Brooklyn, in the evening, in the Church of the 
Heavenly Best, by the Eev. Dr. Kobert S. Howland, the rector. 
Charles Budge was the best man. K. A. Osborn, C. E. Wilmot, P. 
W. Van Boskirk and ]Mi'. Whitney were the ushers. The bridesmaids 
were Miss Maud Wilmot, the bride's sister. Miss Lizzie Phillips, of 
Brooklyn, Miss Eosalie Ogden and Miss Alice Wood. Thej' wore 
dresses of white silk, made of dancing length, trimmed with Val- 
enciennes lace and garnished with white roses. The^y carried bouquets 
of colored roses. The bride's toilet comprised a white silk brocade 
dress made with a full court train, and trimmed with duchesse lace, 
a tulle veil, fastened with orange flowers, diamond ornaments and a 
bouquet of white roses surrounded by maidenhair ferns. A recejjtion 
was held at the house of the bride's father, N'O. 234 West Forty- 
fourth Street, where there were music and dancing. A large num- 
ber of presents were received. The house was adorned with flowers. 
Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Vv^orden, Mr. and Mrs. 
A. G. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Crane, ]Mi\ and Mrs. J, H. 
Leverich, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden, Miss Agnes Ogden, Mr. and Mrs. 
Saulnier, Mrs. Pancoast, Miss Pancoast, Miss Averill and Miss 
Phillipps. 

The wedding of Miss Florence E. E. Olena, daughter of Theophi- 
lus Olena, and Donald F. Ayres, of Walker, Ayres k Koepke, lawyers, 
took place at eight p.m. in the house of the bride's father, No. 179 St. 
John's Place, Brooklyn. The ceremony was performed by the Eev. 
Father McCarty, assisted by the Eev. Fathers Shea and Hickey. The 
ushers were Thelie Olena, brother of the bride, Louis Wendt, Samuel 
V\^alker and William Dieterle. The five little sisters of the bride 
acted as bridesmaids, and unrolled the satin ribbons in front of the 



WFlKYFSDAr, ^'OVE:JBER 29. 107 

groom. Their names were Maud, Ida, Frankie, Elma and Lilias. 
Two were dressed in white, two in blue and one in pink. The 
bride's dress of white satin luerveilleux had a Watteau back and had 
a front trimmed with beaded lace, and sleeves of beaded lace. She 
wore a tulle veil fastened with orange flowers, and diamond earrings, 
the gift of the groom. The bride's mother wore a dress of ruby 
velvet, trimmed with Spanish lace and pearl ornaments. The rooms 
were festooned with smilax and flowers and a floral bell hung over 
the bride and bridegroom. They will go to Philadelphia, Baltimore 
and Washington for a wedding trip. A reception was held, with 
music and dancing. Many fine presents were shown. Among the 
guests were Judge N. H. Clement, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Keed, Dr. 
Thomas Wilde, Mr. and Mrs. John Delmar, Mr. and IVIrs. Oscar J. 
Chase, Mr. and Mrs. James Bolger, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hamilton, 
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Shanahan, Mr. and Mrs. John Lockitt, Mr. 
and Mrs. James Rorke, Mr. and ]\Ii-s. M. F. Dowley, Mr. and Mrs. 
John Rooney, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Moody, Mr. and IMi'S. John T. 
Kelly, and LIr. and Mrs. A. H. Olena. 

IVIr. John F. Manning was married to Miss Ella T. Cannon, eldest 
daughter of Mr. Le Grand Cannon, of One Hundred and Thirty- 
fourth Street, at eight o'clock, at the family residence. The Eev. 
Dr. Kettell, of St. Ann's, of North New York, officiated. The grooms- 
man was Mr. W. A. Cannon, the uncle of the bride, and the brides- 
maid, Miss Jennie Manning, sister of the groom. The bride wore a 
very elegant dress of white brocaded silk, with a large round train, 
edged with a narrow plisse. The front was trimmed with a deep 
flounce of Spanish guipure lace, headed by a delicate wreath of 
orange blossoms, and above the lace was a diagonal scarf drapery, 
edged with the same lace that passed into the folds of the train at the 
back and held with a cluster of orange blossoms. The basque was 
edged with a pannier drapery and lace, with a cluster of orange blos- 
soms at the back and on the corsage. The veil of tulle fell to the 
edge of the train, and a full wreath of orange blossomsi confined it to 
the back of the hair. Her ornaments were diamonds. 

There was a pleasant gathering, in the afternoon, at the house of 
Mr. and Mrs. Henry I. Hull, No. 28 Second Place, Brooklyn, the occa- 
sion being the golden wedding aniversary of the Rev. and Mrs. J. L. 
Gilder, the parents of Mrs. Hull. Mr. Gilder and Miss Emma Holden 
were married in Newark in 1832. The bridesmaid. Miss Sophia 
Ruckle, is still living, and was present yesterday. Mr. Gilder has 
been a Methodist Episcopal preacher in New York and Brooklyn for 
fifty-four years and is now the pastor of the Church at Flatlands. He 
is hale and hearty and so is his wife, and they are looking forward 
to their diamond wedding. Five children are living : Mrs. Hull, 
Mrs. Mulford, of Plainfield, Wilbur F. Gilder, of Philadelphia, 
Henry M. Gilder and iliss Anna Gilder. Colonel Gilder, the Ai-ctic 



108 THE SBASOy. 

explorer, who is expected home from Paris shortly, is a nephew, as 
also is Kichard Watson Gilder, the Editor of The Century, who was 
present. Miss Jeannette Gilder and Joseph Gilder, also niece and 
nephew, the editors of The Critic, were present. The refreshments 
were served in golden dishes. The invitations were tastefully gotten 
up in gold design, A number of handsome presents were received. 
The house was adorned with flowers, and music and refreshments 
were provided. The portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Gilder, jaainted many 
years ago, were wreathed with smilux, and over them were the dates 
1832— 1882 in flowers. Among the guests were the Eev. Dr. Hunt, 
of the Methodist Episcoj^al Book Room, the Eev. Drs. Butts, Crooks, 
Strong and Upham, of the Drew Theological Seminary, Judge Rey- 
nolds, Judge and Mrs. Fancher, Mr. and Mrs. George I. Seney, 
John T. Martin and Professor Holden, of Girard College. 

Tliursday, November 30, 

GoBDON NoEEiE gave a dinner-party at Pinard's. 

Mr. and Mrs, E. Moran, of Brooklyn, gave a Thanksgiving dinner, 
at which many members of this artist family were present. 

Mrs. Maturin Livingston entertained a large company at Statts- 
burg, on the Hudson. 

Friday, December 1, 

The Misses Belle and Emma Knapp, daughters of Jacob Knapp, 
gave a dancing party in the evening at their father's house in West 
Fifteenth Steet. The young ladies were dressed in white mull cos- 
tumes, trimmed with Irish point lace, and wore diamond ornaments. 
Mrs. Knapp, who assisted in receiving the guests, wore a black 
velvet dress. The guests included jMiss Gracie, Miss Estelle and 
Miss Ettie Knapp, the Misses Ballard, Miss Ella Van Kerren, Miss 
Ida Putnam, Miss Belle Pingle, Miss Emma Sheppard, Miss Mamie 
Cochran, Miss Louise Drummond, Major A. White, W. W. King, J, 
Howard Barton, J. H. Paterson, S. Taber Baylis and Edward Stiles. 

Mrs. Morgan Livingston gave a tea for the purjDose of introducing 
her niece, Miss Kittie Waldo. 

Mrs. Charles P. Daly gave a tea in honor of Miss Margaret Otto. 

Saturday, 3>eceMtber 2. 

Miss Nina Sutton was married to Mr. Lloyd Aspinwall, at the Col- 
legiate Church, Fifth Avenue, at three p.m. A more roseate and lovely 



SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2. 109 

bride, one of a family marked and distinguished for beauty, could 
hardly be found. Tiio noble loveliness of Mrs. Lloyd Aspinwall, the 
groom's mother, so long peerless in New York society, shone out with 
scarcely diminished lustre. The bridal iDrocession was made un- 
usually attractive by the novel and pretty dresses of the bridesmaids, 
and the presence of two golden-haired little children, Miss Ethel 
Whitney and Miss Frances Gregory, cousin and niece respectively of 
the bride. The little girls wore dresses of pale blue brocade with 
raised white flowers, made in Mother Hubbard style, shirred in the 
back, with point lace guimpes and trimmings. Then- hands were 
incased in tan-colored mousquetaire gloves, and they carried bouquets 
of yellow roses. The bridesmaids were Miss Jean Turnure, Miss 
Alice Siter, of Philadelphia, Miss Fabbri, and Miss Tillie Alliene. 
The dresses were of shrimp pink Ottoman silk made of dancing 
length with upright panels of Oriental lace, alternating with the silk 
on the fronts. The skirts were edged with box-pleatings of silk, and 
the corsages were cut square, filled in with lace, and caught at each 
side by golden CupiLl^' wings. They also wore small bonnets of 
maroon velvet, with red berries in the fronts, and carried very lai'ge 
bouquets of Perle de Jardin roses. The bridesmaids wore salmon 
satin walking-dresses, with ornaments of an English stjde. The 
bride's dress of cream- white satin Sarah had a full round court train, 
edged with a box pleating. The front of the dress was covered with 
pearl-embroidered lace and garnished with trailing sprigs of orange 
blossoms. The square corsage was edged with lace. The veil of 
old point lace was caught by a diamond star. "White mousquetaire 
gloves completed the toilet. The bride was given away by Kings- 
land Sutton, her brother. A receiDtion was held at the bride's 
house, No. 239 Fifth x\venue, where the bride and groom received 
congratulations beneath a snowy bell of chrysanthemums. Among 
those present were General and Mrs. Aspmwall, Mr. and Mrs. 
Gregory Sutton, Mrs, John Bigelow, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Lan- 
don, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Schujder, Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, 
General Daniel E. Sickles, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Clendenin, Mrs, G. 
H, Pell, Mrs. I. Bronson, JVIr, and Mrs. D. S. Appleton, the Eev. Dr. 
and Mrs. Morgan Dix, J. A, Harper, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cutting, 
Mr. and Mrs. Brockholst Cutting, W. H. Tillinghast, Miss Wolfe, 
Mrs. Griswold Gray, Judge and Mrs. Kapallo, Mr. and Mrs. John 
Sherwood, Mr. and Mrs. William P. Livingston, Dr. James Ander- 
son, Mrs. Henry E. Howland, Mr. and Mrs, W, C. Tuckerman, Mr. 
and Mrs. Baj^ard Tuckerman, Dr. and Mrs. W, Seward Webb, Mr. 
and Mrs. W, H. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs, Edwards Pierrepont, Mr. 
and Mrs. E. S. Jaffray, General Van Vliet, Mrs. William Turnbull, 
Judge and Mrs. Charles A. Peabody, ilr, and Mrs. E. Delafield, J. 
Aspinwall Maxv/ell, Mr. and Mrs. Butler Duncan, Mr. and I\Irs. Yv''ill- 
iam E. Dodge, Mrs. Eobert Stuyvesant, Eear Admiral and IMi's. 
Livingston, Mr, and Mrs. Chauncey M, Depew, J\L.-. and Mrs. Van 
Santvoord, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ciyder and the ]VIisses Ehinelander. 



110 THE SEASOX 

Mrs. James Strong gave a tea at her house in East Thirty-fifth 
Street, for the purpose of introducing to her friends her daughter, 
Miss Henrietta Strong. The latter' s 3^oung friends, who helped en- 
tertain the company, were Miss Waldo,. Miss Kean, Miss Borrowe 
and Miss Fanny and Miss Charlotte Strong. The debutante was 
dressed in white satin merveilleux trimmed with Oriental lace. Mrs. 
Strong was attired in dark blue velvet trimmed with Brabant antique 
lace. Music and flowers helped to set ofE the entertainment. 
Among many that called were Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Jr., 
Mrs. J. F. Kernochan, Mrs. Butler Duncan, Mrs. Alexander H. 
Stevens, Miss Wolfe, Madame de Moltke, Colonel Button, Major 
Hutton, Mrs. S. V. R. Cruger, the Messrs. Parsons, Mr. Durand, 
William Cutting, Mr. Langdon, Mrs. Paran Stevens, Mrs. Edward 
Delafield, Mrs, Sheldon and Mr. Emmet. 

Mrs. Valentine G. Hall introduced her daughter, Miss Annie G. 
Hall, to a large company at her house in West Thirty-seventh Street. 
Miss Hall was becomingly dressed in a white satin Surah dress, made 
with train and square corsage. She was assisted by Miss Nellie 
Thompson, Miss Clark and Miss Swan. The flowers were magnifi- 
cent, over fifty bouquets being sent to Miss Hall. 

Mrs. John J. Lagrave and the Misses Lagrave held a reception at 
their house in East Fifty-third Street. 

The Misses West gave a tea at the house of Dr. West in Montague 
Street, Brooklyn. Miss Storrs, Miss McCullum, Miss Stebbins, of 
Springfield, Mass., and Miss Phelps, of Detroit, assisted in the enter- 
tainment. 

IVIrs. E. H. Harriman and Mrs. L. C. Hamersley gave dinner-parties. 
ITIouday, December 4. 

r. C. D. C. BAT.L. 

The first meeting of the Family Circle Dancing Class for its tenth 
season took place, in the evening, at Delmonico's, and was one of the 
largest and most successful balls ever given by the society. The 
yellow light used in the ball-room and the pink globes on the chan- 
deliers in the salon, hall and upper supper-room gave a pleasing con- 
trast of color. The blue curtains and gold decorations of the ball- 
room helped to emphasize the gay dresses of the ladies. The debu- 
tantes were dressed in white or light-colored dresses, many of them 
being of tulle. Dancing began at half past eleven p.m., at which 
time the refreshment room was opened for the serving of coiiee, 
bouillon and ices. At half past twelve supper was served in the 
large sui)per-room down-stairs, and at a little after one a.m. Charles 



MONDA }\ DECEMBER 4. Ill 

Enssell Hone and Miss Jean Turmire led the company in the cotil- 
lion, which lasted until half past two p.m. Over two hundred per- 
sons were present. Special pains were taken before the ball, by 
planing and polishing, to make the floor smooth for dancing. The 
floral decorations were simjole, as usual, but the number and beauty 
of the ladies' bouquets were remarkable. The season's debutantes, 
who were present, beside Miss Turnure, were Miss Henrietta Strong, 
Miss Georgiana Hecksher, Miss Marion Langdon, Miss C. G. K. 
Duer, Miss Alice King, Miss Annie Cutting, Miss Bulkley, Miss 
Cunard, Miss Anna G. Hall, Miss Lanier, Miss Hewitt and Miss Mary 
Morse. Others present were Attorney-General and Mrs. Brewster, 
Mrs. Cameron, wife of Senator Cameron, Lord and Lady Mandeville, 
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. C. Vanderbilt, Mr. and 
Mrs. Philip Schuyler, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. King Duer, Louis Von 
Hoffman, Miss Astor, Governor Carroll, of Maryland, and the Misses 
Carroll, Koyal Phelps, Edwards Pierrepont, Judge Cox, F. A. Conk- 
ling, Lord Douglas Gordon, Captain Arthur Sumner, R. A., Count 
and Countess de Calry, Alfred Cadogan, Mr. and Mrs. David Ludig, 
Miss Beckwith, M. De Willamov, Baron Bleichroeder, Wilson G. 
Hunt Heath, Mr. Blum, of Paris, INIrs. Paran Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. 
L. C. Hamersley, Mr. and Mrs. F. Sheldon, Mr. and Mrs. George H. 
Bend, F. W. Stevens, Miss Daisy Stevens, A. V. H. Stuyvesant, Mr. 
and Mrs. S. Schlesinger, Henry S. Fearing, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre 
Lorillard, Miss Fanny Swan, Leon d'Ormieux, George Henry 
Warren, Miss Warren, Henry Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clews, 
Mrs. Eugene Schieffelin, Mr. and Mrs. James Roosevelt, Elliott 
Roosevelt, W. E. Roosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. Granville Kane, Edward 
King, F. G. King, Oliver K. King, Miss Isabella King, Mr. and Mrs. 
W. W. Phipps, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Colgate, :Mr. and Mrs. James M. 
Waterbury, F. K. Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoffman, T. J. 
Oakley Ehinelander, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. 
Robert Goelet Howland Russell, Miss Florence Clarke, Bayard 
Clarke, Jr., R. K. Richards, Miss Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. R. Harris, 
W. B. Cooper, S. D. Prindle, Morgan G. Post, Mr. and Mrs. Ledyard, 
T. C. Myer, F. D. Thompson, Lispenard Stewart, Mrs. B. Cutting, 
Mrs. H. Cutting, William Cutting, H. Le Grand Cannon, Martin Van 
Buren, Hartman Evans, Middleton L. Bun-ell, Mrs. Grenville Win- 
throp. Miss Winthrop, Miss A. Emmet, A. Butler Duncan, Miss 
Bertha Duncan, Charles Lanier, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Rives, Mr. 
and Mrs. J. P. Kernochan, Miss Kernochan, S. Ho\vland Robbins, 
F. K. Sturgis, F. Schuchardt, Arthur Leary, J. Hooker Hamerslev, 
A. S. Carhart, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. White, Miss E. R. Le Rov, Mrs. 
Dr. Peters, C. G. Peters, F. H. Baldwin, Carroll Brvce, J.'N. Dg 
Whitehouse, H. R. Whitehouse, Walter F. Kingsland, James M. Var- 
num, C. A. Russell, Jr., Charles N. Harris, Mr.^and :Mrs. L. Kountze, 
Mr and Mrs. Delancey Kane, S. Nicholson Kane, Miss Sibvl Kane, 
Mr. and Mrs. William Kent, Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Iselin,'Mr. and 
Mrs. F. C. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, R. G. Hone, F. 



112 THE SEAS OX 

A. Scliermerhorn, Mr. and Mrs. G. VI. Bridgham, Center Hitchcock, 
M. A. Wilks, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Toler, Egerton 'Winthrop, C. F. 
Winthrop, Mr. and Mrs. Ysnaga, E. De Toyster Livingston, Robert 
R. Livingston, ]\Irs. E. G. Remsen, Oliver Belmont, Mr. an I Mrs. 
E. D. Morgan, Jr., James B. Townsend, IMrs. De Ruyter, Miss De 
Ruyter, B. Welles, Miss Welles, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sedgwick, C. 
C. Baldwin, J. R. Moore, Paid Tuckcrman, A. L. Willing, Miss 
Ethel Potter, Miss Bininger, Miss Ervin, Mr. and Mrs. James B. 
Potter, Mr. Webb, Captain W. C. Beach, J. Clinton Spencer, A. H. 
Sands, F. J. Vinton, Julian Collin, Ward McAllister, Miss McAllister, 
P. La Montagne, Peter Moller, Jr., Miss MoUer, Alexander Hadden, 
W. H. J. Graham, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Piatt, Miss Piatt, Smith Clift, 
Miss Clift, J. R. K. Nuttall, B. B. Tilden, A. Adam, Bayard Rogers, 
N. P. Rogers and Miss Remsen. 

Miss Anita Hargons, daughter of D. E. Hargous, and George B. de 
Forest, Jr., were married in St. Bartholomew's Church at three p.m., 
by the rector, the Rev. Dr. Samuel S. Cooke, in the presence of a 
large and fashionable assembly. The chancel was adorned with 
ferns and pahns, and the chandeliers at the head of the aisle were 
wreathed wdth smilax, ivy vines, Eucharis Amazonica, Nephetos 
roses and narcissus flowers. Charles B. Alexander was the best 
man. The ushers were Robert L. Hargous, the bride's brother, 
Henry de Forest, the groom's cousin. H. LeGrand Cannon, William 
Callender, Elliott Roosevelt, J. E. Schemerhorn, Robert Perkins and 
W. H. Brown. The bride's dress was made of cream-white satin, 
wdth a full square train edged with point lace, a square corsage 
trimmed with point lace and a front made of flounces of the lace. 
The bride ^vore a point lace veil, fastened with a diamond crescent, 
diamond ornaments, a corsage bouv^uet of orange blossoms, and car- 
ried a bouquet of lilies and white roses. Mrs. Hargous wore a rich 
black velvet robe and diamond ornaments ; Miss Nina Hargous wore 
an elegant dress of gold satin v.ith embroidered white satin front ; 
Miss Sallie Hargous Vas dressed in white silk mull. The house of 
the bride's father, No. 435 Fifth Avenue, was elaburately decorated 
with flowers and plants. A large quantity of hemlock boughs and 
other evergreens in the halls and stairways made a Christmas-tide 
appearance. At each end of the parlors were masses of ferns and 
palms. A horseshoe of white and yellow roses, with Jacqueminots 
for nails, hung in front of the mirror over the bridal pair. The 
chandeliers vrere hung with smilax, camellias and other flowers, and 
balls of roses were hung about the rooms. The bridal pair will sail 
for Europe on December 13th. Among those present were Mrs. W. 
H. De Forest, Miss Nellie De Forest, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. De Forest 
Miss Caro De J'orest, Mrs. George B De Forest, Mr. and Mrs. 
Horace Brooks, Mr. Clark, :Mrs. P. A. Hargous, I\Iiss Aline Hargous, 
Miss Hargous, of Trenton, N. J., LeGrand B. Cannon, Mr. and Mrs. 
G. G. Kaven, Miss Haven, Mr. and Mrs. George Pell, the Misses 



MOyDAV, DECEMBKIi 4.. 113 

Matthews, Mr. and Mr.^. H. A. Robbins, Mrs. Isaac Townsend, Mi\ 
and Mrs. Sackett, Mr. and Mrs. William Post, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick 
Vanderbilt, Creigbton Webb, the blisses Webb, Mrs. Kemsen, the 
Misses Kemsen, Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan Winthrop, Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles Minton, Mr. and Mrs. William Schermerhorn, Miss Cotinet, 
Colonel and Mrs. Wagstatf, Mrs. Jonathan Edwards, Colonel and 
Mrs. Kip, ex-Mayor Edward Cooper, Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Charles Per- 
kins, the Misses Perkins, Miss Griswold, 'Sir. and Mrs. Abram S. 
Hewitt, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bryce, Mrs. Brockholst Cutting, Miss 
Annie Cutting, Jules Montant, Beginald Barkley, G. Heath, Mrs. 
John Sherwood, Mrs. John Bigelow, Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, Mr. 
YataVjle, ^Mr. and Mrs. Delmonte, Six. and Mrs. Henry Alexandre, 
John Alexandre, Dr. Appleton, Mr. and Mrs. Ganoy, Mr. and ^Irs. 
Henry Leavitt, Miss Louise Leavitt, Mrs. Edward Leavitt, Mr. and 
Mrs. Richard Irvin, Jr., D. Irving, Miss CJymer, Six. and ilrs. C. 
Roberts, General Martin T. McMahon, Miss McClellan, Miss Flora 
W^ork, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ogden, ^Ir. and Mrs. Charles Morgan, 
Mr. and I\Irs. John Hone, Mr. Gale and Miss Gale, of Troy, Six. and 
Mi's. John Draper, Miss Draper, Six. and Mrs. Kirkland, Charles C. 
Burns and William Burke, of Rochester, Miss Comstock, Slx^. W. C. 
Whitney, Miss Foster, Mrs. John D. Jones, ^Vlrs. Floyd-Jones, Mr. 
and Slxii. John Stevens, Mr. and Mrs Alfred Young, Sirs. Shippen, 
Mr. and Slxs. Fanshawe, Mr. and SIxh. Chapin, Mr. and Mrs. de 
Neuville, James Boyd, Miss Sallie Brown, Stephen Parker, Henry 
Jones, J. W. Rasine and Elliott Gregory. 

The German Club's annual dinner took place at its club house in 
W^est Twenty-fourth Street. About one hundred persons were pres- 
ent. Ferdinand Motz, the president, presided. Among the com- 
pany were Consul Ludwig Laschdam, vice-Consul von Ladenberg, 
Henry Steinway, William Steinway, Herman Oelrichs, Baron C. von 
Thomsen, G. H. Moller, S. B. Schlesinger, Carl Schurz, and Henry 
Villard. 

^Irs. Henry Hayes held a reception at her house in West Fifteenth 
Street. 

^Irs. C. Abel held a reception at her house at Woodsburg, L. I. 

The reception given by the Manhattan Club to Governor-elect 
Grover Cleveland was well attended. Including the members of the 
club and the invited guests from this and other States there were pres- 
ent about iive hundred persons. The general arrangements for the re- 
ception were of the usually pleasant nature common to the Manhattan 
Club. All of the ofi&cers were very attentive to the guests, Douglas 
Taylor particularly distinguishing himself in this way. Lander's 
Band furnished music for the occasion. From this city and Brook- 



114 THE SEASON. 

Ivn there were present General Hancock, A. J. Vanderpoel, Augustus 
Schell, Henry Arilder Allen, F. N. Bangs, H. B. Cone, Dr. Austin 
Flint, Jr., Frederick E. Coudert, Cyrus Yale, Townsend Cox, 
Albright Sanford, John T. Agnew, Douglas Taylor, Thomas K. 
Fisher, Peter B. Olney, B. Casserly, E. K. Bacon, F. Neilson, Edward 
L. Gaul, Charles B. Peet, H. J. Cullen, Jr., Frederick Hamlin, C. D. 
Ingersoll, W. E. Robinson, Joseph Neilson, Alfred D. Chapin, Felix 
Campbell, Thomas Carroll, Roger A. Pryor, Johi^C. Jacobs, Henry 
"W. JSlocum, George P. Andrews, Franklin Edson, Eugene Kelly, 
John E. Develin, S. S. Cox, Abram S. Hewitt, John Hardy, William 
Dorsheimer, John J. Adams, Nicholas MuUer, Orlando B. Potter, 
James M. Brown, H. F. Spaulding, H. A. Cram, John B. Haskin, 
Henry L. Hoguet, Allan Campbell, T. C. E. Ecclesine, Peter Bowe, 
Stephen A. "Walker, Frederick P. Olcott, J. Hampden Robb, Judge 
George C. Barrett, James S. Coleman, Smith Ely, Daniel F. Tiemann, 
Edward Cooper, C. Godfrey Gunther, Peter Cooper, P. H. Dugro, 
Charles F. MacLean, Ira Shafer, Roswell P. Flower, Willard Bartlett, 
F. H. Hamlin, J. E. Burrill, Benjamin Willis, Roj'al Phelps, John J. 
Gorman, W, P. Mitchell, H. H. Porter, Timothy J. Campbell, James 
Oliver, W. B. Cochran, Thomas Kinsella, W. B. Wallace, James 
O'Brien, Algernon S. Sullivan, John R. Fellows, Thomas T. Grady, 
F. B. Spinola, John Kelly, John T. Hoffman, Wilson G. Hunt, Judge 
Donohue, John M. Carnochan, Mayor Grace, Erastus Brooks, 
George Jones, Henry Tilden, Rufus W. Andrews, James Fitzgerald, 
Joseph Koch, John W. Browning, Recorder Smyth, David Dudley 
Field, Edward Kearney. 

Andrew J. Robinson, of Hudson, N. Y., and Miss Josephine Dilks, 
daughter of Police Inspector G. W. Dilks, were married, in the even- 
ing, in the University Place Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. Dr. S. 
D. Burchard, an uncle of the bride. Henry Stevens, of Hudson, was 
the best man. The ushers were George H. Dilks, brother of the 
bride, Dr. N. Mahlon Beckwith, Alanson B. Wilson and C. Franklin 
Chatterton, The bridesmaids were Miss Carrie Longstreet, Miss Ida 
M. Young, Miss Lida Hopkins and Miss Anna Hopkins. The bride's 
dress was of brocade moire, made with a full round train edged with 
ruching and lace, a front of white satin embroidered in calla designs 
with seed jDcarls, a square corsage, and silk elbovv'-sleeves. She wore 
duchesse gloves and a tulle veil fastened with a diamond crescent 
and white ostrich tips, and fastened to the train with orange flowers. 
She also wore diamond earrings and a diamond cross, the gift of the 
groom. The bridesmaids were dressed in cream-white corded siJk 
costumes, made with princesse trains, plain fronts, pannier draperies, 
square corsages and elbow-sleeves. They wore ecru gloves and shoes 
to match, tulle veils about their necks, and ostrich tips in their 
coiffures and corsages. Two carried Jacqueminot roses and two 
carried Bon Silenes. The bridal tour is to Washington. A recep- 
tion was held at the house of the bride's father, No. 34 West Ninth 



M0.\7}Ay, DECEMUER 4 115 

Street, M-hich was elaborately adorned with flowers. The guests in- 
cluded the Chinese Consul and Vice-Consul at Havana, Lin Liang 
Yuan and Chun Shen Yin, who came on expressly' to attend the wed- 
ding and who wore their court dress. Dr. Howard G, Wetmore, Dr. 
and Mrs. Hubbard, George D. Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. Leeds, Mr, 
and Mrs. Eiigene Earl, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dam, H. O. Powers, Mr. 
and Mrs. Norman, L. Wagner, Dr. T. Hewing Burchard, Hiram C. 
Calkins and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Calkins. 

Dr. Arthur F. Bissell gave away in marriage his niece, Miss 
Ysabel Manuela Bissell, daughter of ^Mrs. Edward Bissell, in mar- 
riage at noon to Henry P. Egleston, of this citj-, in the Church of the 
Transfiguration. The ceremony was performed by the Kev. Dr. 
George H. Houghton, rector of the church, assisted by the Rev. 
George William Douglas. The wedding was not elaborate in its ap- 
pointments owing to both families being in mourning. George W. 
Egleston, brother of the groom, was the best man. The ushers were 
Frederick Tams, James F. D. Lanier, George Kneeland, John Cun- 
ningham Furman, Jules Montant and Cleveland H. Dodge. The 
bridesmaids were Miss Sadie Lawrence, Miss Louise Egleston, niece 
of the groom, Miss Annie Mackay and Miss Julia Welles. They 
wore short dresses of white Surah satin with the fronts covered with 
flowers of duchesse lace, having lace sleeves, lace collars and square 
corsages. Their bouquets were of Mermet and Marechal Niel roses. 
The bride's dress was of rich white satin, plainly made, with a full 
round train, edged with ruching, a square corsage and satin elbow- 
sleeves. The bride's veil was of point lace and was caught with 
orange blossoms, which also formed her corsage bouquet. A dia- 
mond pin fastened the lace in the corsage. She carried a bouquet 
of white roses. A bridal march by Horsley was played instead of 
Mendelssohn's when the bride entered the church. A large company 
was present at the church, which included Mr. and Mrs. William E. 
Dodge, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Morris K. Jesup, Mr. and Mrs. D. Willis 
James, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Laurance, ]\Ir. and Mrs. John Crosby 
Brown, Mrs. James Stewart, Henry M. Braen, the Danish Consul, 
Daniel D. Denny, of Boston, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles I/anier. A 
wedding breakfast was served in the salon on the first floor at Del- 
monico's. The bride and groom sat in the middle on one side of 
the table, opposite the bride's cake. The table was beautifully dec- 
orated. Each lady had a bouquet of roses tied with a narrow cream 
satin ribbon on which was painted in blue and gold letters her name, 
the bridal monogram and the date of the wedding. The gentlemen 
had lavender satin ribbons three inches wide with the same inscrip- 
tion painted in red and gold letters. Those who sat down at the 
table were Dr. and Mrs. Bissell, Miss Bissell, Mrs. Edward, Bissell, 
Mr. Kingsland, Mrs. S. Egleston, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Egleston, ]\Irs. 
D. S. Egleston, Miss Egleston, G. W. Egleston, T. Egleston, Mr. 
Furman, Miss Lanier, Miss Lizzie Lanier, Mr. and Mrs. C. Lanier, J. 



116 THE SEASON. 

F. D. Lanier, Dr. and Mrs. Greenleaf , Mr. Tarns, Mr. Montant, Mr. 
and Mrs. Teale, Miss Welles, Mr. Douglass, Miss Stone, C. H. Dodge, 
F. Laurance, Miss Lavirance, Miss Mackay and Mr. and Mrs. Denny. 

Miss Alice Sinclair Williams, daughter of the late A. G. Williams, 
w ho was at one time Sheriff of JBrooklyn, was married in that city, in 
the evening, at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church to Robert Alexan- 
der Smith, formerly of Cadiz, Spain, but now of Brooklj'n. The wed- 
ding was after the English style. There were six ushers — George 
Williams, brother of the bride, Walter S. Sinclair, Amon Bucklej^ 
Frederick Fiske, Charles Grant and A. W. Higgins. The best man 
was Robert Farley. The five bridesmaids were Miss Clara Williams, 
the bride's sister. Miss Lottie Williams and Miss Mary Williams, of 
Utica, Miss Kittie Hill, of Chicago, and Miss Kate Sinclair, of Jersey 
City, all cousins of the bride. To the strains of the Mendelssohn 
Wedding March the bridal pair entered the church and i^roceeded to 
the altar, where they were met by the groom and his best man. The 
bride, who entered on the arm of her brother, Grenville Williams, 
was given awaj^ by her mother. The Rev. Dr. Bancroft, rector of the 
church, officiated. At the close of the ceremony an informal recep- 
tion was held at the house of the bride's mother, 388 Clinton Street. 
The bride wore a robe of white embossed plush and cream-white 
satin made with a court train and trimmed with old point lace, which 
was the gift of Miss Clara Williams. The corsage was square and 
was finished by a Medici collar, and the sleeves came to the elbow. 
She wore a long veil of tulle fastened with ostrich tips and carried a 
large bouquet of Cornelia Cook roses tied with white satin. The 
diamond ornaments worn in her ears and coiffure were the gift of 
her mother. The bridesmaids were attired in dresses of white em- 
broidered nun's veiling made of dancing length and trimmed with 
cream-white lace. The corsages were cut low and filled in with lace 
and long mousquetaire gloves met the el bow-sleeves. They all wore 
little princesse bonnets and carried bouquets of roses, three being 
composed of Duke of Connaught and two of Marechal Kiel. The 
bride's mother wore a dress of black velvet with court train, point 
lace and diamond ornaments. The house was decked with flowers, 
the young couple standing din-ing the reception beneath a large um- 
brella of roses and lilies. A ball of white flowers swung between the 
drawing-rooms. Palms and growing ferns were placed about the 
rooms, and the mantels and fireplaces were banked with exotics. 
Music and refreshments were enjoyed, and during the evening Mr. 
and Mrs. Smith took their departure for Washington. Among the 
guests present were Colonel Rodney C. Vv^ard, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. T, 
Stranahan, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Belden, Jr., of Irving-on-the-Hnd- 
son, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Bartlett, of Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. 
Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hart, the Misses Hart, Mr. and Mrs. 
Albert Daggett, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Chittenden, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles Jones, Mr. and Mrs. John Winslow, M. Chauncey, Miss Ada 



^VFD^'L'SDAy, December e. 117 

Van Tassel, of New York, Mrs. C. E. Hill, of Chicago, and Miss Julia 
Carpenter, of Auburn, N: Y. 

Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt gave a large dinner-party and reception in 
honor of Lady Mandeville, in her house at Fifth Avenue and Fifty- 
second Street. 

Mrs. Yznaga and Lady Lister-Kaye held a reception at the Bruns- 
wick. 

Mrs. Whitlock gave a reception in honor of her niece. Miss Annie 
Cunard. 

Frederick Vanderbilt entertained the Kildare Club. 

A large number of New York people went to Orange, N. J., in the 
evening, to see the tableaux gotten up by Madame von Moltke for 
the benefit of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 
Miss Agnes Binsse, Miss Leontine Marie, Miss Nina Thompson, 
Miss Campbell, Mr. Hirstand, Mr. Russell, Mr. Alexander and 
Valentine G. Mott took part. 

The Consul-General of Italy, Giovanni B. Raffo, gave a reception 
and dinner to the Vice Consul, the Count Thaon de Revel and his 
bride, at their pleasant apartments. No. 110 Fifth Avenue, in the 
evening. Among those present were the Chevalier Bajnotti, Italian 
Consul to Paris, and Madame Bajnotti, W. Weletsky, Consul-General 
of Russia, Hipolito de Uriarte, CoDsul-General of Spain, and Madame 
de Uriarte, Munuel de la Cueva, the Marquis and Marchioness Lanza 
General and Miss Eugenia di Cesnola, Professor and Madame Botta, 
Dr. William A. Hammond and F. A. Marra. 

Mrs. David Wotherspoon had a tea, and, in the evening, there were 
several large dinners and a meeting of the Thursday Evening Club at 
Mrs. General W. H. Smith's, in Washington Square, where Judge 
Howland opened the evening' s entertainment by an address, and Mr. 
Godkin followed with an amusing short lecture on the proprieties of 
life, as derived from the Chinese. 

firediiesday, December 6. 

THE ST. NICHOLAS DINNEE. 

The anniversary dinner of the St. Nicholas Society at Delmonico's 
was preceded by the interesting and picturesque scenes attendant 
•upon the installation of officers. These ceremonies occurred in the 
jDarlors, and the majority of the members of the society and the 
guests invited to the dinner were present. Aaron J. Vanderpoel, 



118 THE SEASON. 

before his installation speech in the case of the president, Judge 
Abraham K. Lawrence, placed the three-cornered black hat on the 
Judge's head, and then attempted to pass the orange sash over it to 
encircle his shoulders. He concluded, however, to put the sash on 
first and afterward to get the hat into position. After addressing 
Judge Lawrence in a choice selection from Netherlandish literature, 
he launched into an earnest and pathetic account of the responsible 
duties which the Judge had undertaken in assuming his present 
office. Judge Lawrence was reminded that he was the president of 
the greatest society in the world; that Holland, from which country 
the old inhabitants of New York were descended, had conquered her- 
self by capturing her land from the invading ocean. The four vice- 
presidents, the secretaries, the treasurer, the managers and stewards 
were all started in the performance of their arduous duties with 
words of encouragement and advice. At the close of the ceremony 
of installation, the procession was formed for the dining-room. 
This was headed by a cornet player and a small detachment of super- 
numeraries uniformed in the blue and yellow that prevailed in Hol- 
land two centuries ago. The dining-room was appropriately decora- 
ted with flags, those of Holland and the United States being arranged 
over the main table surrounding the St. Nicholas coat-of-arms, and 
the balcony on the other side being tastefully draped with the 
national bunting. On the right and left of the president were seated 
the representatives of the St. Andrew's and St. George's Societies 
and also of the Society of the Cincinnati. Among others present 
were Governor Cornell, Mayor Grace, General Horace Porter, 
Stewart L. Woodford, Major Gardner, Eugene Schieffelin, John 
Fitch, Commander John F. Dickson, William Belden, Dr. Dwine, 
Eugene Pomero, Edward Patterson, Cornelius Vanderbilt, William 
Eemsen, Kobert G. Remsen, Dr. Yanderpoel, Benjamin Swan, A. 
A. Cohen, H. Knickerbacker, John Hone, Jr., James Van Woert, 
Thomas C. James, I. A. Walker, F. A. Potts, F. W. Devoe and 
Dr. Anderson. After the discussion of the dinner Judge Lawrence 
rose and said that it had been usual on such occasions to refer 
to the financial condition of the society. But this seemed to be 
hardly necessary. The only difficulty which the officers had to 
surmount was the distribution of the surplus revenue. An in- 
vitation had been extended to Yenus to be present at the din- 
ner, but she had sent word that it would be impossible for her to 
attend on account of previous engagements. She was, however, 
confidently expected to be on hand about 2004 a.d., and it w^as sin- 
cerely hoped that no member of the society would be absent. 
Although it was not possible to have Yenus present, the Aurora 
Borealis had kindly consented to appear. The president then intro- 
duced W. H. Bogart, of Aurora, who responded to the first regular 
toast, "Saint Nicholas, whose coming, like that of Christmas, is always 
hailed with joy." Mr. Bogart' s remarks were very brief. He said that 
he believed he was chosen every year to answer to this initial toast, 



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6. HO 

more than anything else because he served in the capacity of a pilot- 
engine which^ marked out the weak places. A letter was read from 
President Arthur, in which he expressed regret at his unavoidable ab- 
sence on account of his engagements. 

The wedding of Miss M. Louise Close, daughter of David Close, and 
W. W. Mc Alpine, son of D. H. McAlpine, took place in the evening in 
the West Presbvterian Church, in West Forty-second Street. The 
church was handsomely decorated. The llev. Dr. Hastings performed 
the ceremony. Kalph ferandreth, of Sing Sing, was the best man. The 
ushers were George and Hunter McAlpine, brothers of the groom, W. 
H. Close, brother of the bride, Norman White and Mr. Dennis. The 
bridesmaids were Miss AnnieH. Close, Miss F. Emilie Hoyt, MissKittie 
Brundage and Miss Louise C. Hervy. The bride's dress was of white 
satin, made with a full court train, and trimmed with duchesse lace. 
The front was embroidered with cut crystal beads. She wore a veil 
of tulle, and diamond earrings, the gift of the groom, and carried a 
bouquet of white roses. Walter Hoyt, a cousin of the bride, and 
Randolph McAlpine, cousin of the groom, little boys, opened the gate 
in the aisle of the church. A reception was held at the house of the 
bride's father, in West Forty-third Street. The bridal pair started on a 
trip north. There were present Mr. and Mrs. D. H. McAlpine, 
Miss McAlpine, Joseph McAlpine, Mr. and Mrs. Edward McAlpine, . 
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hoyt, of Stamford, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hoyt, Mr. 
and Mrs. William Hoyt, the Misses Hoyt, Theodore Hoyt, the Misses 
Brandreth, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Eobinson, Miss McCoun, T. H. McCoun, 
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Vanderhof, Miss Helen SafEen, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. 
Pvle, James Pyle, Mr. and Mrs. James LeRoy, Mr. and Mrs. Brundage, 
Mr. and Mrs. John Bloomtield, Miss Minnie Bloomfield, Mr. and Mrs. 
John Abendroth, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Clayton, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. 
Samuel Waterbury, Mr. Rose, Miss Kinner, Mr. and :Mrs. Highet, 
Colonel Graham, J. H. Flagg, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Leggett, Mr. and 
Mrs. C. Carroll Smith, James Van Wort, M. Arbuckle, Mr. and Mrs. 
Aaron Close, Franklin Jones, Gilbert Riker, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. 
Candee, Mr. and Mrs. Seamour, J. Barker Brown, Henry P. Carrington, 
J. H. Carrington, Mr. and Mrs. John Dayton, Wilifred Dayton, 
Stephen Martine, Mrs. Shackelton, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Close, Miss 
Florence Lockwood, Mr. and Mrs. George Weber, 

Miss Minnie L. Salisbury, daughter of the late Henry Salisbury, was 
married to William G. Read, Jr., at half past three p. m., in Grace 
Church, by the Rev. Arthur Brooks, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Potter. 
Chauncey Floyd-Jones was the best man. and Frederick Salisbury, 
uncle of the bride, gave her away. The Chancel was prettily set with 
palms and ferns. The bridal procession was headed by two little girls, 
Miss Lou Bulkley and Miss Maud Salisbury, who wore Kate Greenaway 
dresses of pink nun's veiling with broad sashes of pink Surah satin and 



120 THE SEASON. 

pink velvet poke bonnets trimmed with pink ostrich tips tied with pink 
satin ribbon. They carried botiquets of pink roses. Then came the 
bridesmaids, Miss Helen Eead, the bride's sister, Miss Mamie Nash, 
Miss Clara Macy, Miss Josephine Ireland, Miss Louise Chapman and 
Miss Anna Shippen. The bridesmaids wore dresses of pale pink Otto- 
man silk, made with short trains and box-pleated fronts. The corsages, 
in the Directoire style, were of pale pink velvet, and were cut square and 
filled in with point'^duchesse lace. They wore long tulle veils fastened 
with pink ostrich tips. They also wore pearl necklaces and carried 
bouquets of Mermet roses and maidenhair fern. The ushers were E. H. 
Wales, H. S Chauncey, Amory Hodges, Edgar E. Saltus, H. Salisbury, 
brother of the bride, and George Freeman. The bride wore a dress of 
white brocade and plain white satin with a court train and a front of 
plain satin trimmed with box-pleatings and loopings of white satin 
ribbon. The square corsage was filled in wath point lace. The sleeves 
were entirely of point lace. She wore a point lace veil fastened with 
orange blossoms and a diamond pin. She also wore diamond earrings, 
lace pin and pendant. Her bouquet was of lilies of the valley and maid- 
enhair fern. The ushers wore boutonnieres of Cornelia Cook roses 
and maidenhair fern. There was a large company of fashionable peo- 
ple present. A reception was held at the house of the bride's mother, 
inWest Thirty-sixth Street, where the bridal pair received congratula- 
tions under a bell of white flowers. The bridal trip wall be to the 
north. 

The wedding of C. Howard Scrymser and Miss Christabel Althause, 
daughter of Samuel B. Althause, took place at eight p.m. in St. Barthol- 
omew's Church, the service being read by the Eev. Dr. Smith. The 
best man w^as Schuyler Walden. The ushers were Heniy J. Braker, 
William Adams, Charles L. Tappan, I. Edgar S. Kutter, Douglas 
Schneider, and Samuel B. Althause, brother of the bride. There were 
no bridesmaids. The bride's toilet comprised a white satin dress 
with a court train and a front veiled with flounces of point duchesse 
lace, a veil of point duchesse lace caught with orange flowers, white 
mousquetaire gloves and diamond ornaments. She wore a corsage 
bouquet of orange flowers and carried a bouquet of loose white roses 
and lilies of the valley. The bride's father gave her away. A recep- 
tion was held after the ceremony at the house of the bride's father. 
The guests included Mrs. E. Scrymser, mother of the groom, and 
the Misses Scrymser, of Brookh^n,"^ Mrs. S. B. Althause, Mr. and Mrs. 
C. Braker, Jr.,' Mr. and Mrs. c!^ M. Braker, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Borne, 
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. C. Elmore, Miss Elmore, 
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Pultz. Miss Pultz, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Little, 
the Kev. and Mrs. T. De Witt Talmage, Miss Talmage, Mr. and Mrs. 
Machin, Mr. and Mrs. Vilas, Miss Kutter, Mrs. O. B. Hill, Mrs. H. 
F. Crane, Mrs. Tappen, the Misses Tappen. Mr. and Mrs. W. Odell, 
Miss Smythe, Mr. and Mrs. Keckless, the Misses Eeckless, and Miss 
Carrie Lee, of New Jersey. 



WFDXFSDAV, DECEMBER G. 121 

Miss Mamie Sterling Calhoun, clanghter of the late P. C. Callioun, 
President of the Fourth National Bank, was married to J. S. T. Stran- 
aban Burke, a nephew of J. S. T. Stranahan, of Brooklyn, in the evening, 
at the house of the bride's mother, No. 330 Fifth Avenue. The liev. 
Dr. W. F. Morgan read the service. The house was handsomely orna- 
mented M'ith flowers. Fitch Stranahan, a cousin of the groom, was 
the best man. Calhoun Latham and Henry Latham, cousins of the 
bride, were the- ushers. Charles M. Calhoun, her brother, gave the 
bride away. The bride's dress was of white satin, trimmed with 
duchesse lace, made with square corsage and elbow sleeves, and a 
front of white velvet embroidered with pearls. The wedding was a 
very quiet one, only about sixty friends of the bride being present, 

Mrs. Ada Davey was married to Charles D. Ward, in the evening, in 
St. Matthew's Church, Jersey City, by the Kev. Dr. Abercrombie. H. 
L. Davis, the bride's father, gave her away. The ushers were William 
Abbott, William Heppenheimer, John Edwards and Abraham Van 
Horn. The bride's dress was of mauve satin, made with a court train 
and trimmed with point duchesse lace. The corsage was cut square. 
The front was trimmed with houUlones of embroidered satin with ruf- 
fles of point duchesse lace. She wore diamond ornaments and carried 
a bouquet of Bon Silene, Jacqueminot and tea roses. A reception was 
held at the house of the bride from eight to eleven p. m. The house 
was decorated with bouquets of roses. The bridal trip v.'ill extend to 
Kichmond. The guests included ex-Governor and Mrs. Bedle, J. 
Frothingham Ward, Dr. and Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. William Tay- 
lor, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barbour, of Paterson, Mr. Haslett, of 
Brooklyn, Mr, and Mrs. E. Davey, Mr. and ]\Irs. F. Davey, Mr. and 
Mrs. J. Davey, Mr, and Mrs. H. L. Davis, of Oswego, parents of the 
bride ; Dr. Milne, of Oswego, Mrs. Ege, jMr. and Mrs, E, F, C. 
Young, Mr. Negus, the Misses Negus, Mr. and Mrs, Evans, and the 
Misses Evans. 

The Church of the Heavenly Eest was the scene in the evening of 
the wedding of Miss Jennie P. TM^eddle, daughter of T. B. Tweddle, 
of this city, and William E. Lucas, son of John Lucas, of Philadel- 
phia. The Eev. Arthur Brooks read the service. The best man was 
John H. Snowden, Jr., of Philadelphia. The ushers were J, F. and 
A. Lucas, brothers of the groom, of Philadelphia, T. C. and A. E. 
Tweddle, brothers of the bride, E. Rex Peters, of Newark, N. J., 
Charles Potter, of Philadelphia, F. L. Moore and William Shephard, 
of Philadelphia. The bridesmaids were Miss Minnie Pulling, of this 
city, and Miss Carrie Tillinghast, of Albany, cousin of the bride, 
Miss Annie Lucas, of Philadelphia, sister of the groom, and Miss 
Louise Hoyt, of New York. Two litttle girls. Miss Bessie and Miss 
Ethel Lucas, sisters of the groom, were in the procession, and wore 
white silk Mother Hubbard dresses and carried baskets of colored 
roses. The bride's father gave her away. She wore a dress of white 
satin damasse made with a court train, the front being veiled with 



122 THE SEASON. 

flounces of cluchesse lace. The square corsage was filled in witli lace 
and the elbow sleeves were of lace. The tulle veil was caught with 
white roses and she carried a bouquet of the same flowers. Her or- 
naments were diamonds, the gift of the groom. A reception was held 
at the bride's house in East Thirty sixth Street, which was decorated 
with cut flowers and palms. There were music and dancing. Among 
the guests were John Lucas, of Philadelphia, William Lucas, Mr. 
and ''Mrs. Hood, of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. Tilhnghast, of Al- 
bany , Mayor-elect Franklin Edson, Mr. and Mrs. Pulling, Mr. and 
Mi-s. F. B. Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cornell, Mr. and I^Ii-s. S. E. 
Staiford and J. E. Thompson. 

Miss Pauline Pistor, granddaughter of the late Don Alonzo Cush- 
man, was married to Noel E. Sainsbuiy, of London, in the evening 
in Trinity Chapel, by the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix. The best man was 
William Pistor, the bride's brother. The ushers were Joseph W. 
Cushman, William Coombs, Eudolph Faber, William Cushman, H. J. 
Brewer and Francis Halpin. The bridesmaids were Miss Annette 
Pistor, sister of the bride, Miss Edith Lawrance, Miss Isabel Smith, 
Miss Alice Potter, of Philadelphia, Miss Bessie Blydenburgh, Miss 
Susie Innis, Miss G. Cushman and Miss Allie Prouty. The bride' s 
dress was of gros-grain silk, with the front veiled with lace. A recep- 
tion, for relatives only, was held at the old Cushman homestead m 
Ninth Avenue. The bride and groom will sail shortly for Europe. 

Mrs. 0. W. Eandall gave a reception at her house in Fifth Avenue. 

Mrs. Lawrence Turnure and Miss Jean Turnure, Mrs. E. Living- 
ston Ludlow and Mrs. Bayard Tuckerman received their friends. 

Maurice Minton gave a theatre party at Wallack's which was chap- 
eroned by Mrs. Eemsen. 

Mrs. Charles Dennis gave a large afternoon reception at her house, 
No. 6 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn. 

Mrs. Heinze, of Pierrepont Street, and Mrs. Morse, of Eemsen 
Street, Brooklyn, gave dinner-parties. 

Thursday, December 7. 

Miss Claka Movius, the daughter of Joseph Movius, was married to 
Charles Dieudonne at the Church of the Transfiguration. 

Miss Alice I. Thompson, the daughter of John H. Thompson, was 
married to John Jay C. Daughters, at the bride's home in Pacific Street, 
Brooklyn. 

Mrs. Andrew Boardman gave a german. 



FEIDA Y, DECEMBER 8. 123 

Mrs. Lucian B. Chase gave a reception. 
Mrs. John G. Dale gave a luncheon-party. 
Mrs. J. Bowers Lee gave a dinner-party. 

Friday, December 8. 

In the evening occnrred Mrs. Pierre Lorillard's ball, probably as 
splendid an entertainment as could well occur in a repablican city. 
The handsome lioiise, with its original rooms, was considered regal 
when it was first thrown open ; but the luxurious owners have lately 
added a library, several conservatories and a ball-room, which have 
greatly enlarged its original capacities. The four original salons, in 
deep red, pale blue and gold, and in dark leather and gold, were all 
thrown open and filled with fiowers, and the dining-room held a round 
table fit for King Arthur and all his knights, so superb were its ap- 
pointments of gold, silver and porcelain, and its more fleeting burden 
of choice food and rare wines. After leaving this gorgeous room, a 
slow procession of delighted guests moved on through what seemed 
endless magnificence to the ball-room, which is fitted up in gold 
tajaestry and delicate outlines of red, with fresco-painted ceiling, 
lamps resembling lilies in full flower, shades made of silk, and a 
hanging balcony for the orchestra— all original and beautiful, and all 
garlanded with flowers. Here the crowd was so great that dancing 
was temporarily impeded, but the non-dancing guests had the good 
sense to content themselves with a glance at this exquisite room, and 
to return to the dining-room with its creature comforts. 

The rooms began to fill with a brdliant assembly shortly after 
half past ten p. m. The large hall was garnished with large palms, drace-- 
nas, maidenhair, ferns and other plants. The ball-room was simi- 
larly adorned, except that there the dense masses of green were 
relieved by bright red poinsetta leaves and bouquets of roses. The 
balcony, where an orchestra of sixteen men was stationed, was also 
adorned with plants, and bouquets were placed about the other 
rooms. Supper was served at half past tweleve a. m. , and the party broke 
up at about three o'clock. The ball-room, which was used at a small 
party for the first time last season, was much admired. It has a 
polished oak floor, and the long and broad hall gives a delightful 
promenade. 

Here were Miss May McClellan, Lady Mandeville, Mrs. W. K. Van- 
derbilt, in a costume of steel-colored crape and steel embroideries, 
with a necldace of most brilliant diamonds, Mrs. Frank White, Mrs. 
Ogden Goelet in orange crape, Mrs. Schlesinger in white and silver, 
Mrs. Frederic Bronson, Mrs. Kobert Goelet in black tulle and dia- 
monds, Mrs. E. R. Colgate in two shades of rose, and Mrs. Samuel 
Colgate in white. There were also Miss Strong and Miss Thompson, 
Miss Marie and Miss Townsend, Miss Swan, Miss King, Miss Duer, 



124 THE SEASON. 

Miss Waldo, and numerous belles and beaux ; and throughout the 
rooms was a fine sprinkling of gray heads, judicial brows, club men, 
journalists, statesmen and theologians. It is said that 2000 invita- 
tions were given. The hostess was, with great good taste, superbly 
but plainly dressed in white, and with her daughter, Mrs. Kent, and 
her large family connection, received most hospitably. 

Among others present were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lorillard, Miss 
Wolfe, Colonel and Mrs. Kip, Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Iselin, Miss 
Hamersley, Mrs. Maturin Livingston, :^Tr. and Mrs. Bentinck, Mr. 
and Mrs^ Christopher Roberts, Dr. Taylor, Miss Newbold, Mr. 
McAllister, Mr. and Mrs. George Eives, Mr. and Mrs. Tan Eensselaer 
Cruf^er, William Cutting, Mr. and Mrs. Brockholst Cutting, Miss 
Cutting, Mr. and Mrs. De Lancey Kane, Mrs. Whitlock, Miss Annie 
Cunard, Miss Hoffman, Miss Chapman, Miss Edith Potter, Mr. and 
Mrs. Eoosevelt, Mrs. Paran Stevens, the Misses Carroll, George 
Henry Yv'arren, Miss Warren, Miss Livingston, F. Gray Griswold, 
Eandolph Eobinson, Mr. and Mrs. Kent, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic 
Bronson, Egerton Winthrop, Mrs. S. L. Howland, Perry Belmont, 
Mrs. Stu;s-v'esant Fish, Miss Pell, the Messrs. Pell, the Misses King, 
Lord and Lady Mandeville, Lord Douglas Gordon, Arthur Willing, 
Miss Beck\\'ith, Mr. and Mrs. Eobert Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden 
Goelet, Peter Marie, Miss Marie, George Fearing, S. Nicholson Kane, 
Mr. Van Hoffman, Frederic Stevens, F. Sturgis, the Misses Emmet, 
the IMarquis de Mores, Aristarchi Bey, Mr. and Mrs. Coleinan Dray- 
ton, Eobert Eutherfurd, Mr. and INlrs. C. G. Langdon, Miss Marion 
Langdon, Henry Langdon, Miss Strong, Miss Heckscher, Miss Anna 
Half Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Turnure, Miss Jean Turnure. Mr. and 
Mrs ' Duer, I^Ir. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. C. Vander- 
bilt, Mr. and Mrs. Schlesinger, Mrs. Eugene Schiefflin, Mr. and Mrs. 
James M. Waterbury, T. J. Oakley Ehinelander, Lispenard Stewart, 
H. Le Grand Cannon, Martin Van Buren, Middleton Burrill, A. 
Butler Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Eives, Mrs. Grenville 
Winthrop, Miss Winthrop, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. K. Kernochan, Miss 
Kernochan, F. K. Sturgis, F. Schuchardt, Walter F. Kmgsland, 
Carroll Bryce, F. A. Schermerhorn, Carter Hitchcock, Mr. and Mrs. 
J. V. Toler, Mr. and Mrs. Yznaga, Mrs. Eemsen, Miss Eemsen C. C. 
Baldwin, Paul Tuckerman, Mr. Webb, Pierre La Montagne, Smith 
Clift, Miss Clift, Bayard Eogers and C. E. Moore. 

Mrs. Charles H. Leland entertained the dancing class of which she 
is a member, at her house, No. 162 Madison Avenue. 

Lady Duffus Hardy and Miss Hardy held a reception with Mrs. 
Frank Leslie. 

Mrs. E. W. Deforest, Mrs. Charles P. Daly, Mrs. Charles H. Adams 
and Mrs. John Wheeler held receptions. 



SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9. 125 



Saturday, December 9. 

An afternoon tea was given by Mrs. Charles L. Perkins at her 
house, No. 3 West Sixteenth Street, the occasion being the introduction 
of her daughter, Miss Fanny Perkins, into society. Miss Anna Hall, 
]\Iiss Nellie Hewitt, Miss May Bird and Miss Arnold received with 
Miss Perkins, who was attired in a white satin dress, made with a 
train, and with a front draped with tlounces of Valenciennes lace. 
Her bouquet was of Marechal Niel, Jacqueminot and Mermet roses, 
arranged in segments. Mrs. Perkins wore a black-green robe of velvet 
with a front of pink and silver brocade. Some very pretty bouquets 
were in the parlors. Among those who called were John Jay, Mrs. 
Chapman, Miss Chapman, Mrs. Duncan Cryder, INIrs. A. S. Webb, 
the Misses Webb, General and Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Heckscher, Mrs. 
Bulkley, MissBiilkley, Mrs. B. Cutting, Mrs. Post, Mrs. Henry Leavitt, 
Mrs. William Turnbull, Mrs. Christopher lloberts, Mrs. Lawrence 
Turnure, Miss Turnure, Mrs Belmont Purdy, Miss Work, Mrs. Bird, 
Mrs. Edward Morgan, Mrs. William Deforest, Mrs. E. K. Colgate, 
E. P. Post, Mrs. Hargous and Mr. and 'Mrs. Edward Cooper. 

Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Benedict gave a reception in the afternoon in 
honor of Miss Myers, daughter of John B. Myers, of Philadelphia, 
who is betrothed to their son, F. H. Benedict. Mrs. Henry Beers, Mrs. 
Charles Fanning and Mrs. W. T. Booth assisted Mrs. Benedict in en- 
tertaining the company, and Miss Mattie Benedict received with Miss 
Myers. Mrs. Benedict wore black lace over white satin, trimmed 
with crystal passementerie and fringe. Miss Myers was attired in 
pale blue gross grain silk and Miss Benedict in a white satin dress of 
dancing length trimmed with Valenciennes lace. The young ladies 
carried bouquets of Mermet roses. The young people enjoyed a 
dance in the evening. There were present Mr. and Mrs. Vernon H. 
Brown, Mr. and jMrs. D. H. McAlpin, Miss McAlpin, Mr. and Mrs. 
William Dowd, William Dowd, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Kussel Sage, Mrs. 
Eugene Kelly, Mrs. William Schalfer, Miss Schaflfcr, Miss Brooks, J. 
Holmes Butler, Mr. and Mrs. S. V White, of Brooklyn, Edward 
Showell, and Mr, Carstairs, of Philadelphia, Charles S. Smith, Mrs. 
Davidson, Charles R. Palmer, Mr. and ]\Irs. E. C. Stedman, ]\Irs. F. S. 
Stedman, Mr. and ]Mrs. William Kockefeller, Misses Williams, Mr. and 
Mrs. S. B. French, Miss Nannie French, ilrs. Henrj'- Munn, Mrs. E. L. 
Corning, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Pyle, Samuel T. Peters, Mrs. Bayard 
Dominick, Mrs. H. H. Keeler, Henry Havemeyer, Miss Havemeycr, 
Miss Elder, :\Irs. A. H. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hood Wright, Mr. and 
Mrs. Harold C. De Wolfe, Mrs Rufus M. Brundage, Mrs. A. H. Trow- 
bridge, Mrs. Flower, Mrs. William Schley, Mrs. F. R. Halsey, Mrs. R. 
H. Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Tovvnsend, Mr. and Mrs. Louis 
J. Belloni, Mrs. Asher C. Havens, Dr. H. C. Houghton, Mr. and Mrs. 
C. F. Griffin and ]\Ir. and Mrs. G. A. Seixas. 



126 THE SEASON. 

Mrs. Charles K. Randall gave a reception to introduce Miss Ean- 
dall, at her house in West Nineteenth Street. The parlors were full of 
flowers, and a large choir of canary birds took the place of an orchestra. 
Miss Fabbri, Miss Harriot, Miss' Conkling and Miss Farnsworth, of 
Albany, were present with Miss Eandall, whose dress was of nun's 
veiling.' Mrs. Randall wore a black silk dress trimmed with jet 
passementerie. Among the company present ^\ ere Mr. and Mrs. G. 
G. Havens, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Fabbri, Mr. and Mrs. James Strong, 
Miss Etta Strong, Mrs. Von Stade, Miss Yon Stade, Mrs. William 
Reed, Miss Reed, Mr. and Mrs. William Allen Butler, Mr. and Mrs. 
Kearney Warren, Mrs. Joseph Marie, Miss Marie, Mrs. George Kemp, 
Miss Kemp, Captain and Mrs. Ward, Mr Bartholomew, Dudley S. 
Gregory, Jr., Mrs. Cornelius Sutton, Richard Halstead, Mr. and Mrs. 
R. H. L. Townsend, Mrs. I. Stephens, Mr. and Mrs. N. L. McCready, 
Mr. and Mrs. McGrath, Mr. and Mrs. James Hartshorn, Mr. and 
Mrs. S. J. Harriot, Mrs. John Randall and Miss Howell. 

The Saturday Club, organized for dancing by Mrs. Grenville Win- 
throp and Mrs. E. Livingston Ludlow, held its second meeting at the 
latter's house in the evening. Among those present were Messrs. 
Livingston, Hadden, Howland, Russell, Miller, Chauncey, Kingsford, 
Warren, and Welles, and the Misses Ludlow, Hall, Lansing, Swan, 
Tailor, Stevens, Iselin, Strong and Sands. 

The calendar brought to Madame Patti the feast-day of her patron 
saint, and she celebrated the day by inviting a small company to sit 
down at a very prettily decorated dinner-table at the Windsor. 
Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Rosenwald, Mr. Sterne, Mr. 
Kamper, Mr. Franchi, Signor Arditi, Colonel Mapleson, Mr. Gye and 
Signor Nicolini. Madame Patti has been rehearsing twice a day for 
the part of D'mornh, in which she will appear this evening. She will 
wear a dress of blue cashmere, with a corsage of white cashmere, the 
whole being embroidered with silver and gold. 

Mrs. James Otis gave a dinner-party at her house, No. 14 West 
Twelfth Street. 

Monday, December 1 1 . 

The first' meeting of the Brooklyn Heights Dancing-Class, whose 
entertainments correspond to the F. C. D. C. balls in this city, took 
place in the Assembly Rooms in Montague Street. It was a pleasant and 
successful gathering. A band was stationed on a dais screened by a 
dense parterre of plants and flowers. The Reception Committee was 
composed of Mrs. S. B. Chittenden, Mrs. A. W. Benson, Mrs. E. H. 
R. Lyman, Mrs. H. Sanger, Mrs. A. White, Mrs. A. Jenks, Mrs. R. M. 
Stewart, Mrs. W, E. Colton, Miss Polhemus and Mrs. C. Dixon. Re- 



M0^'I)A1\ DECEMBER 11. 127 

freshments were served. At eleven p.m. the cotillion began, being led 
by Joseph Marvin at one end of the room and F. Benson at the other, 
dancing without jiartners. The ball lasted from eight p.m. to midnight. 
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Slocum, Mrs. W. A. Eoebling, 
Miss Van Wyck, Miss Marvin, Miss Benson, the Misses White, the 
Misses Sanger, the Misses Nesmith, the Misses Hunter, the Misses 
Gilbert, Miss Olcott, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Collins, Mr. and Mrs. 
Howell, Miss Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis, Mrs. J. Henlett, Mrs. G. 
E. Sheldon, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Sheldon, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Ford, 
Mr. and Mrs. T. Bowering, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Beyan, Mr. and Mrs. 
W. Prentice, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Barnes. 
Mr. and Mrs. Demas Barnes, Mr. and ]Mrs. C. Bigelow, Mr. and Mrs. 
G. B. Carhart, Mr. and Mrs. Howel, ]\Ir. and Mrs. Kissam, LieutenaDt- 
Commander and Mrs A. F. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Polhemus, 
Dr. and Mrs. Gilfillan, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Bobbins, Mr. and Mrs. J. 
L. Howe, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. H. Williams, 
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. B. H Smith, Jr., Mrs. F. J. 
Phillips, Miss Phelps, Miss Averill, Miss M. Ford, Miss McCue, Miss 
A. Sheldon, Miss S. Howe, Miss Robb, Miss Phillips, Miss L. Force, 
Miss Hewlett, Miss Pallard, Miss Slocum, Miss Hester, Miss Muller, 
Miss Hoyt, Miss C. Peet, Miss Bowen, Miss Barnes, Miss Gilfillan, 
Miss Dixon, Miss Hester, Miss J. Pierrepont, Miss A. Pierrepont, 
Miss Saltus, Miss Macy, Miss Grant, Miss Jennings, Miss Simpson, 
Miss Gilkeson, Miss L. W. Johnson, Miss H. Lewis, Miss B. Wal- 
worth, Miss M. Tallmage, Miss Enos, Miss J. H. Seely, Miss N. 
Seely, Miss Atkins, Miss E. Richards, Miss F. Richards, Miss C. 
Lapsley, Miss Ind, Miss Notman, Miss Lanson, Miss Sharp, the 
Misses Baxter, Miss Ropes, Miss Pierce, Leander Waterbury, L. W. 
Thomas, E. W. Roby, J. J. Pierrepont, F. J. Goodnow, W. T. Law- 
rence, C. A. Clark, W. H. Force, S. Cumming, A. L. Reid, G. C. Ide, 
C. W. Ide, N. C. Ford, W. Peet, Jr., P. S. Mallet, A. M. Cunning- 
ham, C. Grant, E. B. Jennings, L. Simpson, J. Otho, J. C. Bowen, A. 
O. Beebe, Mr. Kalbfleisch, F. Cromwell, J. E. Lawrence, C. P. Walker, 
E. H. Bissett, C. W. Barnes, T. B. Rott, T. P. Cooper, C. E. Bill, 
C. F. Squitt, J. Notman, C. W. Notman, W. T. Hatch, A. Hatch, E. 
Ropes, J. S. Ward, J. B. King, Dr. L. C. McPhael, E. W. Gladine, E. 
Mviller, C. F. Sheldon, A. Haslett, U. N. Parker, L. B. Dean, W. B. 
Dickerman, H. Bunill, U. S. Carhart, C. A. Bowen, H. Bowen, Dr. J, 
W. Ostrander, S. D. Osborne, T. Scott, Dr. J. B. McCue, J. G. Beyan, 
R. Martin, W. H. Clapp, R. P. Wardwell, A. Ingalls, W. Ingalls, H. 
Willetts, W. C. D. Stokes. Dr. G. A. Dixon, W. B. Gellarty, W. S. 
Lanson, M. E. Bronsen, T. T. Gunt, H. B. :Mo£Eatt, J. McNaughton, 
R. McNaughton, J. Brown, T. H. Martin, R. 1. Reed, L. B. Stearns, G. 
Cromwell, P. Chubb, N. N. Dyckman, A. T. Enos, J. A. Metcalf, H. 
C. Parsons, W. J. Sherwood, W. C. Sheldon, Jr., J. P. Earle, Mr. 
Sanger, E. Atkins, W. Richards, Jr., R. H. Beattie, Jr.. H. S. Chandler, 
S. H. Swan, C. S. Crowell, T. D. Dunnell, C. R. Barnes and J. 
H. Marvin. 



128 THE SEASON. 

Mrs. Henry Chapman fjave a tea in the afternoon at her house 
No. 191 Second Avenue, to introduce her daughter. Among those pres- 
ent were Mrs. Di Cesnola, ]\Irs. Philip Schuyler, Mrs. Charles F. 
Chickering, Mr. and Mrs. Heniy Pellew, Mrs. Thomas Egleston, Mrs. 
Dana and Mrs. Chauncey. 

Mrs. Bradish Johnson gave a large theatre party. 

Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sloane gave a dinner party at their house, No. 642 
Fifth Avenue, to celebrate the tin-wedding anniversary of their mar- 
riage. The company took seats at a round table elaborately decorated 
with smilax and roses. Souvenirs of the occasion, in the shape of tin 
hats filled with roses, were presented to each lady present. There were 
present Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, 
Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Hollister, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles Bobbins, Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. 
Hatch, of Brooklyn, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Sloane, Mr. and Mrs. El- 
liott F. Shepard, Mr. and Mrs. H. McK. Twombly, Mr. and Mrs. 
Frederick Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Yanderbilt, and Mr. and 
Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt. 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Drexel gave a dinner party at their house 
in Madison Avenue. Chief Justice and Mrs. Daly, Dr. and Mrs. Fordyco 
Barker, Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Mills, and Mr. and Mrs. Bush C. Haw- 
kins were among the guests. 

Mrs. Adrian Iselin gave a small and early dancing party at her 
house. 

Mrs. Henry Sheldon gave a reception from four to six p.m. at her 
house, No. 124 Pierre pont Street, Brookljm. She was assisted by her 
daughters, Mrs. Chauncey and Mrs. Parsons. Mrs. Sheldon v>as attired 
in white velvet, Mrs. Parsons wore her wedding dress, and Mrs. 
Chauncey was arrayed in an evening dress of white satin. A large 
company, principally residents of the Heights, were present. 

A complimentary dinner was given to Captain Joseph Lentilhon, at 
Delmonico's, by the veterans and active members of Company K, 7th 
Begiment. At the close of the dinner toasts were resjionded to by W. 
McClure, Colonel H. L. Pierson, General T. F. Pierson,E.P. Bogers and 
the Bev. Dr. Weston, who is chaplain of the 7th Begiment. The speak- 
ers referred to the regret which the members of the company felt over 
Captain Lentilhon's retirement, and credited him with bringing the 
company, by reason of his energy, to a pitch of excellence which it 
had never before attained and which it could scarcely ever hope 
again to equal. The membership at one time reached one hundred and 
forty-seven men. Captain Lentilhon responded to the complimentary 
speeches that were showered upon him, declared his gratitude, and 



TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 129 

said that it was impossible to find words to express it. The companj", 
of whom, including veterans, there were about one hundred, varied the 
proceedings with energetic illustrations of the company's call, sup- 
posed to reproduce in vocal fashion the career of a sky-rocket. 

Mrs. John Bigelow, of No. 21 Gramercy Park, gave an enjoyable 
german from eight until twelve, to introduce her daughter. Miss 
Annie Bigelow. About thirty-five couples took part in the cotillion 
which \vas led by Miss Annie Bigelow and Mr. Frederick Aldredge, 
Mr. Edward Pierrepont dancing with Miss Jennie Bigelow. Among 
those who participated and those who looked on, were Mrs. S. V. R. 
Cruger, General and Mrs. Webb, Dr. and Mrs. Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. 
Bryant Lindley, Mr. and Mrs. George Coppet, Mr. and Mrs. Earle 
Dodge, Mrs. Remsen, Mrs. and Miss Bird, the Misses Byrd, Miss 
Anna Hall, Miss Jean Turnure, Miss Bessie Webb, Miss Fannie 
Swan, Miss Edith Jaffray, Miss Davis, Miss Waldo, the Misses Shippen, 
the Misses Marquand, Miss Katie Blake, Miss Sharpless, Mrs. 
Homer Crosby, and Miss Crosby, Mr. Henry Parish, the Messrs. 
Weeks, Mr Harris, the Messrs. Hyde, the Messrs. Navarro, Mr. Murray, 
Mr. Turnure, Mr. Fellow, Mr. Cleve Dodge, Mr. Blodgett, Mr. 
Schermerhorn, Mr. Trimble, Mr. John Ward, Mr. De Pas, Mr.CoIgate, 
and Mr. Tom Hunt. 

Tuesday, December 12. 

Gay society was largely representedinCalvary Church at half past 
three P.M., when the wedding of William S. Livingstone, Jr., and Miss 
Mary Wigham, daughter of Thomas Wigham, was solemnized. Bishop 
Potter read the service, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Henry Satterlee, 
rector of the church. The chancel was decorated with palms and ferns. 
Dr. Beverly Livingston accompanied his brother as best man. The 
ushers were Louis Delafield, Alexander Rutherfurd, Edward Floyd- 
Jones, De Witt Knox, Charles Weir and Herman Clark. The brides- 
maids were Miss Edith Wigham, the bride's .sister, Miss Clara 
Livingston, the gi'oom's sister. Miss May Rutherfurd, Miss Isabel 
King Miss Kittie Satterthwaite and Miss Bessie Floyd- Jones. Their 
dresses were of white brocade satin, made vrith trams, square corsages 
and elbow sleeves. The fronts contained wide panels of plush, which 
in two dresses were pink, in two canary-color, and in two pale blue. 
The dresses also had hip draperies of white satin, gathered in front 
with a pearl buckle. The bridesmaids also wore long veils of spotted 
tulle, caught with ostrich tips of a color to correspond with their 
dresses. Their bouquets were of Mermet, Marechal Niel and Jacque- 
minot roses. The ushers wore small boutonnieres of white flowers. 
The bride's dress was of white satin and brocade, the front being 
trimmed with pearl embroidery and veiled with flounces of poin't 
duchesse lace. The dress had a simulated basque and square corsage. 
The veil was a large one of old, round point lace, it being an heirloom. 



130 THE SEASON. 

The bride carried a bouquet of white roses and wore a diamond pen- 
dant, the gift of the groom. She was given away by her father. A 
reception was hekl at the house of the bride's father, No. 321 Fifth 
Avenue. After a Southern tour the bride and groom will return to sail 
for Eiirope about January 15th. Among those present were Mr. and 
Mrs. W. S. Livingston,*^ Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Livingston, Alfred 
Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. 
Wigham, J. D. Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. McCready, Miss McCready, 
Mrs, Austin Flint, Jr., Mrs. A. B. Graves, Miss Graves, the Misses Hoy t, 
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Knox, Miss Bulkley, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. 
Eutherfurd, Mrs. Walter Rutherfurd, Miss Rutherfurd, the Misses. 
Hoyt, Miss Potter, Miss Burrill, Mrs Heminway, Dr. and Mrs. 
Walter Satterlee, Goyerneur Morris, Miss Morris, Mrs Bowden, Miss 
Bowden, H. Lewis Morris, Truman Heminway, the Misses Cariipbell, 
Miss Ashmore, Miss Van Wart. Mrs. Ashmore, the Misses Smith, Mrs. 
Hamilton Fish, Jr., Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Miss Waldo, Miss Holmes, 
MissFisk, the Misses Weir, H. A. Murray, N. P. Rogers, Mrs. Arthur 
Peabody, the Misses Norris, Edgar Richards, Miss Iselin, Mr. and 
Mrs McDonald, Edward King, Miss Alice King, Miss E. Le Roj', 
Bayard Clarke, Miss Clarke, Miss Cameron, the Messrs. Livingston, 
Miss Seabury, Banyar Clarkson, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. de 
Peyster, Mrs. Delafield, Mrs. Garrettson, Mr. F. Tuckerman, Miss 
Harmon Brown, John Anthon, Mrs. Byrd, Miss Byrd, Mrs. John 
Bigelow, the Misses Pell, Miss Annie Murray, the Misses Kemble, 
Miss Parrott, Miss Garrettson, the Misses Binsse, Miss Wyeth, Miss 
Reba Clarke, Miss Crosby, Miss Schermerhorn, Arthur Schermerhorn, 
Miss Barnes, Mrs. John Sherwood, Miss Breuer, Mrs. Robert Crosby, 
Miss Steward, the Misses Hadden, the Misses Floyd-Jones, Colonel 
Arden, Miss Kernochan, Mrs. Robinson, the Misses Wotherspoon, Miss 
Walker, Miss Carlton, Mrs. W. B. Parsons, Mr. Van Cleef, the Misses 
Shippen, the Messrs. Lawrence, Miss Lawrence, Miss Huggins, 
Randolph Morris, Mr. Ward, the Misses Parsons and Mr. Vanderpoel. 

Miss Louise Dayton, daughter of Mrs. W. H. Dayton, was married 
to Edmund Herrick, in the evening, by the Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby, 
at the house of the bride's mother. No, 783 Madison Avenue. The 
ushers were Alfred Seaman, George Miller, Dr. J. W. Stickler and F. 
W. Dayton. Miss Anthony and Miss Dayton w^ere the bridesmaids. 
The bride wore a white satin dress made in the f)revailing style, and 
a tulle veil fastened with orange flowers. The ceremony took place 
under a wedding bell, the exterior being of colored roses and the 
inside of white carnations. The house was otherwise decorated. 

George Alfred Sutton and Leila Antoinette Munnis, daughter of C. 
B. Munnis, -were married in the afternoon, at five o'clock, at St. James's 
Church, Brooklyn, by the Rev. Dr. Homer, the rector. There were no 
bridesmaids. The u.shers w^ere William K. Knox, Francis A. Crandall, 
George Blatchf ord and Edwin H. Saja-e, and the best man was William 



TUESDAY, DECEalBEE 12. 131 

R. Pitt. The bride, who was given awaj' by her father, was attired in a 
travelling dress of bronze Ottoman silk and velvet brocade, with raised 
roses of deep brown. The skirt was of the silk, and the long pelisse 
of the brocade was finished with ruffles of jaboted point duchesso 
lace. She wore a bonnet to correspond, and a corsage bouquet of 
Nephetos roses. Her ornaments were diamonds. At the conclusion 
of the ceremony the bride and groom departed on their bridal tour, 
no reception being held. 

A quiet family reunion was held in the evening in the house of Mr. and 
Mrs. Eobert Mumby, No. 53 Cranberry Street, Brooklyn, to celebrate 
the sixty-fifth anniversary of their wedding. Mr. Mumby will bo 
ninetj' years old in next May. He was born in England and came to 
this countr}' when he was twentj'-one. He established himself in the 
cracker business in Brooklyn, and continued in it for forty years, 
retiring finally in 1858. Mrs. Mumby was also born in England, and 
she will be ninety in November next. The aged couple have had 
eight children, one only of whom is dead. The eldest is sixty years 
of age. They have seven grandchildren, the eldest being twenty-five, 
and one great-grandchild, aged three. Mr. Mumby is yet hale and 
hearty. On his eighty-ninth birthday he was in the saddle for three 
hours, and he spends a good part of every fine day now on horseback. 
He has never used tobacco and has always been very temperate. His 
hearing is good and his eyesight is well preserved. His hair is not 
very graj^ less so in fact than that of many men much younger than he. 
He has always been an early riser and has never kept late houi's. 
He is systematic as clockwork in his habits and very careful of his 
health. He is short and compactly built, weighing about one hundred 
and thirty pounds. 

Mrs. Mumby bears the burden of her ninety years lightly. She 
does not move around so much now as she did last year, but for all 
that she is in very good health She has always had the same rules 
of living as her husband. She still attends to her housekeeping. 

Mrs. Blanche Eoosevelt Mecchetta gave a reception in her apart- 
ments at the Clarendon, from three to six p.m. , in honor of Madame 
Modjeska and Mrs. Labouchere. Mrs. Mecchetta was attired in rasp- 
berry Ottoman silk and nun's veiling, trimmed with lace and fringe. 
Madame Modjeska was dressed in a black lace costume trimmed 
with jet beads, and she wore a black hat and plumes. Piano solos 
were given by William R, Case and Mrs. Mecchetta sang some selec- 
tions, including Gounod's Chantez, Biez and Dorinez. Among 
those present were Mrs. John Bigelow, Mrs. T. B. Hackley, Mrs. 
Oilman, Lady Duffus Hardy, Miss Iza Hardy, Mrs. Frank Leslie, Mrs. 
Louise Chandler Moulton, Miss Margaret Cleveland, Mrs, Harris, 
Mrs. Muir, Mrs. Hueston Hicks, Miss Jackson, ]\Ir. and Mrs. A. 
W. Gill Miss Gill, Benjamin Hart, the Misses Guernsey, Dr. and Mrs. 
Guernsey, James Edwin Spear, Mrs. Augusta Girard, Charles Quincy, 



132 THE SBASOy. 

Gratiot ■\Vashbiirn, Dorman Forbes, Sirs. George Alfred Townsend, 
Thomas W. Knox, Judge Bedford and Norman Forbes Eobertson. 

Mrs. Artemus Holmes gave a reception at her honse, No. 46 "West 
Fiftieth Street, from four to six p.m. Music by an orchestra and re- 
freshments %vere part of the entertainment. Among those present 
were Mrs. George E. Blanchard, Mrs. W. B. Shattuck, Mrs. St. John, 
Mrs. McCready, Miss McCready and Mrs. J. S. Decker. 

Mr. and Mrs. George Henry Warren gave a small dinner party at their 
house in Fifth Avenue, in the evening. At the table were Mrs. Robert 
Goelet, Miss Beckwith, Miss Astor, Miss Crocker, of San Francisco, 
Ogden Mills, Mr. Mortimer, Le Grand B. Cannon, Dr. Dawson, Miss 
Stewart, T. J. Oakley Rhinelander, Miss Sands, IVli*. Welles, Mr. 
Witherbee and Mrs. Mills. 

J. Duffus Harris, of the Knickerbocker Club, gave a dinner at 
Pinard's in the evening, to Mr. and Mrs. Potter, Miss Cunard, Miss 
Beekman, Mr. Hone, INIiss Perkins, Mr. Riggs, Miss Binney, Mr. De 
Pass, Mr. Thorne, Miss Lord and Mr. Allen. 

Mr. F. De Haas, the well-known marine painter, was given a pleas- 
ant surprise at his home. No. 148 Tajdor Street, Brooklyn, in the 
evening, by his friends, who gathered to testify their regard. The 
entertainment took the form of a musicak. Several artists volun- 
teered their services, and a pleasant evening was passed. 

Wednesday, l>eceinber 13tli. 

IVIiss Lizzie Vandeebilt, daughter of Mrs. S. A. Hoagland, was 
married in the evening, to George W. Yanderhoef by the Eev. Dr. Coe, 
pastor of the Collegiate Church at Fifth Avenue and Forty-eight Street. 
The ceremony took place in the Hotel Bristol, which was elaborately 
decorated for the occasion. A wedding bell of white chrysanthemums 
hung between the windows at the Fifth Avenue end of the parlors. A 
chancel was improvised by partitioning off a space with a satin ribbon. 
Within, there were an altar and pridieu. An aisle was formed l.y 
white satin ribbons stretched through the centre of the parlors, and 
held by four little boys. A double cornucopia and a ball of roses 
hung in the doorways, and the mantels Avere decorated with bunches 
of callas and poinsetta leaves and smilax. The ushers were Oliver 
J. Vanderbilt, brother of the bride, Wyckoff Yanderhoef, brother of 
the groom, George McAlpine, James Pyle, Irving Sprague and Thomas 
Thomas. The bridesmaids were two six-year-old nieces of the bride, 
Miss Tenie Stevens and Miss Lizzie Hoagland Vanderbilt. They wore 
dresses of white satin and lace, one being trimmed with pink and one 
with blue ribbon, and they carried baskets of roses. The bride was 
given away by her grandfather. The married pair will spend a few 



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13. 133 

weeks in Atlantic City. The wedding dress was of white satin, made with 
a full train and low-cut corsage, and trimmed with point duchesse lace. 
The bride wore a tulle veil edged with duchesse lace and fastened with 
a white ostrich tip, and she carried a bouquet of white roses. Among 
those present were Mr. and Mrs. D. H, McAlpine, Mr. and Mrs. 
Vanderhoef, Mr. and Mrs. H. Vanderhoef, Mr. and Mrs. William Pyle, 
Miss Pyle, Charles S. Wright, grandfather of the bride, MissWhittield, 
Miss Anna Brown, Miss Belle Giles, Miss Alice Freeman, Mrs. George 
D. Stevens, sister of the bride, William S. Vanderbilt, John 
Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. William Stott, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I. West, 
Miss West, Mr. and Mrs. William Preston, Mr. and Mrs. Charles II. 
Wright, Miss Lillie Wright, Harmon Blauvelt, grandfather of the 
groom, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Chauncey, Miss Chauncey, Mr. and Mrs. 
Edwards, Miss Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. W. Fargo, F. Anthony, Mr. 
and Mrs. C. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, Miss Perkins, and Mr. 
and Mrs. Lewis Maddox. The gi'oom gave the bride a handsome 
diamond pin and solitaires with pearls ; the bride gave the groom a 
scarf-pin of beaten gold with diamonds, and a catseye ; the groom's 
mother gave an upright jaiano ; the bride's mother gave a set of silver ; 
the groom's brother gave a handsome Persian rug. Thei 3 were also 
a full set of cut crystal ware, china ware, silver, etc, 

Christ Church, Fifth Avenue, was the scene, in the evening, of tho 
wedding of Miss Mane Estelle Boardman, daughter of Charles 
Boardman, and Elisha Kobinson. The ceremony was performed by 
the Kev. Dr. Shipman, rector of the church. The best man was 
Clarence O. Bigelow. The ushers v/ere A, R. L. Norton, John L. 
Eandle, Edward S. Innet, Alvah H. Warren, Joseph W. Blabon and 
Millard R. Jones. The bride's dress was of brocade satin with a front 
of pearl passementerie. The corsage was cut heart shaped and edged 
with large jJearls. The full court train was edged with a ruching. 
A tulle veil and a diamond pendant and ean-ings were also worn by the 
bride, who carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. 
A reception for intimate friends and relatives was held at the Park 
Avenue Hotel. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Wilson, 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Comes, Mr. 
and Mrs. Charles Nourse, Miss Nourse, Dr. and Mrs. Walker, Mr. 
and Mrs. William B. Ogden, Miss Jacobus, Mr. and Mrs. William P. 
Davidson, Dr. Levings, MissLevings, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bostwick, 
Miss Bostwick, Mr. and ^Mrs. J. D. Probst, Mr. and Mrs. John Reed, 
Mr. and Mrs. Saiiiuel Sudlow, Miss Bertha Sudlow and Mrs. William 
Sudlow. 

The wedding of Robert T. Van Deusen, of Kalamazoo, Mich., and 
Miss Alice Bertha Bates, daughter of James H. Bates, took place at eight 
o'clock, at the house of the bride's father, No. 206 Schermerhorn Street, 
Brooklyn. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. R. S. Storrs. 
Selah Van Duzer and Henry Van Duzer, of New York, were the 



134 THE SEASON. 

ushers. Miss Bessie Bates and Miss Nellie Bates, little sisters of the 
bride, acted as bridesmaids, and were dressed in white silk dresses and 
carried baskets of flowers. The house was very prettily decorated. 
There were a handsome wedding bell and a j^laqne of white flowers 
with a monogram in colored flowers. The bride wore a dress of white 
satin and Ottoman silk, trimmed with duchesse lace, and a tulle veil 
caught with orange flowers. She carried a bouquet of white 
roses. A recei^tion followed the ceremony. Among the guests were 
Dr. and Mrs. Van Deusen, ex-Senator Wendover, Mr. and Mrs. S. 
K. Van Duzer, of Newburg, Miss Van Duzer, Mr. and Mrs. Anson 
P. Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Farrington, Mr. and Mrs. WilJiam 
H. Hazzard, Dr. and Mrs, Hyde, Mr. and Mrs, Kobertson and JMr. and 
]Mrs. Williams. 

Miss Isabel Ingraham, daughter of the late Edward Ingi-aham, was 
married to Judge Thomas E. Webster, of Bay City, Michigan, at two 
P.M., in St. James's Protestant Episcoi^al Church, Brooklyn, by the 
Eev. Dr. Charles Homer, rector of the church. The bride was given 
away by her brother-in-law, Mr, Duncan. Arthur Hancock Ingraham, 
brother of the bride, was the best man. The ushers v/ere Charles 
Goodwin Ingraham, brother of the bride, J. H. Palmer, of New York, 
Theodore Taylor, of Brooklyn, and F. A. Thayer, of Boston. There 
were no bridesmaids, and the wedding was simj^le in its apj^ointments 
on account of both families being in mourning. The bride wore a 
robe of dark heliotroije velvet with a front of pale heliotrope em- 
bossed velvet, trimmed with point lace. She wore a bonnet trimmed 
to match her costume, and carried a bouquet of Marechal Neil roses. 
A reception was held at the Pierrepont House. There were present 
Joseph Cutting, Miss Cutting, Mr. and Mrs. George Hotchkiss, the 
Misses Hotchkiss, of New Haven, ex-Mayor Hunter, Mr, and Mrs. 
S. E. Merwin, of New Haven, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. 
George Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph 
L. Mead, of Brooklyn, Mrs. Theodore B. Taylor, Miss Taylor, Mr. 
and Mrs. Hoi-ace Warren, Jr., and Mr, and Mrs, Meigs Whaples, of 
Hartford. 

Mr. and Mrs, B, W, Franklin gave a reception from three to six 
P.M., at their house, No. 6 West Seventeenth Street. Mrs. A, J, Vander- 
poel. Miss Vanderpoel, Mrs. Masten, Miss Sloane and Miss Van 
Schaack assisted Mrs. Franklin, The latter was dressed in combined 
blue and white satin, and wore blue ostrich tijDS in her coift'ure. 
Among those who called were Mrs. E. D. Morgan, the Misses Turn- 
bull, Mrs. W^illiam K, Thorne, Miss Thorne, Mr, and Mrs. Buel, Mrs. 
Van W^art, Mrs. Farrington, IVIr. and Mrs. Guion and Miss Le Boy. 

Mr. and Mrs, Mumford gave a dancing party at their house in W^est 
Forty-eighth Street. 



THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1^5 

Mrs. Garretson gave a reception in honor of Miss Helen Garrctson. 

Mrs. J. F. Gore King gave an afternoon tea in honor of Mrs. James 
King Duer and Miss Caroline Duer. 

Mrs. J, D. Yates gave an afternoon tea at her house, No. 458 "West 
Twenty-second Street. 

Miss Wolfe gave a dinner-party at her house, No. 13 Madison Ave- 
nue. 

The Staten Island ]\Ierry-go-Tlound gave a masquerade party at 
New Brighton. 

Mrs. Judd and the Misses Judd gave a dancing party at their house 
in Lefferts Place, Brooklyn. 

Mrs. William Astor, of 350 Fifth Avenue, gave a dinner party to a 
number of her friends. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Og- 
den Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Yznaga, Miss Marion Langdon, Miss Annie 
Cunard, Mr. Lispenard Stewart, Miss Kernochan, Mr. Wright San- 
ford, Miss Beckwith, Miss Fanny Swan, Mr. Stanley Mortimer, Mr. 
Center Hitchcock, Miss Binninger, Mr. Egerton Winthrop, Miss Post, 
Mr. Kobert Cutting, Major Slade and Mr. Beach. 

Tbursduy, December 14. 

THE FIRST ladies' ASSEMBLY. 

The first of the Ladies' Assemblies took place, in the evening, at 
Delmonico's, and was a pleasant gathering. Gentlemen were not 
asked to do anything for the entertainment except to lend their pres- 
ence at nine p.m. The balls are managed similarly to the Patriarchs' 
ball, each of the fifty subscribers having nine tickets to give to her 
friends. TWo more balls will be given this winter. The corridors 
were lit with pink lights and set with plants. The waiting-rooms 
were given a home-like appearance by well-arranged screens, furni- 
ture and flowers. In the ball-room the lights were unscreened and 
the chandeliers were hung with smilax. Beside the usual orchestra 
the Hungarian Band was stationed on a dais in one corner and fur- 
nished part of the dance music. Waltzes and quadrilles were danced 
until midnight, when supper was served at small tables down-stairs. 
The cotillon began at about one a.m., and was led by Charles Kussell 
Hone. The ladies who received the guests were Mrs. Butler-Duncan, 
Mrs. J. J. Astor, Mrs. Philip Schuyler, Mrs. Sidney Webster and 
Mrs. Frederick Sheldon. Following is the full list of lady sub- 
scribers : Mrs. Astor, Mrs. William Astor, Mrs. Belmont, Mrs. Isaac 
Bell, Mrs. George S. Bowdoin, Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce, Miss Callender, 



136 THE SEASON. 

Mrs. Chapman, IMrs. Clendennin, Mrs. S. V. R. Cruger, Mrs. 
Eutler-Duncan, Mrs. Fish, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Mrs. Ogden 
Goelet, Mrs. G. G. Gray, Mrs. John GI Heckscher, Mrs. C. Bnrrill 
Hofifman, Mrs. John Hone, Jr., Mrs. S. S. Ho\vhmd, Mrs. Iselin, 
Mrs. John Jay, Mrs. William Jay, Mrs. Delancey Kane, Mrs. John 
Kean, Mrs. J. Frederic Kernochan, Miss Sarah Lazarus, Mrs. Maturin 
Livingston, Mrs. Benoni Lockwood, Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Mrs. Ward 
McAllister, Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, Mrs. Charles A. Post, Mrs. F. 
W. Rhinelander, Mrs. William B. Eice, Mrs. Eives, Mrs. Ptoosevelt, 
Mrs. Schermerhorn, Mrs. Philip Schuyler, Mrs. Sheldon, Mrs. 
Frederick Ste\ans, Mrs. Paran Stevens, Mrs. John Steward, Jr., Miss 
Amy Townsend, Mrs. William TurnbuU, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, 
Mrs. S. G. Ward, Mrs. Sidney Webster, Mrs. Arthur Welman, Mrs. 
George Peabody Wetmore and Miss Whitney. Among the guests 
were James G. Blaine, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cushing, of Boston, Mr. 
and Mrs. Whittier, of Boston, Arthur Cadogan, Lord and Lady 
Mandeville, Mr. and Mrs, Wilton Phipps, Miss May Duncan, Miss 
Langdon, Miss Lockwood, Miss Georgiana Hecksher, John Jay, Miss 
Chapman, E. L. Godkin, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Mills, Pierre Lorillard, 
Mrs. Edward Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Bryce, Mr. Suydam, Mrs. 
Welden, Miss Rives, Mr. and Mrs. McCurdy, C. F. Chickering, Mr. 
Welles, Miss Welles, Mr. Thebaud, Stuyvesant Fish, S. W. Bridg- 
ham, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ward, Center Hitchcock, Louis von 
Hoffman, Egerton Winthrop, Colonel and Mrs. AVilliam Jay, Miss 
Oelrichs, Mr. Murray, Mr. Whitlock, Brockholst Cutting, M. A. Wilks. 
Frederick Tams, Henry Warren, Eugene Livingston, Frederick Shel- 
don, Adrian Iselin, Jr., Bayard Clarke, Jr., Duncan Cryder, W. D. 
]\Iorgan, Creighton Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mrs. Wright, 
the Misses Wright, Franklin Abbott, T. B. Musgrave, W. K. Vander- 
bilt, Mr. and Mrs, John Kane, T. J. Oakley Ehinelander, J. K. 
Gracie, JNIr. Weeks, Mr. and Mrs. S. Nicholson Kane, Mr. and Mrs. 
Roosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. Lanier, G. L. Schuyler, Miss Schuyler, Mr. 
and Mrs. Rice, Frederic Stevens, Philip S. Miller, Royal Phelps, Mr, 
and Mrs. Walter B. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoffman, L. Wil- 
merding, AVard McAllister, Miss McAllister, Mr. and Mrs. Turnbull, 
Miss Turnbull, Mrs. Richard Irvin, Jr,, the Misses Russell, Miss Rus- 
sell, Peter Marie, John Bigelow, Miss Bigelow, Edward King, Miss 
King, Dr. and Mrs. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. George Rives, Mr. and 
Mrs. C. Vanderbilt, General William Cutting, Arthur Leary and De 
Lancey Kane. The dresses worn were mostly new and cut according 
to the latest fashion, the corsage being low before and behind. Fol- 
lowing are some of the toilets : Mrs. Butler-Duncan wore a black 
brocade velvet trimmed with jet. Mrs. Phipps' s dress of black tulle 
over satin was trimmed with violet. Miss Annie Cunard looked very 
pretty in shaded -pink satin and tulle garnished with roses. Miss 
Lockwood wore white tulle trimmed with lilacs. Miss Butler-Dun- 
can's dress of white tulle over satin had a garniture of dropping rose 
leaves. Miss Sarah Lazctrus v/ore cream silk with i^earl trimming. 



THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 137 

Mrs. Bird wore an elegant robe of dark green velvet with a front of 
pink satin. Miss Bird was attired in blue and gilt tiiUo over satin 
garnished with pink llowers, and her bouquet was Marechal Niels 
surrounding Jacqueminots. Mrs. Adrian Iselin, Jr., wore a pink 
brocaded satin dress and pink tips in her hair. Mrs. Frederick Shel- 
don's dress was of terra-cotta satin. Mrs. Duncan wore a robe of 
pale pink brocade. Mrs. W. D. Morgan's toilet was of crushed-straw- 
berry satin, trimmed with lace. Mrs. Wright wore lavender satin. 
Mrs. Sidney Webster wore a handsome dark green robe. Miss 
Fish's dress was of pink and red brocade. Mrs. Musgrave was at- 
tired in ivory satin. Terra-cotta tulle over satin formed Mrs. W. K. 
Vanderbilt's dress. Mrs. J. K. Gracie had on a dress of pink satin, 
and wore tips to correspond in her hair. Miss Norris was attired in 
white tulle and crystal beads, and her sister wore a robe of green 
Ottoman silk. Miss Bliss's toilet was of pink brocade. Miss Lanier 
wore pink tulle over satin. Miss Carrie Phelps was attired in a blue 
satin dress. Miss Wilmerding wore pink tulle over satin. Miss 
Marie's dress was of striped blue Ottoman. Miss Kernochan wore a 
pretty toilet of white tulle garnished with snowballs. Miss Lorillard 
wore pink satin. Miss Astor had a toilet of white tulle and crystals, 
and carried a bouquet of white hyacinths. Miss Pell's toilet was 
lavender tulle over satin. Miss Chickering wore a rich robe of 
crushed-strawberry satin. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish wore black tulle, 
and carried a bouquet of Mermet roses. Mrs. Charles Post wore 
pink satin flounced with lace, pink tips, and carried white roses. A 
pretty dress worn by a young lady was gold tulle garnished with 
morning glories. A dress of terra-cotta tulle was trimmed with terra- 
cotta crystal beads. An elegant dress of pale yellow satin was draped 
with a lace overdress that cost half a million dollars. A green tulle 
dress was trimmed with frosted leaves. A toilet of black tulle was 
garnished with strawberry leaves, flowers and berries, 

A musicale and dancing party were given in the evening by 
F. Russak at the house of Benjamin Eussak. The rear parlor was 
decorated with bunting and iised by the amateur oirchestra. Over 
the archway ajopeared a flight of doves, and the rooms were decorated 
with flowers. Emerson Brooks was the director of the musical pro- 
gramme, v.'hich opened with a selection from " Athalie" on the 
organ. Lichener's Kinder Symphony was rendered by the orchestra, 
the young ladies who took part being dressed in Kate Greenaway 
dresses and the young men in fanciful costumes. Reissiger s Trio 
was also performed. Mme. Schweitzer sang a song from " Faust," 
and Frederick Bergner played a violoncello solo. Miss Albert sang 
Braga's " Angel's Serenade," and Clifford Smith sang Raff's " Cava- 
tina." Miss Westheimer also gave recitations, and Schumann's 
''Manfred" was rendered on the j^iano, organ and violoncello. Re- 
freshments were served after the concert, and then dancing was en- 
joyed by the younger people i^resent. Among the company were Dr. 



138 THE -SEASON. 

William S. Gottheil, the Eev. Dr. and iMrs. Gottlieil, the Misses 
Gottheil, Mr. and Mrs. Ethan Allen, Dr. and Mrs. Albert, Miss 
Albert, ilr. Boynton, Mrs. Wolfe, of Macon, Ga., Mr. and Mrs. A. 
Harris, Mr. and Mrs. S. Harris, Miss Eosenfeld, Dr. George M. 
Beard, Miss Michaels, Miss Sykes, the Misses Moss, M. Flynn, J. 
Flynn and Mr. Gerry. 

The Misses Kellogg gave a young ladies' luncheon party at their 
father's house, No. 1 East twent.y-eighth Street. The company 
were mostly graduates of the Farmington School. After the lunch- 
eon musical selections were rendered by Mr. and Mrs. Feininger and 
others. There were present Miss Dewitt, Miss Robinson, Miss 
Livingston, Miss Barnard, Miss Green, the Misses Blake, Miss Bil- 
lings, Miss Emma Jennings, Miss Farrington, Miss Maida Wade, 
Miss Wilcox, Miss Ludington, Miss Watson and Miss Luqueer. 

Mrs. J. D. Jones gave a reception, in the £ fternoon, at her house, 
No. 43 West Thirty-fourth Street, in honor of Miss Helen Floyd- 
Jones. A very large company were present, among them being Mrs. 
Lawrence Turnure, Miss Jean Turnure, Mrs. J. J. Post, Mrs. La 
Koque, the Misses La Eoque, Miss J. N. Phelps, Mrs. Yon Stade, 
Miss Von Stade, Miss Hoyt, Mrs. John Sherwood, Mrs. J. L. Riker, 
Mrs. AV. H. Titus, Mrs. Norv>'ood, Mr. and Mrs. Mora, Mrs. W. H. 
Deforest and Mrs. J. D. Line. 

A reception was given by Mrs. Henry G. Deforest at her house, 
No. 15 West Thirtieth Street, in the afternoon, in honor of Mrs. 
Lockwood Deforest. Among those present were Mrs. C. C. Baldwin, 
Mrs. Henry Marquand, the Misses Marquand, Mrs. John Taylor 
Johnston, Miss Johnston, Mrs. Samuel Sloan, Miss Sloan, Miss Gib- 
son, Mrs. Stuyvesant, Mrs. S. Wetmore, Mrs. De Eouse and Mrs. J. 
G. Low. 

Mrs. U. D. Eddy gave a card party at her house, No. 119 East 
Fortieth Street. 

Mrs. Joseph A. Dean and Mrs. A, Noel gave receptions. 

Miss Shults gave a private ball at the house of her father, John H, 
Shults, at Nostrand Avenue and Hewes Street, Brooklyn. She was 
assisted in entertaining the company by Miss Nettie Knapp. Her 
dress was of white gros grain silk made with a train and trimmed 
with point duchesse lace. Wilbur Barkley, William Howe and 
Charles Wilkinson were the ushers. The dancing began at nine p.m. 
in a large extension, built of pine boards for the occasion, and deco- 
rated with flowers, plants and bunting. An orchestra of six pieces 
was stationed in a small room screened by plants. The other rooms 
were elaborately decorated with flowers and palms. Among those 
present were Miss Lizzie Crittenden, Miss Belle Beard, Miss Bur- 



FRTDAV, DECEMBER 15. 130 

lieiine, Mr??. Street, Miss ETayden, Miss Susie Scholes, Miss Mary 
Crowley, Miss Mattie Wemple, Miss Kneeland, Miss Grace Van Olinda, 
Miss Tone, Miss Carrie Wurtz, Miss Carrie Fleming, Miss Dennington, 
Miss Louise Bernard, Mrs. Cammeycr, Miss Florena Carumeyer, Miss 
Eagle, Miss Bulger, of Babylon, William Robeson, Josejih Smith, 
Frederick Wurtz, William C. Hamilton, Vanderbilt Barton, H. O. 
Bernard, Jr., Paul Bernard, William Cammcyer, Jr., Eeginald Barkloy, 
William Demorest, James Fitzpatrick, Richard Baxter, Ernest Dodd, 
Clarence Si3offard, William Eagle, Frederick Mollenhauer, Joseph 
Knapp, Sheldon Lawson, Willard Jones, E. Johnson, Lawrence 
Kneeland, James Scholes, George Pickford and Smith Wandel. 

Mrs. E. H, Ammidown gave a musicale at her house in West 
Forty-second Street. The programme was as follows : Overture, 
** Semiramide," Rossini, Hungarian Band ; "The Moon has Raised 
Her Lamp Above," Balfe, Messrs. Baird and Fritsch ; " The Ring," 
Schumann, Miss Little ; Hungarian Song, cymbal solo, Joseph Hor- 
vath ; " At the Church Gate," Ingraham, Mr. Baird ; " Vonei Morir," 
Tosti, Mr. Fritsch; "Hungarian Dance," band; "Vieni, " Arditi, 
Miss Little and Mr. Fritsch; " Medji," Gounod, Mr. Baird; 
"Fisher's Song," cymbal solo, Mr. Horvath ; "When the Heart is 
Young," Buck, Miss Little ; " I Naviganti," Randegger, Miss Little, 
Mr. Fritsch and Mr. Baird ; Hungarian Adagio, band. 

Mrs. J. R. Sutton gave a german at her house in West Fifty-second 
Street. J. P. Faure led the cotillon with Miss Sutton. 

Miss Sarah A. Keefer, daughter of Colonel Samuel Keefer, pro- 
prietor of the Grand Central Hotel, was married to Emmet W. Root, 
at five P.M., in the hotel parlors. The Rev. A. C. Wedekind per- 
formed the ceremony. The ushers were Charles Sprague and C. D. 
Meigs. The bride wore a dress of cream-white silk, made with a 
court train, a front of duchesse point lace, a square corsage filled in 
with point lace, and elbow sleeves. Her veil was of tulle and was 
fastened with white roses. White roses and lilacs formed her cor- 
sage bouquet, and roses and lilies of the valley her hand bouquet. 
She wore a diamond crescent, the gift of the groom. 

Friday, December 15. 

Miss Lauea Cttktis Bullard and Miss Louise Chandler Moulton 
received their friends informally at the former's house. Among 
those who called were Mr. and Mrs. Robertson, of London, Constant 
Meyer, Mr. Albee and Dr. Ward. 

Mrs. Draper gave a dinner party, at which there were twelve 
guests, at her house on Lexington Avenue. 

Mrs. Charles P. Daly gave a tea. 



liO THE SEASON. 

Saturday, December 16. 

Miss Helen 1\L\thilde Thomas, daughter of the late Waldo W. 
Thomas, was married quietly in St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, to 
Alexander B. Eowell, of this city, by the Kev. Dr. Schenck. The 
bride wore a fawn-colored costume of Ottoman silk. In the after- 
noon the pair took a steamer for Florida. 

ilrs. Joseph T. Low gave a ladies' luncheon party at her house in 
East Fortieth Street. Embroidered satin work-bags were presented 
as souvenirs to the company, which included Mrs. Morris K. Jesup, 
Mrs. T. B. ]\Iusgrave, Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mrs. Anson Hard, Mrs. 
\V, Brown and Miss Furniss. 

Mrs. Henry Villard gave a tea at her house in Fifth Avenue, and 
Mrs. E. H. Harriman gave a dinner-party. 

Madame Patti gave a dinner-party at the Windsor, a few of the 
guests being M. Camper, director of the Russian railways, R. Cutting, 
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Eosenwald, Baron Stern, Signor Arditi, Madame 
Hanser, J. H. Mapleson and Mr. Gye. 

The members of the Liederkranz Society, with their wives and 
daughters, enjoyed a dance at their new club house. 

The members of the Metropolitan Club gave an entertainment 
comprising tableaus and character sketches, in the ball-room of the 
Hotel Brunswick. After the entertainment a supper was served and 
dancing began. 

The Saturday Evening Club met at the residence of Mr. Samuel 
Borrowe, No. 23 West Seventeenth Street. The polished oaken 
floors of the drawing-rooms were in excellent conclition, and the 
club departing from one of its rules danced an impromptu german, 
which was greatly enjoyed by all present. Mr. Harry Parsons led, 
dancing with Miss Effie Borrov/e, who looked very charming in her 
costume of soft white silk and brocade, made en iraine, with square 
neck, and draped with white narcissus. Mrs. Borrowe 's graceful 
manner added much to the enjoyment of the evening. She was at- 
tired in black silk with court train, trimmed with jetted lace. Her 
ornaments were diamonds. The fourteen girl members of the class, 
all deliuiantea, are Miss Effie Borrowe, Miss Ludlow, Miss Winthrop, 
ISIiss Anna Hall, Miss Etta Strong, Miss Sands, Miss Lansing, Miss 
Fannie Swan, Miss Taylor, Miss Elliott, Miss Kathleen Emmet, Miss 
Kittle Waldo, Miss Fannie Stevens, and Miss Helen Iselin. Among 
other girls present were Miss Caroline Duer, Miss Kate and Miss 
Lottie Wotherspoon, Miss Daisy Blake, Miss Alice King, Miss Marie 
Eouth, Miss Isabel Ashmore, and Miss Helen and Miss Jane Camp- 



MONDA Y, DECEMBER 18. 141 

bell. Miss Cutting and Miss Kenisen, who were invited, were nnablo 
to attend. The costumes worn were very pretty, many of thorn 
being without trains. It is requested that ball-dresses be not worn, 
but tiie request is frequently disregarded. Miss Anna Hall wore a 
very quaint and becoming costume of white cashmere, made in 
Greenaway fashion, with square neck and train, the whole being 
trimmed with swansclown. Her tiowers were white lilacs. Miss Jane 
Campbell Avoro black gauze and jet trimmings, en ira'me. Miss Duer 
looked attractive in white tulle and flowers. Miss Helen Campbeirs 
dress was white satin trimmed with jabotted Spanish lace. Miss 
Kate Wotherspoon wore a very bizarre and becoming costume of 
flowered silk trimmed with rainbow ribbons. It was made dancing 
length, and two blue plumes were placed in the coiffure. Miss Etta 
Strong was attired in her very pretty bridesmaid's dress worn at the 
•weddmg of her cousin, Miss Bcrryman. It was of rose-colored satin, 
with train, trimmed with Moresque lace. Miss Alice King was 
dressed in blue and white, with pink roses. Miss Belle Winthrop 
wore white cashmere made dancing length. Miss Blake's dress M'as 
of soft white, trimmed with bands of black velvet. She wore white 
flowers. Miss Kouth looked charming in rose-colored Surah, trim- 
med with duchesse lace. The following young men were present : 
Mr. H. A. Borrowe, Mr. Creighton Webb, Mr. Pendleton Rogers, 
Mr. James Duane Livingston, Mr. Benjamin Stephens, Mr. Stockton 
Cote, Mr. Henry Parish, ]\Ir. Howland Eussell, Mr. Henry Blake, Mr. 
Charles Harris," Mr. Francis Hillhouse, Dr. Emmet, Mr. Bayard 
Clarke, IMr. Frank Pendleton, Mr. Harry Cannon, Mr. Eugene Van 
Schaick, the Messrs. Warren, Mr. Eay Miller, Mr. Orme Wilson, Mr. 
H. Chauncev, Mr. Walter Kiugsland, the Messrs. Kingsford, tho 
Messrs. Ilhinelander, Mr. John Anthon, Mr. Alexander Hadden, the 
Messrs. Livingston, Mr. Morgan Barwell, Mr. Clement Clarkson, Mr. 
Howard Wainwright, Mr. Austin Oothout, Mr. George Bird, Mr. 
Hamilton Cary, the Messrs. McVickar, Mr. Benjamin Welles, Mr. 
George A. Freeman, and Mr. Fellows Morgan. The german was 
danced until two minutes of twelve, and the evening was one of the 
most enjoyable since the club was organized. 

OTouday, December 18. 

THE PATEIAECHS AXD THEIR GUESTS. 

The Patriarchs began their tenth annual series of balls, at Delmoni- 
co's, with one of the largest entertainments ever given by the society. 
In order to keep the number of subscribers up to the original num- 
ber of fifty, the following new Patriarchs take the places of those 
who have died or are absent in Europe : Charles H. Ptussell, George 
Peabody Wetmore, James Roosevelt and Robert E. Livingston. The 
arrangements were supervised, as usual, by Ward McAllister. The 
baU-room was decorated by Klunder with unusual care and taste. 



1-i^ THE SEASON. 

Large masses of dark green foliage j^lants and ferns overhung the tops 
of the mirrors, and festoons of smihix fell from them to the floor. 
The music balcony was completely hidden by hemlock boughs, and 
large sago palms, screw palms, dracenas and ferns filled the corners 
of the room. Between the mirrors were fastened on the walls large 
plaques of call as, poinsetta leaves and evergreen. Hanging from 
each of the chandeliers, which were draped with smilax, were small 
floral bells made of red and white carnations, camellias and other 
flowers. Yellow shades covered the lights in the ball room, and pink 
globes those in the corridor, salon and waiting-rooms. The company- 
began to arrive shortly after eleven p.m. A hot supjoer w^as served at 
half past twelve p.m., and from half past one to three a.m. the cotil- 
lon was danced, being led by William Parsons. Among the promi- 
nent ladies near the leader were Lady Mandeviile, Mrs. John W. 
Hamersley, Mrs. Walter Grove and Mrs. Kobert Goelet. Many ele- 
gant toilets were worn, and the room showed a gay scene of life and 
color. It was one of the largest assemblies ever given by the society, 
about four hundred persons being present. Among them were Gov- 
ernor and Mrs. Cornell, Mr. and Mrs. S. V. E. Cruger, James V. 
Parker, Mr. and Mrs, Philip Schuyler, Miss Marion Langdon, Miss 
Astor, Count and Countess de Cabry, Mr. and Mrs. Whittier, of 
Boston, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Diier, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. King Duer, 
Miss Caroline K. Duer, Lispenard Stewart, Miss M. SteM'art, Mr. and 
Mrs. C. Vanderbilt, W. K. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Berrj-- 
man, Allen T. Kice, Mr. and Mrs. 8. S. Howland, Mr. Brockholst 
Cutting, Mrs. Heyward Cutting, William Cutting, Mr. and Mrs. Bay- 
ard Cutting, Miss Annie Cutting, Kobert Cutting, Jr., Miss V. S. 
Winthrop, Charles Lanier, Miss Lanier, Miss A. Emmet, Cassimir de 
Eham, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bend, Mrs. Paran Stevens, Viscount 
Mandeviile, Egerton Winthrop, C. E. Strong, Mrs. James H. Strong, 
MissEtta Strong, Mrs. Maturin Livingston, F. K. Pendleton, Mr. and 
Mrs. James B. Livingston, Mrs. O. F. Livingston, Kobert E. Living- 
ston, Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Wilmerding, G. G. Barnwell, G. Cavendish 
Bentinck, of England, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre 
Lorillard, N. Griswold Lorillard, General and Mrs. McClellan, Miss 
May McClellan, Mr, and Mrs. Grenville Kane, Mrs. de Kuyter, Miss 
de Kuyter, Edwin A. Post, Mrs. E. Livingston Ludlow, Miss Emily 
Pell, Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Colgate, Judge and Mrs. Dickie, Miss 
Dickie, Major Montague Slade, of England, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore 
Koosevelt, W, E, Koosevelt, Miss Fanny Johnston, the Misses 
Eemsen, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Kives, Mr. and Mrs. Kobert Stuyvesant, 
]Mr. and Mrs. C. Kussell Hone, Miss May Winthrop, Henry Pairish, 
Jr., Henry S. Fearing, G. G. Howland, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. W\ H. Fear- 
ing, Bayard Clarke, Jr., Miss Fanny Swan, Peter Marie, J. Cadwal- 
lader, W. H. Bridgham, Mr. and Mrs. Kichard Irvin, jr., Miss Tailer, 
Miss Lansing, Mr. and Mrs, G, Merritt, Kanick Kiggs, Mr. and Mrs. 
Kobert Sedgwick, K. K. Kichards, M. A. Wilks, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. 
Bailey, G. Henry Warren, G. H. Warren, Jr., Miss SVarren^ B. S. 



MOM) AY, DECEMBER 18. U-J- 

Welles, Mr. and IMrs. Louis C. Ledyard, Mr. and Mrs. Lnthcr 
Kontze, Eobert Adams, Jr., of Philadelphia, Mr, and Mrs. Henry 
Clewes, H. Le Grand Cannon, General and Mrs, A. S. Webb, tho 
Misses Webb, F. E. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan WinthroiD, Oliver 
K. King, G. de Forest Grant, Eyre Coote, of England, A. V. H. 
Stuyvesant, W. 15. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. F. W, Wight, Mr. and Mrs. 
F. G. King, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Potter, Arthur Cadogan, of England, 
Mrs. Campbell, Miss Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. F. Yznaga, Mr. and 
Mrs. W. D. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Morgan, Jr., Andrew Brew- 
ster, of Washington, Mr. and Mrs, S. Schlesinger, Arthur Willing, S. 
D. Prindle, F. Sturgis, Francis J. Vinton, Miss Jean Turnure, Law- 
rence Turnure, Jr., Pierre La Montague, Julian Robbins, Mr. and 
Mrs. Walter Lawrence, Stacey Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Colgate,' 
A. F. Navarro, James C. Smith, Miss Sands, H. Sands, Mr. and Mrs. 
W. B. Eice, Miss Tucker, Miss Lynch, Miss Davies, James Richards, 
C. J. Peters, Frederick W, Stevens, Miss Daisy Stevens, Alexander 
Stevens, Miss Fanny Stevens, Miss Adele Stevens, Richard Mortimer, 
]\Iiss Chauncey, J, O. Sargent, Miss Sargent, Mrs. Cary, Hamilton 
Cary, Mrs. K. H. Welman, F. Schuchardt, Jr., Miss Newbold, 
Robert Hone, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. F. W, Satterlee, Mr. and Mrs. 
Eugene Schieffelin, Charles Russell, Jr., Colonel Delancev Floyd- 
Jones, Miss H. W. F. Jones, J. W. Rasun, Mrs. C. B. Fosdick, Mr. 
and Mrs. Frederick Neilson, F. J, Loubat, Mr, and Mrs. Lucke- 
meyer, William C. Sandford, J. W, Beckman, Mr. and ]\Irs. C. Rob- 
bins, H, A, Murray, the Misses Carroll, Roval Phelps, T, K. Maitland, 
Howland Pell, Miss Pell, Miss M. D. Miller, J. P. Miller, Charles De 
Kay, Mrs. Bird, Miss May Bird, Leon d'Oremieulx, Arthur Mason 
Jones, Manuel de la Cueva, J. Low Harriman, F. Weeks, John P, 
Kingsford, Miss C. Waldo, Mr. and Mrs. Kent, A, Green, Howard 
Van Rensselaer, Miss E. Van Rensselaer, J. C. Carter, R. L. Clark- 
son, Coster Chadwick, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Kernochan, Miss Kerno- 
chan, Miss Sibyl Kane, Woodbury Kane, John Sandford, W. H. 
Crocker, of California, Mrs. Crocker, Miss Crocker, Miss L. Hall, 
of California, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Colum- 
bus Iselin, Russell Stebbins, Jr., Jules Vatable, H. A. Johnson, the 
Misses Johnson, S. Peabody, George Griswold, R. Franklin, Center 
Hitchcock, Randolph Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Hoffman, Miss 
Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Miss Anna Hall, Mr. and 
Mrs. J. N. A. Griswold, Commodore and Mrs. Baldwin, W. H. Bald- 
win, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Haven, T. J. Oakley Rhinelander, Miss 
Grace Stebbins, Miss Hoffman, J. Hooker Hamersley, Mrs. Dana, of 
Paris, Miss Dana, Mr, and Mrs. Charles Durand, J. R. Moore, M. S, 
Burrall, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Heckscher, Miss Heckscher, Louis 
von Hoffmann, N. M. Beckwith, Miss Beckwith, Richard Peters, J, 
W. Clendennin, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cooper, Miss E. Hewitt, W, 
R. Phipps, Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Mr, and Mrs. Bradley 
Martin, Mrs, Andrew Gallatin, Mr. and Mrs, J, M. Forbes, Miss 
Annie Cunard, Mr. Wilson, Miss Wilson, Mr, Heath, of Paris, Mrs, 



144 THE SEASON. 

Morris, Miss Moms, of New Orleans, E. Blaine, of Washington, :Mr. 
Horton, of Boston, Mr. and Mrs. 'William Guion, Miss Kate Wother- 
spoon, Dr. Dawson, Mr. and Mrs. James Waterbiiry, O. H. Northcote, 
Miss Hoyt, Henry Hoyt, F. T. Amory, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce, 
A. S. Carhart, Smith Clift, the Misses Clift, Miss L. Marie, Miss 
Dresser, Miss Pratt, F. T. Martin, Frederick Beach, Frederick Gris- 
wold. Miss Sarah Lazarus, Augustus Spencer, Amandee Janes, F. de 
K. Wissman and Edwards Pierrepont, Jr. 

Mrs. Mortimer L. Thorn and Miss Thorn gave a reception, as did 
Mrs. A. T, Van Nest and Mrs. Van Eensselaer. 

The Brooklyn Young Men's Eepublican Club gave a dinner to 
E. H. Deming. 

The Farmers' Club gave a dinner at Pinard's. Several brilliant 
speeches were made, and Mr. James A. Burden, the president of the 
club, presided. Those present were Mr. Samuel Sloan, Mr. Theo- 
dore Havemeyer, Mr. Potts, Mr. Robert S. Hone, Mr. Adrian Iselin, 
Colonel J. S. Baine, General U. S. Grant, Mr. George B. Post, Mr. 
John Jay, Mr. John D. Wing, Mr. Eutherford Stuyvesant, Mr. Smith 
Clift and Mr. James Otis. 

Tuesday, December 19. 

Miss TTtt.att Eugenie Humbert, daughter of Pierre Humbert, was 
married to John Hone Foster, son of the late Frederick Foster, at 
half past three p.m., in Calvary Church, by the Rev. Dr. Satterlee, 
rector of the church. The altar was decorated with palms and ever- 
greens. The best man was Frederick de Peyster Foster, brother of 
the groom. The ushers were Girard Foster, brother of the groom, 
John R. Humbert, brother of the bride. Dr. T. Cheesman and C. H. 
de Rham. They Avore boutonnieres of white Roman hyacinths and 
smilax. The bridesmaids were Miss Susie Humbert, sister of the 
bride. Miss Lilian Barnes, cousin of the bride. Miss Amy Schermer- 
horn, and Miss Julia May. Their dresses were of cream Surah satin, 
made of walking length, with fronts trimmed with box-pleating of 
satin. The corsages were cut square, and they had elbow sleeves of 
Moresque lace. Their flowers included wreaths of pink roses, cor- 
sage bouquets of the same, ^nd three ropes of roses across the front 
drapery. Two carried bunches of pink roses. One of the others 
carried jDink roses and daisies, and the other Jacqueminot, Marechal 
Niel and Bon Silenes. The bride was given away by her father. She 
wore a dress of heavy cream-white satin, made with a court train 
and a front trimmed with ruffles of point duchesse lace. The corsage 
was cut square and filled in with pearl-embroidered lace, which also 
formed the elbow sleeves. She wore a long tulle veil, fastened with 
white lilacs and small pink flowers. Her bouquet was of Bon Silene 



TUESDAY, DECEMBER \^. 145 

roses, and was tied with a broad pink satin ribbon. She wore a dia- 
mond pendant. A large reception was held at the house of the 
bride's father, No. 6 West Fifty-third Street, which was beautifully 
decorated with festoons of smilax and rare plants. The presents in- 
cluded a heavy hanimered-silver service and cutlery from the bride's 
brothers, a silver service from her aunts, lace from her mother, etc. 
Among those present were General and Mrs. Sherman, Mrs. Gilbert 
Beekman, the Misses Beekman, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Jalfray, Miss 
Edith Jaffray, Mr. and Mrs. Griswold, Mrs. Frederick Chauncey, Miss 
Schermerhorn, Mrs. Haddon, Mrs. Kobert Cornell, Miss Lamson, 
Mrs. Henry C. Tincker, Miss Waldo, Miss Madeline Smith, Mr. and 
Mrs. Eutherfurd, ]\Iiss Cowdin, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Sturgis, Mr. 
and Mrs. Robert Colgate, August Montant, Maurice M. Minton, Mr. 
and Mrs. Floyd-Jones, P. A. Humbert, of California, Mr. and Mrs. de 
Eham, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Delalield, Mr. and Mrs. Goelet, Mrs. 
Adrian Iselin, Miss Iselin, Mr. and Mrs. George Schermerhorn, Col- 
onel and Mrs. Kip, Peter Marie, Miss Cunard, Miss Oelrichs, Miss 
Strong, Miss Cary and Miss Potter. 

The wedding of George H. Cheever, of Boston, and Miss Lizzie 
Chatterton took place at five p.m. at the house of the bride's uncle, 
Thomas Chatterton, No. 15 West Thirty-second Street, the ceremony 
being performed by the Rev., Mr. Lobdell. The ushers were F. Wal- 
lace Chatterton and Robert Foote, of New Haven, John H. Palmer, of 
New York, and William Gaston, of Boston. The house was prettily 
decorated. The bride's dress was of white gros grain silk and bro- 
cade satin trimmed with duchesse lace. She wore diamonds the gift 
of the groom, and a point lace veil. Many handsome presents were 
shown. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. F. Chatterton, the 
bride's parents, Mrs. Thomas Chatterton, Mr. and Mrs. John Long, 
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Ives, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ives, Mr.. and 
Mrs. William McA. Wiswall, of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. De Grove, 
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Lines, of Philadelj^hia, Mrs. J. N. Briggs and 
Mr. Merrill, of Boston, Miss Wright, of Geneva, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. 
William Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Yon Leiw, Mr. and Mrs. J. 
Livingston Carr, Mr. and Mrs. Hedges, Mrs. Isaac Hotchkiss, Mr, 
and Mrs. Isaac Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Grant, George Wylie, John 
Wylie, Dunean Wylie, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Clark, of New Haven, ex- 
Mayor Lewis, of New Haven, Captain Peck, George Davis, Miss Mary 
Hall, Miss Cornelia Davis, Miss Lulu Wiswall, Miss Amy Cheever, 
Miss Georgette Waters, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Church, Miss Met- 
calf, Mr. and Mrs. Yv^illiam S, Wyse, and Mrs. Lobdell. 

The Misses Shea gave a musicale. 

Ex-Governor Cornell gave a dinner-party. 

Mr, and Mrs, E. F. C, Young, of Jersey City, gave a dinner-party 
in honor of the twenty-first birthday of their son, E. L. Young. 



146 THE SEASOK 

Mrs. Samuel Thorn gave a dancing party. 

Mrs. Lawrence Turnure gave a dinner in honor of Commodore and 
Mrs. Baldwin. 

Wednesday, December 20. 

Miss Amy Betts, daughter of George F. Betts, was married to John 
A. Porter, of New Haven, grandson of Joseph Sheffield, founder of 
the Scientific School, at four p.m., in the house of the bride's father, 
No. 102 Madison Avenue, The Rev. Dr. Henry C. Potter read the 
service. The mirrors were draped with smilax studded with carna- 
tions and bouvardia, and a crescent of white roses, and a star of red 
carnations hung over the bridal pair. Henry M. Hoyt, son of Gov- 
ernor Hoyt, of Pennsylvania, was the best man. The ushers were 
James Hillhouse, and Samuel R. Betts, brother of the bride. The 
bridesmaids were Miss Fannie and Miss Nina Betts, sisters of the 
bride. They wore white lace dresses trimmed with pink ribbon. 
The bride wore a costume of white silk trimmed with point lace, a 
point lace veil and diamond ornaments, the gift of the groom. 
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. John Tajdor Johnston, Miss 
Johnston, William Walter Phelps, Mrs. Joseph E. Sheflield, Mrs. 
John A. Porter, of New Haven, Mrs. Hillhouse, of New Haven, Mrs. 
Thomas A. Emmet, Miss Emmet, Miss Edith Fish, Jule Kean, Miss 
Kean, Miss Hamilton, Miss Livingston, Miss Norrie, Mr. and Mrs. 
A. A. Low, Stanley Dexter, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Betts, Willis Betts, 
Mr. and Mrs. Loyall Farragut, Mrs. Edward Oothout, Mrs. Austin. 
Oothout, Miss Sands, Miss Edith Bell and Henry Weeks. Many 
handsome presents were shown. A very fine bronze clock was given 
by the groom's classmates at Yale. 

Miss Jennie Highet, daughter of Mr. Robert B. Highet, of No. 304 
East Seventy-second Street, was married to Mr. Charles R. Leake, in 
the evening, at the Church of the Holy Spirit, in Madison Avenue. 
The otficiating clergyman was the Rev. Thomas Gallaudet, D.D., 
rector of St. Ann's Church. There were no bridesmaids. The bride- 
groom's best man was Mr. William Truesdell, and the ushers were 
Mr. F. B. Highet, the brother of the bride, Mr. B B. Ryder, Mr. W. 
J. Oliver, Mr. A. H. De Camp, Mr. J. S. Polhemus and Mr. B. Prince. 
The bride, who was given away by her father, was dressed in white 
satin, en trcdne, the front of the skirt being elaborately trimmed with 
pearl embroidery. The waist was sleeveless, with a Maria Stuart 
collar, and the square-cut corsage was filled in with pearl embroidery. 
The veil was of tulle, secured by diamonds. The bride wore dia- 
mond ornaments and carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies of 
the valley. After the ceremony a reception was held at the residence 
of the bride's parents, the parlors of which were decorated with 
plants, palms and smilax. During the reception Mr, and Mrs. Leake 



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20. 147 

left on a wedding trip. Among the guests at the church and the 
reception were Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Leake, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. 
Kolston, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Eolston, Mrs. William J. llathborn, 
Miss Hill, Miss Hayes, Miss Annie White, Dr. E. W. Knickerbocker, 
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus W. Field, Jr., Mrs. W. R. Andrews, ]\Iiss Gen- 
evieve Andrews, the Misses Ayres, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Fargo, Mr. 
and Mrs. J. F. Fargo, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Preston, Miss Fannie 
Ryder, Mrs. Adriance, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sabin, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver, 
Mr. and Mrs. W. Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Evans, the Misses Van Duson, 
Mrs. Hillyer. the Messrs. Hillyer, Miss Van Emburg, Miss May Wyn- 
koop, Mrs. Massey, Miss Walker, ]Mr. and Mrs. Arkenburgh and Mrs. 
Nichols and the Misses Nichols. 

James A. Townsend, of this cit^', was married at four o'clock to 
Miss Jeanne W. Wickes at St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, 
Brooklyn, by the rector, the Rev. Dr. George R. Van De Water. 
There were no bridesmaids. The Tishers were R. S. Bowden, 0. T. 
Crane, H. R. May, of this city, and A. E. Wood, of Philadelphia. 
J. S. Lawrence was the best man. The bride, who was given away 
by her father, G. R. Wickes, wore a travelling dress of garnet velvet 
made with a long pelisse. Her bonnet of garnet velvet was trimmed 
with long i3lumes. She wore a jjoint lace fichu and diamond orna- 
ments, and carried a bouquet of Cornelia Cook roses. At the conclu- 
sion of the ceremony a small reception was held at the home of the 
bride's father. No. 437 Clermont Avenue. 

Miss Fannie Baker, daughter of Thomas Baker, was married to 
William Borling, in St. Luke's Church, Brooklyn, by the Rev. Dr. 
Van De Water, the rector. 

Mrs. John Kean gave a small private ball at her house. No. 157 Sec- 
ond Avenue, in honor of Miss Elizabeth Kean, her daughter. About 
two hundred people were present. The house was decorated with 
plants and bouquets. Sujaper was served at half past twelve a.m. 
The german was danced. Mrs. Kean wore a dress of crimson satin 
and moire with diamond ornaments. The guests included Mr. and 
Mrs. G. L. Rives, Miss Rives, Miss Fish, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Mr. 
and Mrs. George Betts, Samuel Betts, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin, 
Mrs. Chapman, Miss Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler, Miss Lang- 
don, Arthur Turnure, Mr. and Mrs. James Strong, Miss Etta Strong, 
Miss Cunard, and Lieutenant-Commander Gorringe. 

Mrs. O. F. Livingston gave a tea at her house. No. 108 East Thir- 
tieth Street, to introduce her youngest daughter, Miss Ferris. 

The employes of the Produce Exchange gave a complimentary din- 
ner at Pinard's to William E. Fletcher, the new superintendent of tho 
ExchaDge. 



148 THE SEAS OR 



Thursday, Decesntoer 21. 

A LAEGE party of children were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Friend 
P. Fitts at their house, No. 12 West Fifty-third Street, from five to 
nine p.m. The party was given in honor of Miss May and Miss Bina 
Yale, the daughters of Mrs. Fitts. The invitations gave notice that 
Polichinelle would begin at half past five. The entertainment was 
elaborately gotten up, and the children showed their appreciation by 
laughing, dancing, and having a good time generall5^ Miss May and 
Miss Bina, who were dressed in white and pink lace and satin 
respectively, received their friends under an evergreen arbor which 
bore their names on the front in colored flowers on a red ground. In 
the front parlor an entertainment consisting of Punch and Judy, 
magic-lantern pictures and other diversions was given. When this 
closed, at about seven p.m., the party enjoyed a few waltzes, and then 
went down to supper, which was served from a large table set by 
Maresi, at a number of small tables. A large wheelbarrow full of 
bouquets supplied the girls with flowers, and at the close of the 
entertainment each girl and boy was loaded with bon-bons ; and, as 
souvenirs of the occasion, hand-painted favors in the shape of gui- 
tars, tambourines, trowels and flat-irons were given. Among the chil- 
dren present were Masters Alfred and Kobbie Maclay, the Misses 
Lizzie and Mabel and Masters Cj^rus and John Watson, Miss Silvie 
and Master Lawrence Myers, Miss Fanny and Masters Howard and 
"Walter Clark, Miss Mamie and Master Percy Pentz, Miss Bertha 
Munde, Miss Bell Barker, Miss Louise Alexander, Miss Carrie Allen, 
Miss Tina Spencer, Miss Cornelia Colt Davis, Miss May Hays, Master 
Ephraim Youmans, Miss Anna Riker, Master Herbert Reed, Miss Lizzie 
Struthars, Master Arthur Poillon, the Misses Grace D. and Alice 
Wetherbee, Miss Emily Buch, Miss Helen Munro, Miss Maude FiLt, 
Miss Luce P. Thorburn, Master William Van Olinda, Master H. Gren- 
ville Butler, Miss Mamie Churchill, Miss Carrie Boardman, Master 
Northrup Fowler, Master Henry and George Cottie, Miss Amy Reed, 
Miss Susie and Master Warren Legget, Miss Nellie Stewart, Miss Birdie 
Burtnett, Miss Florence Hayne, Miss Sadie Lowerie, Masters Charles 
and Ernest Lowerie, Miss Grace Hoffman, Miss Elvine Richards, 
Miss Bessie Bomieslers, Master Clarence Tweddle, Miss May M. Haw- 
thorne, Miss Edna Storm, the Misses Adeline, Virginia, Beatrice S. 
and Lucille Boyd, the Misses Estelle and Florence Wyckoff, Miss 
Bessie Wilcox, Miss Gertrude W. Kensett, Masters Freddie and 
Arthur and Miss Grace Talcott, Miss Marie and Master Buck Hous- 
ton, Miss Belle'Munsell, the Misses Lillie and Ernie Fountain, Miss 
Jessie Phinny, Master Vincent W, Youm.ans, Miss Margaret Will- 
iams, the Misses Pauline and Berthus Redman, Masters Alfred, 
Arthur, Montague and Reginald Howard, Miss Mattie E. Smith, Miss 
Lizzie B. Ketchum, Miss Florence Gillies, Miss Kittie Case Heath, 
Masters Freddie and Arthur Cohen, Miss Clara Downej' , Miss May A. 
Todd, Miss Bessie Dewej^ the Misses Florence and Annie Preston, 



TTIURSDAY, DECEMBER 21. 149 

Miss Lulu Dewey, Master Harry L. Pulling, Miss May Warren, the 
Misses Kittie and Jessie Price, Miss Jessie Kobertson and Miss Anna 
Paddock. 

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Turnure gave a Hunt dinner in honor of 
the birthday of Lawrence Turnure, Jr., who is a member of the Eock- 
away Hunt. Mrs. Turnure and Miss Jean Turnure assisted in receiv- 
ing the company, the former being attired in white brocade velvet 
and point lace and the latter in a dress of soft white Chinese silk, 
made in the style of the First Empire, with short waist, putfed 
sleeves and square corsage decked with a Bon Silene rose. In her 
hair was a diamond star. The table decorations were in harmony 
with the .spirit of the occasion, pink roses and pink china being used. 
The young men wore pink hunting costumes, and the young ladies 
white dresses trimmed with pink ribbon. After the supper dancing 
was enjoyed, the Hungarian Band furnishing the music. The favors 
presented to the guests were pink satin boots for the ladies and pink 
satin high-heeled shoes for the men, caps, whips, saddles, etc. There 
were present J. D. Cheever, master of the Kockaway Hounds, F. Gris- 
wold, master of the Meadow Brook Hounds, Mr. Munn, master of the 
Essex Hounds, and F. Appleton, master of the Queens County 
Hounds, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Spencer, Mr. Harriman, J. F. D. Lan- 
ier, Marion Story, George Kneeland, Miss Anna Hall, Miss Fanny 
Swan, Miss Etta Strong, Miss Fanny Perkins, Miss Eemsen, Miss 
Lamson, Miss May Bird, Miss Stone, Miss Edith Smith and Miss 
Caroline Duer. 

A musicale was given by Theodore Liebe, Madame Teresa Liebe and 
Mile. Marie Heimlicher, violoncelist, violinist and pianist respec- 
tively, at their house. No. liS Fifth Avenue. Among tliose present 
were Dr. and Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry Villard, Miss Vandermiehl, 
Mrs. Flower, Madame Modjeska, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Raymond, Gen- 
eral and Mrs. Grant, Oscar Wilde, Mrs, Henry Valentine, Mrs. Leslie 
and Lady Duff us Hardy. 

Receptions were Held by Mrs. T. B. Meigs, Mrs. W. Harman Brown, 
Mrs. H. A. Taylor, Mrs. J. A. Dean and Mrs. Charles de Rham. 

The Thursday Evening Club met at Mrs. Henry Howland's. 

Mrs. Frederick Yanderbilt and Mrs. William Astor gave dinner- 
parties. 

Duncan Dunbar Parmly, of the banking house of Marquand & 
Parmly, and Miss Carrie Ella Johnson, daughter of the late Sylvander 
Johnson, were married at noon, at the house of the bride's mother at 
North Adams, Mass. The Rev. Wheelock H. Parmly, father of the 
groom, performed the ceremony. A number of people from this city 
went to the wedding in a special car. 



150 THE SEASOy. 



Tuesday, December 26. 

Mks, Benoni Lockwood gave a small cotillon partj'at Delmonico's, 
in the evening, in honor ot Miss Florence Lockwood, her danghter, 
who enters society- this winter. The parlors on the second floor were 
used for dancing. The german was danced before supper, and was 
led Dy W. W. Phij^ps, dancing with Miss Lockwood. About one 
hundred persons Vv'ere present, many of them being members of the 
dancing class to which Miss Lockwood belongs. 

Charles J. Osborne gave a small dinner-party, at his house, in honor 
of Jay Gould. 

A small dancing party was given by A. P. Stokes at his house at 
New Brighton, Staten Island. 

Mr. and Mrs. Ezra S. Clarke celebrated their golden wedding by 
entertaining a few friends at their house, No. 547 Lafayette Avenue, 
Brooklyn. The pair were married in Otsego County in 1832, and 
came to this city a few years later. Among those present were Mr. 
and Mrs. Louis Duvinage, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Baker, of Jersey Citj', 
Mr. and Mrs. Williamson and Mr. and Mrs. H, S. Crandall, 

E. E. Bruggerhof gave a large dancing party, at the Stamford Opera 
House, which a number of New York peojale attended. 

Wednesday, December 27. 

Miss S.-iJiA Swan Whiting, a daughter of Mrs. Augustus Whiting, of 
New York, was married to-day to Mr. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, 
a son of Mr. August Belmont. Bishop Clark, assisted by the Piev. G. 
J. Magill, rector of Trinity Church, of this city, officiated. The cere- 
mony took place at the summer residence of the bride's mother, in 
Webster Street. The best man was Congressman Perry Belmont, of 
New York, a brother of the bridegroom. The ushers were Mr. Eay- 
mond Belmont, Mr. Center Hitchcock, Mr. Woodbury Kane and Mr. 
D. B. Fearing. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. Augus- 
tus Whiting. The bridesmaids, who M'ere dressed in white silk, were 
Miss Caroline Astor, Miss Tiffany and Miss Charlotte Whiting. The 
bride's dress was of white satin with jiearl trimmings, cut square in 
front, with a court train of white silk and with pearl trimmings. The 
sleeves were cut short at the elbow and were trimmed with rare old 
family lace. She wore a long tulle veil which was trimmed with 
orange blossoms and caught back with diamonds. She wore a neck- 
lace of pearls and diamonds and carried a bouquet of white roses and 
lilies of the valley. The diamonds were a gift of her mother. She 
wore solitaire earrings, the gift of her sisters. Miss Whiting and Miss 
Miily Whiting. The ceremony was performed under a large floral 
bell which was susj^ended in an arch or recess in the side of the main 



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27. 151 

parlor. This room, as -o-ell as all the other rooms on the first floor 
was beautifully decorated with flowers, plants and evergreens. The 
front door was neatly festooned with evergreens. Wide satin ribbons 
formed a passage-way through which the bridal party passed to the 
altar under the floral bell. The immediate family occupied the pas- 
sage-way following the bridal party. The house was filled with guests 
from New York, Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia. There was a 
brilliant reception after the ceremony. Pinard, of New York, fur- 
nished the collation, and music was furnished by a Newport orchestra. 
It was in every respect one of the most fashionable weddings that 
has ever taken place in Newport. The newly-married couple left 
town late this afternoon on their bridal tour. They will sail for 
Europe early in January. Among the guests present were Mr. and 
Mrs. Augustus Whiting,"^ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Gushing, Mr. and 
Mrs. George W. Wheatland, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Whittier 
and Prescott Lawrence, of Boston, Mr. and Mrs. S. 8. Howland, Mr. 
and Mrs. G. C. Howland, Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont, Jr., Mrs. 
Whiting, Miss Millie Whiting, Miss Jennie Whiting, Goold Ked- 
mond, Julian Potter, IVIr. and Mrs. John G. Heckscher, Mr. and Mrs. 
Atherton Blight, F. Gray Griswold, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Rives, 
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Kane, Mrs. E. W. Howard, T. H. Howard, 
the Misses Howard, J. N. Howard, Dr. Samuel W. Francis, Commo- 
dore Luce, United States Navy, and Mrs. Luce, Colonel and Mi's. 
George R. Fearing, Mr. and Mrs. J. Austin Stevens, Mrs. Henry Led- 
yard, Mr. and Mrs. George Tiftany, General and Mrs. James H. Van 
Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hunter, the Misses Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. 
Thomas Dunn, Miss Dunn, Miss Birckhead, Mrs. James R. Keene, 
Miss Keene, Foxhall A. Keene, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Leroy, Mr. and 
]\Irs. Stuyvesant Leroy, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Rives Newbold, Mrs. 
William Redmond, Dr. and Mrs. G. M. O'Dell, Mr. and Mrs. Edward 
M. Neill, G. Mead Tookcr, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Porter, Dr. and 
Mrs. Edward L. Cunningham, Mrs. D. A. Pell, Mrs. Duncan Pell, 
Lieutenant and Mrs. N. McCarthy Little, Lieutenant R. C. Derby and 
Mrs. Derby, Miss Hurd, Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Bently, Mrs. Edward 
King, the Misses King, the Misses Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. 
Honey, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Pell Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund 
Tweedy, the Misses Newman, Mr. and ]\L:s. William A. Ashhurst, Mr. 
and Mrs. Richard L. Willing, Mrs. G. J. Magill, Miss Magill, Dr. and 
Mrs. W, Lament Wheeler, Mr. F. Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bed- 
low, Miss S. E. Callender, Mrs. W. W. Ogston, Miss Ogston, Mr. and 
Mrs. Frederick Marquand, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Powell, Mr. J. H. 
Powell, Mrs. W. F. Randolph, Mr. H. W. Bruen, Miss Bruen, Mr. 
Eldridge, Mr. W. R. Hunter, Mr. N. J. De Blois, Mr. and Mrs. For- 
syth, Mr. and Mrs. T. Caldwell, General A. G. Lawrence, Mr. and 
Mrs. John "Whipple, Captain and Mrs. M. C. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. 
George C. Mason, G. C. Mason, Jr., Colonel and Mrs. Creighton, Dr. 
and Mrs. W. T. Lusk and ^Ix. and Mrs. Edward Mayer. Mrs. Whit- 
ing and her two daughters will sail for Europe in the Gallia on Jan- 



152 THE SEASON. 

nary 10th, The presents received by the newly-married couple are 
valued at $100,000. Diamonds were given by the Belmont and Whit- 
ing families. Mr. Belmont's present is understood to be a check for 
many thousands of dollars. The Marquis and Marquise De Mores 
sent an old silver bell and the Viscountess Mandeville a cut-glass 
scent bottle. Presents were also sent by Mrs. J. E,. Keene, Mr. and 
Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Mrs. Atherton Blight, Mr. H. A. Wright, Mr. 
and Mrs. Louis Neilson, Mr. Center Hitchcock, Mr. D. B. Fearing, 
Mr. F. G. Griswold, Miss Siidell, General Crawford, Mrs. S. S. How- 
land, Mrs. Stauffer, Mr. and Mrs. Martin, Mrs. George Tiffany, Mr. 
F. W. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lawrence, Jr., Mrs. Paran Ste- 
vens, Mr. Harry Stevens, Miss G. Gilbert, Mrs. F. B. Porter, Mrs. 
Charles King, Mrs. G. L. Eives, Miss E. O. Post, Mr. A. T. Pace, Mr. 
and Mrs. N. Thayer, Jr., Mrs. William Astor, Miss Astor, Mr. and 
Mrs. T. F. Cushing, Mrs. C. Lewis, Mr. K. Irwin, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles Green, Ptear Admiral Kogers, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. 
Ogden Goelet, Mr. E. Jj. Winthrop, Mr. T. H. Howard, Mr. C. B. 
Hoffman, Mrs. G. G. Gray, Mrs. Heckscher, Miss Neilson, Mr. C. C. 
Baldwin, Mrs. George Parsons, General J. H. Van Alen and many 
others. 

Miss Nettie A. Brown, daughter of Thomas J. Brown, was married 
to J. Wood Hitchcock, in the evening, in the Church of the Incarna- 
tion, by the Eev. Arthur Brooks, the rector. Morris Henry Brown 
was the best man. The ushers were Dr. Alvah Dotj', George Powers, 
Alexander Kinnon and J. T, Nicholson. The bridesmaids were Miss 
Florence Brown and Miss Hattie Brown, sisters of the bride. Miss 
Ella Walton and Miss Grace Sykes. Tv/o w^ere dressed in pink and 
two in white Surah made of dancing length, and they carried bou- 
quets of colored roses. The bride's dress was made of white satin 
with a court train, square corsage and a front of duchesse lace. She 
wore a tulle veil with orange flowers and diamond ornaments. A 
reception was held at the house of the bride's father, No. 110 East 
Fortieth Street, the rooms of which were decked with smilax and 
flowers. Eefreshments were served, and music was furnished by 
Bernstein's orchestra. A large company was jjresent. 

The Washington Heights Presbyterian Church was the scene, in the 
afternoon, of the wedding of Miss Grace Frothingham, daughter of 
Dr. William Frothingham, and Sheldon Potter, of Philadelphia. The 
Bev. Mr. Stoddard performed the ceremony. The bridesmaids were 
Miss Sallie Potter, sister of the groom, and Miss Lulu Frothingham, 
sister of the bride. Howard Bitter was the best man. The ushers 
were Mr. Stoddard and Mr. Harrison, of this city, and Mr. Foster and 
Mr. Wheelock, of Philadelphia. The bride w^as dressed in white 
satin Ehadames trimmed with duchesse lace. She wore a tulle veil 
fastened with diamonds and small white flowers, and carried a bou- 
quet of white roses. The bridesmaids were dressed in white nun's 



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153 



veiling made of dancing length, and they carried gypsy baskets of 
roses. A reception wus held at the house of the bride's father, at St. 
Nicholas Avenue and One Hundred and Fiftj'-seventh Street, which 
was elaborately decorated. An orange tree in full blossom stood in 
place of the usual wedding bell. Among those present were the Eev. 
Dr. Eliphalet Nott Potter, Miss Nellie Potter, Miss Daisy Anthony, 
Miss Sophie Bacon, Miss Fanny Bacon, Mrs. Monteith, Mr. and Mrs. 
Rathburn, Mrs. Dennis, Mr. and Mrs. Page, Miss Sargent, Mrs. David 
Bonner, Mrs. Moses Grinnell, Mrs. Stoddard and the Misses Stod- 
dard. 

A pretty wedding occurred, in the afternoon, at Christ Church, New 
Brighton, Staten Island. The groom was Frank Drisler, son of Pro- 
fessor Drisler, of Columbia College, and the bride was Miss Minnie 
L. Childs, only daughter of Henry H. Childs. The ceremony, which 
occurred at two p.m., was performed by the Rev. Dr. Johnson, rector 
of the church. The ushers were Henry A. Childs, brother of the 
bride, Francis Halpin, James Mather and W. Gerrish, all of this city, 
and the best man was Professor Sidney Ashmore, of Union College. 
The bridesmaids. Miss Addie Haxton and Miss Lizzie Van Bokkelen, 
both of Brooklyn, wore costumes of cream-white nun's veiling, made 
of walking length and with sash backs. The corsages were cut square 
and filled in with crepe lisse ruchings, and they wore long white 
mousquetaire gloves. Their hats were white plush Gainsboroughs, 
trimmed with long white plumes, and they carried baskets filled with 
red, pink and yellow roses and twined with evergreen. The bride, 
who was given away by her father, wore a becoming dress of ivory 
white satin, made with a court train. The front drapery was laid in 
pleats and caught in the centre by shirring and bows of white satin 
ribbon. The pointed corsage and elbow sleeves were trimmed with 
point lace, and the long veil was also of point lace. She wore orange 
blossoms and diamonds and carried a bouquet of Cornelia Cook roses. 
A reception was held at the house of the bride's parents in Hamilton 
Park, at which about one hundred guests were present. The rooms 
were festooned with smilax, holly and evergreen, and music and 
refreshments were enjoyed. Many presents were received. Among 
the guests were Professor and Miss Drisler, of New York, Mr. and 
Mrs. Joel Seymour, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Lawrence, of Staten Island, 
Mr. and Mrs"^, Edward Harrall, of Bridgeport, Mr. and Mrs. Heurel- 
mann, Mr. and Mrs. Gushing, Mr. and Mrs. Wells, of Brooklyn, Pro- 
fessor and Mrs. Silliman, of Columbia College, Mrs. Amos W. Tenney, 
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard, the Misses Leonard, the Misses Ward, Mr. 
Pistor, the Misses Pistor, Mrs. Halpin, Miss Anna White, Miss Edith 
Shannon, Mrs. William Rockefeller, C. T. and G. T. Arnoux, and 
Henry and Herman Drisler, brothers of the groom. 

A christening took place, in the afternoon, at the house of Mr. and 
Mrs. Woodbury G. Langdon, No. 1 East Fifty-sixth Street, at which 



154 THE SEAS OX. 

their daughter was given the name of Miss Sophie Eustis Langdon. 
The Kev. T. M. Peters, of St. Michael's Church, and the Kev. Arthur 
Brooks, of the Church of the Incarnation, performed the ceremony. 
Walter Langdon, Mrs. Henry E. Montgomery and Mrs. Woodbury 
Langdon stood for sponsors. A pretty altar of roses was set up in 
the parlors. A small family party was present. Some presents were 
brought and mementoes of the occasion were taken away by the 
guests. 

Mrs. Alfred H. Smith gave a young people's dancing party in honor 
of her daughter, Miss Grace Smith, who is at home from school, but 
not yet in society. About sixty persons were present. " Phantom 
costumes" were worn. 

A party of young peoj^le, who met at Pearl Point, Lake George, 
last summer, gathered at Delmonico's for a suj^per and dance. 
Among those present were General A. C. Barnes, Charles Avery, Car- 
rington Avery, J. J. Aalholm, John Gibb, Henry S. Snow, J. C. Wil- 
son, Benjamin Pitman, Mr. Hamlin, Mr. Darcy, P. B. Matthews, Dr. 
Hewitt, Edward Barnes and G, D. Mackay. 

Mrs. James A. Roosevelt gave a large private ball at her house, No. 
4 West Fifty-seventh Street, in honor of Mrs. Alfred Roosevelt, her 
daughter-in-law. 

Mrs. John Kean and Mrs. E. L. Livingston gave receptions. 

Miss Carleton gave a german at her house in West Twenty-fifth 
Street. 

Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Reeve gave a dancing party at their house, 
No. 15 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn. 

Mr. and Mrs, Benjamin Illingworth gave a birthday party for Miss 
Ada D. Illingworth, their daughter, at their house in Jersey City. 

Thursday, December 28. 

A FASHIONABLE assembly gathered, in the afternoon, at the Madison 
Square Theatre to witness a performance by amateurs of The liussian 
Honeymoon, a comedy in two acts, adapted from the French of Eugene 
Scribe by Mrs. Burton N. Harrison. The following was the cast of 
characters : 

Alexis Mr. Gardiner G. Howland, Jr. 

Ivan (Master Shoemaker) Mr. Alexander T. Mason. 

Koulikoff (lutendant of the Chateau Woroffski) 

Mr. Walter S. Andrews. 

Poleska de Fermstein Mrs. James Brown Potter. 

Baroness Vladimir (Sister of the Count Worolfski) 

Mrs. Walter S. Andrews. 

Micheline (Daughter of Ivan) Mrs. Frank W. White. 

Peasants, Guards, Ladies, Pages. 



THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2S. 155 

The performance was for the benefit of the Orthopedic Dispensary 
and Hospital. It will be repeated at the same place at three p.m. to- 
day, and a few tickets remain unsold with Mrs. William M. Bliss, 
president of the Ladies' Board of the hospital. The presentation won 
much applause, and the lady participants received some handsome 
flowers. The costumes worn by the ladies were much admired. In 
one scene a number of young ladies, including Miss Turnbull, Miss 
Grace Potter and Miss May Brady, appeared. The scene of the play 
is in Kussian Poland. It was richly put on the stage and carefully 
acted. The ushers were B. Cutting, AVilliam Cutting, Frederic Ker- 
nochan and Mr. Winthrop. Among those present were James Potter, 
General William Cutting, Mrs. Astor, Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Mrs. 
0«den Goelet, Mrs. Kobert Goelet, Mrs. Brockholst Cutting, Mrs. 
nTchard Irvin, Mr. and Mrs. William Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. Meredith 
Howland, Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Del Monte, Mr. and Mrs. Morris K. 
Jesup, Miss C. Furniss, Mrs. Griswold Gray, Mrs. James Burden, 
Mrs. Hewitt, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. John Kean, 
Louis Von Hotfman, Mr. and Mrs. George Henry Warren, the Misses 
Remsen, Judge and Mrs. Brady, Mrs. Percy Alden, Mrs. Christian 
Kobert, Ward McAllister, Miss McAllister, Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer 
Brooks, Mrs. Frederick Sheldon, C. H. Winthrop, Arthur Cadogan, 
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Potter, Mr. aad Mrs. Coleman Drayton, Mr. 
and Mrs. Henry Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Gracio, Mr. and Mrs. 
J. F. Kernochan, Miss Whitney, Mrs. Maturin Livingston, Mrs. 
Paran Stevens, Mrs. AVilliam Coleman, Mr. and Mi-s. Cornelius Van- 
derbilt, Mrs. F. Yznaga, Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop, Lady Mandeville, 
IVIi-. and Mrs. G. G. Howland, Mrs. T. B. Musgi'ave, Mrs. John Sher- 
wood, Mrs. Adrian Iselin and the Misses Iselin. 

It was ladies' day at the Racquet Club in Twenty-sixth Street. For 
their benefit matches had been arranged between Joseph and Walter 
Gray, so that they might have an opportunity of witnessing an exhi- 
bition of the game at its very best. Previous to this match three 
games were played between Lockhart and Wright, two of the markers 
of the club, alfof which ended in favor of the latter, although not 
without a severe tussle in the last two games, both of which were 
called 13 all, and set to 18. The scores were 15—9, 18-15, and 
18—16, all in favor of Wright. At two o'clock the first row of the 
gallery was filled with ladies. The position was not altogether free 
from danger. Both the Grays were hard strikers, and several balls 
were ricochetted back into the front row. One lady neatly received 
the ball on her muff, and another narrowly escaped a severe blow. 
Walter Gray received three aces on each game, but scarcely needed 
it, as the score shows. In the first contest he ran away with the lead 
and kept it all through, winning by 15 to 10. In the second, Joseph 
soon caught up to his brother. The score was 6 all and the cham- 
pion won 15 to 10. In the third game there were some prolonged 
rallies, which were greatly applauded by the spectators. The game 



156 THE SEASON. 

was cleanly won by Walter Gray, 15 to 13. In the last game the 
champion made a very poor show, scoring only 2 points to his op- 
ponent's 15. This gave three games and the match to Walter Gray. 
To-day he will play Henry Boakes, even, when a very exciting contest 
is expected. On Saturday the Grays sail for England. 

Miss Elizabeth A. Stewart, daughter of Thomas M. Stewart, was 
married to A. A. Morse at four p.m., by the Eev. Joseph 11. Kerr, at 
the house of the bride's father, No. 249 West Twenty-fifth Street. 

St. James's Church, Brooklyn, was the scene of a fashionable wed- 
ding, in the evening, when Miss Carrie A. Pritchard, daughter of 
Stephen Pritchard, was married to Henry C. Wells. The church was 
decked with evergreens, each pillar representing a tree, and the 
chancel was trimmed with branches and sprays of holly. The ushers 
were Joseph, James and David S. Wells, all brothers of the groom, H. 
Ellis Hart, of Jersey City, Henry C. Haskell, of New York, and 
Kobert K. Pritchard, brother of the bride. There were no brides- 
maids. The service was read by the Eev. Dr. Homer, assisted by the 
Kev. Dr. Kice, of Jersey City. The bride, who was given away by 
her father, wore a handsome dress of heavy white Ottoman silk, made 
with court train, the front being of brocaded plush. The dress was 
trimmed with pearls and chenille fringe, and the long tulle veil was 
caught by natural white roses. She wore pearl ornaments, and car- 
ried a basket filled with NejDhetos roses. Her mother was attired in 
black velvet, trimmed with point lace. She wore diamond ornaments 
and carried a basket of Bon Silene roses. A reception was held at 
the house of the britle's father, in Atlantic Avenue near Bedford 
Avenue. The house was decked with ivy and cut flowers, and a wed- 
ding suj)per Avas served. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Her- 
man Wells, of Pottstown, N. Y., Mrs. Susan Medcraft, of Essex, Conn., 
Professor and Mrs. George Plympton, Judge and Mrs. Moore, Mr. 
and Mrs. Hubbard, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones, Miss Jones, Mr. and 
Mrs. Herbert Ogden, Mr. and Mrs. Pardessus, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome 
Plummer, and the Misses Plummer. 

Miss Helen Willis Minor, daughter of the late Dr. James M. Minor, 
was married to the Kev. Nathaniel C. S. S. Poyntz, of Gloucester- 
shire, England, at the Church of the Transfiguration, by the Piev. 
McKee Brown, D.D., rector of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 
assisted by the Rev. Dr. Houghton, rector of the Church of the 
Transfiguration. The bridal procession was headed by the ushers, 
Dr. William A. Pierreioont, Mr. Banyar Clarkson, Mr. Charles L. 
Minor, brother of the bride, Mr. William Leigh, Mr. Arthur Moir and 
Mr. Charles L. Wetmore. After them came the bridesmaids, Miss 
Annie P. Minor, Miss Virginia C. Minor, Miss Kate B. Minor, sisters 
of the bride, and Miss Annie J. Pierrei:)ont, her cousin. They were 
followed by the bride, escorted by her uncle, Mr. Henry E. Pierre- 



THURSDA Y, DECEMBER 2S. 157 

I^ont, who gave her av/ay. At the chancel the bride was received by 
the bridegroom, and ]\Ir. James Constable, his best man. The bride 
was dressed in white satin, en tm'iiie, trimmed with point and duch- 
esse lace, which filled in the square-cut corsage. The veil was of 
tulle, secured by pearls, and fell over the bride's face. She wore 
pearl ornaments and carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies of 
the valley. The bridesmaids wore short dresses of nun's veiling, two 
of pink and the others of blue. They wore turbans and ostrich tips 
to match their dresses, and carried bouquets of Jacqueminot and 
Souvenir roses. After the ceremony a reception was held at the 
bride' s residence, which was attended only by the relatives and im- 
mediate friends of both families. At the conclusion of the reception 
Mr. and Mrs. Poyntz started on a wedding trip through the Southern 
States. They will sail for England about the middle of February. 
Among the guests at the church and the reception were Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry E. Pierrepont, and the Misses Pierrepont, Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles M. Fry, Miss Prime, Dr. J. D. Ogden and the Misses Ogden, 
Miss Jay, Dr. and Mrs. E. R. Squibb, Miss Peabody, Miss Clara Liv- 
ingston," the Misses Eussell, Mr. and Mrs. Seth French and Miss 
French, Miss Dickey, Dr. and Mrs. Bache Emmet, Mrs. John Bige- 
low, Mrs. Arthur Benson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kneeland, Professor 
and Mrs. Egleston, Mrs. Charles Catlin, Miss Montague, the Misses 
"Wetmore, Miss Ludlow, Mr. W. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. C. Constable, 
Mr. and Mrs. W. Constable, Mrs. Gustav Schwab and Mrs. Van Post. 

Mrs. Charles H. Ludington, of No. 276 Madison Avenue, gave a 
large reception, from four to seven p.m., to introduce her daughter, 
Miss May Ludington. The house was decked with a profusion of 
smilax and growing palms and ferns were i)laced about the rooms and 
hall. In the hall was a bank of yellow and red roses, and many bou- 
quets of roses were received, principally pink and white. A band of 
music played during the reception. Mrs. Ludington received her 
guests in a dress of heavy black velvet made en traine, with a front of 
brocade. She wore point lace and diamond ornaments. Miss Lud- 
ington wore a debutante costume of white silk mull and white silk 
combined, made with a train and square corsage. She wore no orna- 
ments, but carried a bouquet of Mermet roses. Many of her class- 
mates from Farmington, Conii., assisted her to receive. Among those 
who called were General and Mrs. di Cesnola, Miss di Cesnola, Mr. 
and Mrs. William E. Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Dodge, Jr., 
Mr. and Ivlrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, Dr. and Mrs. Agnew, Mrs. Martha 
J. Lamb, Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop Gilman and the Misses Gilman, 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany, Mr. and Mrs. William Walter 
Phelps, Mr. and Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. George 
Bliss, Dr. and Mrs. T. M. Markoe, Dr. and Mrs. Willard Parker, Jr., 
Mr. and 2Irs. Howard Potter, Mr. and Mrs. D. Willis James, Mr. and 
Mrs. William H. Wickham, Mr. and Mrs. J. Crosby Brown, Mr. and 
•Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, IVLr. and Mrs. H. C. Fahnestock, Mr. and 



158 THE SEASON. 

Mrs. Eastman Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Morris K. Jesnp, Professor and 
Mrs. Youmans, Mr. and Mrs. William Dowd and Miss Dowd, Mrs. T, 
M. Wheeler, Miss Dora Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Jewett, Mr. 
and Mrs. John A. C. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Church, Mr, 
and Mrs. William Sloan and William C. Sheldon, of Brooklyn. 

Miss Wolfe gave a large reception at her house in Madison Square. 
The rooms were beautifully decorated, some large lilac bushes in 
bloom being conspicuous. The guests included the most fashionable 
people of the city, several hundred in number, many of whom at- 
tended the reception at the close of the amateur theatricals at the 
Madison Square Theatre. 

Commodore and Mrs. Baldwin gave a dinner-party and german at 
their house. No. 560 Fifth Avenue, in honor of Mrs. Lloyd Aspin- 
wall, Jr., and Miss Jean Turnure. Among those at the dinner were 
Miss Warren, Miss Work, Miss McAlister, Miss Blake, Mr. Aspinwall, 
Henry Warren, Edwards PierreiJont, Jr., IVIr. Potter, Elliot Gregory 
and Mr. Parker, of Paris. 

The First Cotillon, a new organization for dancing, gave its first 
ball at Delmonico's. The society has about four hundred subscrib- 
ers. The managers include Mrs. Iselin, Mrs. Turnbull, Mrs. Chapman, 
Mrs. Kives, Mrs. Butler-Duncan, Mrs. Philip Schuyler, Mrs. Gnswold 
Gray, Mrs. Burrall Hoffman, Mrs. F. Bronson and Mrs. Emmet. Two 
more balls will be given, on January 25th and March 29th. The ball- 
room was lit with wax candles and yellow gas-light. In front of the 
mirrors hung wreaths of holly with glistening red berries, and 
branches of holly were also hung at the tops of the mirrors. Wreaths 
and festoons of evergreen also adorned the walls, and the front of 
the music balcony was studded with flower designs in poinsetta 
leaves. The german began shortly after ten p.m. Supjjer was served 
down-stairs at half past twelve a.m., and at half past one a.m. the car- 
riages were ordered, and the music stopped. It was generally under- 
stood that the ladies attending the ball should not bring any flowers, 
as the society is opposed to extravagance in this particular. Mrs. 
Bronson and Mrs. C. B. Hoffman received the guests. Among those 
present were Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs. William Astor, Mrs. Henry 
Chapman, Mrs. Heyward Cutting, Mr. and Mrs. S. V. E. Cruger, Mrs. 
Phipps, Mrs. Duer.^Miss Duer, Mr. and Mrs. Fish, Miss Fish, Mr. 
and Mrs. Kobert Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. 
DeLancey Astor Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kernochan, Mrs. 
Maturin Livingston, Miss Sarah Lazarus, Mr. and Mrs. James Potter, 
Mr. and Mrs. Eoland Eedmond, Mr. and Mrs. Ehinelander, Miss A. 
H. Stevens, Mrs. Helman, Mr. and Mrs. William Jay, Miss Fanny 
Stevens, Miss May Stevens, Miss Eives, Miss Bobbins, Miss McAllis- 
ter, Miss Lookwood, Miss Livingston, Miss Sibyl Kane, Miss Eliza- 
beth Kean, Miss Heckscher, Miss Butler-Duncan, Miss Dresser, Miss 



FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29. 159 

Canard, Miss Bnlk]ey, Egerton Winthrop, Augustus Schermerhorn, 
Grcuvillc Snelling, Lispenurd Stewart, E. E. llobinson, Goold Ecd- 
Hiond, Lewis Huthert'urd, Jr., Duncan Prindlc, Oliver Northcoto, 
^Nicholson Kane, Woodbury Kane, John Cadwalader, C. De Rbam, H. 
IBerryman, Mr. 13eacli and ]Mr. Furman. 

WILLIAMS COLLEGE ALUMNI. 

About one hundred and twenty-five graduates and friends of Will- 
iams College gathered at the Windsor Hotel at a reception given by 
Abram Van Wyck Van Vechten to President Franklin Carter, to in- 
troduce him to the New York alumni of the college. Among those 
who were present were Mark Hopkins, ex-President of the college, 
Professor A. L. Perry, Professor E. H. Griff en. Professor Truman H. 
Safford, Joseph White, Treasurer of the college, the Eev. Dr. S. Irenneus 
Prime, the Eev, Dr. Eobert E. Booth, H. G. Knight, of Easthampton, 
Mass., Arthur B. Graves, William E. Dodge, Dr. McCosh, President 
of Princeton College, Dr. Potter, President of Union College, Presi- 
dent Yates, of Eutger College, President Webb, of the College of the 
City of New York, the Eev. Dr. William M. Taylor, David Dudley 
Field, Cj'rus W. Field, Eussell Sage, the Eev. Dr. Edward Kempshall, 
of Elizabeth, N. J., A. L. Hopkins, Professor L. Pratt, the Eev. A. M. 
Booth, of Englewood, N. J., Judge S. B. Sumner, of Bridgeport, Dr. 
J. E. Bradley and the Eev. Dr. Joseph Alden, of All)any, C. L. Fincke, 
David A. Wells, Thomas M. North, Charles H. Gardner, Nathan Dana 
Wells, Dr. J. E. Bradley, L. C. Mygatt, William Tolcott, Judge 
Dewey, of Worcester, Mass., Oliver Buell, J. S. Adriance, C. A. Davi- 
son, the Eev. F. V. Savage, of Newburg, William K. Prentiss, F. L. 
Stetson, and Charles March. Of President Carter's class at Williams 
— that of 1862— there were present, beside himself, Samuel P. Blag- 
den, Professor Griffen, Dr. J. G. Eraser, Abel Crook, J. E. Simmons, 
and Thomas E. Gilman. 

Friday, December 29. 

The second amateur performance of The Russian Honeymoon took 
place at the Madison Square Theatre, and, like the first one, drew a 
full house of fashionable people. 

Miss Annie Cutting was given a dancing party at Dclmonico's. 

J. F. D. Lanier and George Kneeland gave a Hunt dinner to a 
company of about forty, at Delmonico's. 

A german was given by Mrs. Vedder, No. 690 Madison Avenue. 

Mrs. Jacob Hayes gave a reception. 



160 TEE SEASON. 

Saturday, December 30. 

Congressman Perry Belmont was given a dinner at Delmonico's by 
liis admirers in this city. The Young Democracy was hirgely repre- 
sented. There were about one hundred and twenty persons present. 
J. D. Prince presided, and at his right sat Mr. Belmont. Among 
those present were Lieutenant-Governor-elect Hill, Herman Oelrichs, 
Franklin Bartlett, John Jeroloman, Dr. A. E. Macdonald, Clark Bell, 
W. N, Hensel, Chairman of the Democratic State Committee of Penn- 
sylvania, the Kev. E. C. Houghton and Nelson J. Waterbury, Jr. Mr. 
Belmont responded to the toast "Our Guest." Among the other 
toasts, with the speakers, were " Pennsjdvania," W. N. Hensel ; " New 
Jersey," Bayard Stockton ; " New York," David B. Hill, and " The 
Future of the Democratic Party," F. E. Borden. Letters of regret 
from Governors-elect Cleveland, Pattison and Waller were read. 

Mrs. George Bliss gave a large reception at her house, No. 387 Fifth 
Avenue. 

Mrs. Girard Foster entertained the Saturday Evening Dancing 
Class. 

Mrs. C. A. La Monte gave a children's theatre party at Wallack's, 
and a dancing party afterward for the children at her house, No. 555 
Fifth Avenue. 

E. E. Taylor gave a small dinner-party at the University Club. 

Mrs. Dix opened her house for the first time for some years to pre- 
sent her granddaughters. This delightful home of refinement and 
dignified memories was filled with charming j^eople. The treasures 
of bric-a-brac, of pictures, of old furniture, were all admired anew. 
The Misses Blakes are favorites for their unaffected and cordial man- 
ners. 

Mrs. A. H. Stevens also held the last of her pleasant Saturdays in 
December, and Mrs. T. W. Ward, of Ninth Street, introduced Miss 
Thoron, her niece. Mrs. Ward was assisted by her accomplished sis- 
ters, the Misses Howard, of Baltimore. 

Mrs. Botta gave one of her pleasant parties for President and Mrs. 
White, of Cornell University. 

Monday, January 1, 1883. 

PLEASURES OF THE NEW YEAR. 

It was an enjoyable holiday, and none the less so because it was 
observed in a quiet manner. With blue «kies and an agreeable tem- 



MONDAY, JAyUARY 1. IGl 

perature, tho wccather could not be found fault with, and so the 
young year received the pleasant welcome that is generally accorded 
to youngsters with bright and cheerful faces. People generally 
enjoyed the day after their own fashion, not caring apparently 
whether or not the city government changed hands, or what others 
than themselves chose to do. If any one wanted to make calls, he 
did so, without apparent concern whether it was sanctioned by the 
highest court of fashion or not. To a person walking through the 
fashionable parts of the city, the number of men making calls ap- 
peared to be about the same as on last New Year's Day. Fewer car- 
riages were rolling through the streets, owing to the fine weather. 
Livery-stable keepers were the only men who were aggrieved at this, 
however. There were a great many pretty card baskets, tied v/ith 
ribbons of all colors, hung out on door and bell knobs, but the veter- 
an caller saw no beauty in them. Still there were apparently more 
people at home to friends than last year. They received unostenta- 
tiously, sending out no cards and setting no table. Many people 
went out driving in the afternoon, and there was a long line of vehi- 
cles through the park and " up the road," with here and there a four- 
in-hand, the vociferous horn of which turned people's heads as it 
passed. One could not help seeing drunken men, if out in the street 
long. One of these unfortunate persons made a comical scene in 
Third Avenue. Some boys had loaded his arras with old tin cans and 
rubbish, which he hugged as if they were valuable gifts. He also 
tried to show his gratitude by running off with a District Telegraph 
messenger, who struggled vainly to escape. Many telegraph boys 
made calls, instead of the men whose cards they delivered, but the 
resources of the various companies were not very greatly taxed. A 
smashed can-iage in Fifty-seventh Street and a paper of cigarettes in 
a card-basket were reminders of the time when calling was more 
hilarious and indiscriminate. Late in the afternoon and in the even- 
ing the streets presented an animated appearance, as the groups of 
tidy, " well-tiled " and well-gloved men went to and fro, paying their 
little social debts. " There are just as many people calling and 
receiving as ever," said a gentleman who goes much in fashionable 
circles, " but they make no show of it." The day was a good ono 
for out-of-town parties, many of which have been before spoken of. 
Mrs. Edwin Stevens entertained a small company at Castle Point, 
Hoboken. Dinner-parties were given by Mrs. C. A. Davison, Mrs. 
W. A. Schermerhorn, and at Delmonico's, by Mr. Belden. The Count 
and Countess Bozenta were the honored guests at a luncheon party 
given by Mr. and Mrs. Prescott Hall Butler at their house in Fifth 
Avenue. Among the thirty guests present were ex-Judge and Mrs. 
Josei^h H. Choate, ex-Judge and Mrs. Howland, Dr. and Mrs. Endi- 
cott, Mrs. Thomas W. Ward and Miss Furniss. Mrs. G. L. Schuyler 
was at home all day to callers, and in the evening gave a small danc- 
ing party, it being 'the first time her house has been opened for some 
time. Among the peo^jle who were at home to their friends were 



162 THE SEASON. 

General and Mrs. di Cesnola, Mr. and Mrs. C. Yanderbilt, Mr. and 
Mrs. Woodbnry G. Langdon, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Musgrave, William 
E. Dodge, Mrs"! Parau Stevens, Mrs. Lucien B. Chase, Mr. and Mrs. 
James Taleott, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Landon, Mr. and Mrs. AVilliam 
Moser, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Morgan, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dins- 
more, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Witherbee, Mrs. A. C. Bettner and Miss 
Yanderpoel, Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Demarest, Mr. 
and Mrs. James Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. JafEray, Mrs. Leslie, the 
Eev. Drs. K. S. MacArthur, William M. Taylor, and Thomas Armi- 
tage, and many other clergymen. 

A large party started for Montreal ; another, under the chaperonage 
of Mrs. Livingston Ludlow, went to Ti^oli, and then to Garrison's, 
and a very gay party matronized bj' Mr. and ]\Irs. Frank White go to 
the Kennels at Far Eockaway, to remain until Tuesday morning. 
The hosts on this occasion are Mr. John D. Cheever, Mr. James Harri- 
nian, Mr. George lineeland, and Mr. La Montague, all members of 
the Eockaway Hunt. The young ladies of the party go by special 
invitation from each one of the gentlemen. A full dress hunt dinner 
was given on Monday evening at the Kennels. 

Mrs. Elliott C. Cowdin took a party to her country place at Mount 
Kisco, among whom were Miss Martha Cowdin, Miss Grace Eichard- 
Ron, Miss Fanny Lamson, Miss Leavitt, Mr. Marion Story, Mr. John 
Cowdin and Mr. Lanier. Two parties went up the Hudson, one to 
West Point under the care of Mrs. Livingston, among whose members 
are Miss Clara Livingston, Miss Annie Byrd and Mr. J. D. Living- 
ston, and another to Garrison's, which Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Jr., 
chaperoned, and which included, among others, Miss Van Buren, Miss 
Belle Wilson and Mr. Fish. 

F. C. D. C. BALL, 

The ball-room at Delmonico's was brilliant with the fashionable 
assembly that usually attend the meetings of the Family Circle Danc- 
ing Class. It was the second and last ball of the society for this sea- 
son, the two assemblies which have usually come later having been 
abandoned at the outset on account of rival organizations. The two 
meetings have been so well patronized, however, that the management 
propose to give four balls next season. The appointments were 
much the same as usual. Yellow shades were used in the ball-room, 
and the dancers had the luxury of a well sand-papered floor. Danc- 
ing began at half past eleven p.m., supper was served down-stairs at 
small tables at half past twelve a.m., and at one a.m. the german began 
and lasted for two hours. It was led by Lispenard Stewart, dancing 
with Lady Mandeville, and about one hundred and fifty persons par- 
ticipated. About three hundred persons were present, including 
Lord and Lady Mandeville, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grove, Mrs. Admiral 
Gallatin, Miss' Astor, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Schuyler, Miss Marion 



MOyD.ir, JANTARV 1. 1C3 

Langdon, Miss Annie Cunard, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderhilt, Mr. 
and ^Irs. C. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Eives, G. H. Warren, 
Henry Warren, Miss Warren, EoN'al Phelps, Miss Lonise Carroll, Miss 
Anita Carroll, Arthur Cadogan, Thomas A. Maitland, Miss Stewart, 
Louis Von Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. King Duer, Miss C. King 
Duer, J. L. Cadwalader, Mrs. Paran Stevens, F. W. Stevens, Mi.ss 
Daisy Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Schlesinger, Mr. and Mrs. George H. 
Bend, Miss Fanny Swan, Miss Annie Hall, Daniel Fearing, Mrs. O. 
W. Bird, Miss May Bird, Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Colgate, Mr. and Mrs. 
W. W. Phipps, Miss Butler-Duncan, F. K. Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. 
Ogden Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Grenville 
Kane, Edward King, the Misses King, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Water- 
burv, J. G. Heckscher, Miss Heckscher, M. O. "NV^ilson, Miss Wilson, 
W. F. Kingsland, C. H. Kussell, Jr., S. Howland Russell, Miss Flor- 
ence Clarke, Bayard Clarke, Jr., W. B. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. 
Ledyard, T. C."^ Meyer, F. D. Thompson, William Cutting, Mrs. 
Brockholst Cutting, B. Cutting, Mrs. Heyward Cutting, Miss Annie 
Cutting, H. Ray Miller, Clement March, Hartman K. Evans, ]\Iiddle- 
ton S. Burrell, Mrs. G. H. Campbell, Miss Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry Clews, Mrs. Grenville Winthrop, Miss Winthrop, Miss A. 
Emmet, Charles N. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Iselin, Mr. and 
Mrs. Bradley Martin, R. G. Hone, Center Hitchcock, M. A. Wilkes, 
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Toler, Mr. and Mrs. F. Yznaga, F. T. Marti d, Mr. 
and Mrs. J. B. Kernochan, Miss Kernochan, E. De Peyster Livingston, 
jMrs. R. G. Banson, Miss Ramsen, Miss De Ruj'ter, J. R. Moore, Mr. 
and Mrs. J. J. Kane, Miss Sibjd Kane, S. Nicholson Kane, Mr. and 
Mrs. Delancey Kane, Paxil Tuckerman, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Kountze, 
Arthur Willing, Mr. Heath, of Paris, Edwards Pierrepont, Jr., C. A. 
Wessman, H. de W. Cook, Smith Clift, the Misses Clift, Philip Allen, 
Elliott Roosevelt, Captain W. C. Beach, A. Thorndyke Rice, Law- 
rence Turnure, Miss Turnure, Arthur M. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. E. D, 
Morgan, Jr., Miss Waldo, Francis Riggs, Arthur Beckwith, N. M. 
Beckwith, Miss Beckwith, Mr. and Mrs. F. Neilson, P. Marie, Miss 
Marie, F. G. King, Mrs. Dana, Miss Dana, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Hoff- 
man, Miss Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. 
George Merritt, Mr. Stewart, of Paris, William Phelps, of England, 
]Mr. and Mrs. C. Robert, Mr. and Mrs. James Strong, Miss Etta 
Strong, Mr. and Mrs. Llo}^! Aspinwall, Jr., Cassimir de Rham, Mr. 
and Mrs. C. de Rham, Jr., Augustus Spencer, Marquis de Testafar- 
rata, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Townsend, ivliss Townsend, James B. Town- 
send, Miss A. Parsons, J. Brachiotti, of Boston, Pelham Clinton, of 
England, Stephen Chase, of Boston, Miss Anna H. Sands, Lieutenant 
Michler, United States Army, Miss Davies, R. J. Travers, D. 0. 
Wotherspoon, Miss Wotherspoon, G. G. Howlnad, Jr., W. C. Riggs, 
Andrew Smith, Jr., Fleming Tuckerman, Mi*. Carey, Miss Carey, Man- 
rice M. Minton, Peter Moller. Jr., Miss Moller, Alexander M. Hadden, 
P. La Montague, S. P. Wright, B. W. Tilden, A. H. Sands, N. P. 
Rogers, Jr., Bayard Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sedgwick. 



164 THE SEASON. 

Miss Maria Dcnison Whipple, daughter of General William D. 
Whipple, U. S. A., of Governor's Island, was married to Charles W. 
Deering, of Chicago, at noon, in Trinity Church. The Rev. Dr, 
Morgan Dix performed the ceremony. Only a few relatives were 
present. The bride wore an olive travelling dress. A wedding 
breakfast at Delmonico's followed the ceremony. 

Mrs. W. II. Yanderbilt gave the first of her Tuesday afternoon 
recefitions. About three hundred ladies called from three to six r.si. 

Mrs. W. K. Yanderbilt gave a dinner to a partj' of twenty-four at 
her house, among them being Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard and 
Lord and Lady Mandeville. The whole party were afterward driven 
to the F. C. D. C. ball. 

Mrs. T. B. Musgrave and Mrs. Giraud Foster gave afternoon receiJ- 
tions. 

Wednesday, January 3. 

Miss Edith Latimer Peck, of Haverstraw, daughter of the late John 
Peck, was married to J. Ilarsen Halsted, at the house of her aunt, 
Mrs. George Gordon, No. 70 Park Avenue, at three p.m., by the Eev. 
Dr. Cook, rector of St. Bartholomew's. There were no bridesmaids. 
The best man was Gordon Peck, brother of the bride, and the ushers 
were Charles W. Goidon, cousin of the bride, James M. Halsted, Jr., 
brother of the groom, William S. Nelson and Theodore G. Peck, 
brother of the bride. At the conclusion of the ceremony a small 
reception was held, at M-hich there were music and refreshments. 
The bride, who was given away by her brother, John Peck, was 
attired in a dress of cream-white silk made with a long court train 
and trimmed with point lace. The corsage was cut square and bor- 
dered by the lace, and the elbow sleeves were met by long mousque- 
taire gloves. She wore a point lace veil fastened with white roses, 
and her bouquet M'as composed of Marechal Niel roses and lilies of 
the valley. The bride received many handsome presents. The house 
was decked with baskets of growing plants and ferns. Cut flowers 
were placed upon the mantels and tables. At six o'clock the bride 
and groom departed on their wedding tour. 

A doubls wedding took place, in the afternoon, at the house of John 
Travis, the father of the two brides, No. 120 West Fortj^-second 
Street. Miss Sarah Travis, formerly of the Home Journal, was mar- 
ried to Henry A. Dewey, of New York, and Miss Emma Travis, the 
artist, was married to James Harden. The Rev. Dr. Paxton per- 
formed the ceremony for the pair of pairs. E. Hegewisch and John 
Carson were the best men. The bridesmaids were Miss Mary Patti- 
son, of New Brunswick, N, J., Miss Stella Travis, Miss Sarita de la 



WEDGES DAY, JAA'EARY 3. 105 

Serna, of Pueblo, Mexico, and Miss Alice Adair. The first was 
dressed in white brocaded silk, the second in white corded velvet, the 
third in blue merveilleux satin and the fourth in white satin. The 
two brides were dressed exactly alike, in deep cream-color satin 
dresses, with the fronts of the corsages and skirts trimmed with tulle. 
The fronts were garnished with orange flowers, and the trains with 
natural flowers and smilax. The dresses were sleeveless and they 
wore no veils. Their corsage bouquets were of pink carnations. 
Only a few intimate friends and relatives were present. Many hand- 
some presents were exhibited. Among those present were Mrs. A. 
Hegewisch, of Staten Island, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Coppinger, John 
Carson, E. Uncles, Miss Maud Webster, Miss Grace Dodd, of Orange, 
N. J., Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins, Miss Davidson, John Adair and Lewis 
Sondheim. 

Trinity Church, Brooklyn, was the scene, in the afternoon, of the 
wedding of Miss Evaline Seymour, of No. 439 Sixth Street, to Charles 
A. Seymour. The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Hall, the rector, read the 
service. There were no bridesmaids. The ushers were D. K, 
Aldridge, P. S. Mallett, George Barnes and C. S. Butler. Thomas 
Ealuning was the best man. The bride, who was given away by E. 
J. Snow, was attired in a travelling dress of dark blue velvet, 
trimmed with satin of the same shade. Her bonnet was of dark blue 
velvet trimmed with ostrich plumes. She wore point lace and dia- 
mond ornaments, and carried a bouquet composed of white roses and 
lilies of the valley. No rece^^tion was held. 

At the house of the bride's mother, No. 200 South Ninth Street, 
Brooklyn, E. D., at eight p.m.. Miss Lulu Murra5^ daughter of the 
late Peter Murray, was married to Francis D. Creamer, the Eev. Sil- 
vester Malone, pastor of St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, performing 
the ceremony. The decorations of the house were attractive. In the 
rear of the drawing-rooms was a large horseshoe of roses and camel- 
lias, flanked on either side by festoons of smilax. On the top was the 
monogram " C. M." in red and pink carnations. Between the rooms 
were a bow and arrow of roses. Balls of flowers v/ere suspended be- 
tween the doorways, and birds in gilt cages were hung about the 
rooms. The mantels were banked with roses half way to the ceiling, 
and long oval bouquets of flowers were placed over each picture. A 
band of music, hidden by branching palms and ferns, played during 
the evening. The ushers were Mr. Safford, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Vuinn, 
Mr. Miley, Mr. Campfield, and Mr. Saundie, all of the Nassau Club. 
The best\nan was Hubert Cramer, brother of the groom. The brides- 
maid was Miss Mary Cramer, sister of the groom. She wore a dress 
of heavy white satin damasse of dancing length, trimmed with point 
duchesse lace. She carried a bouquet of Nephetos roses, and wore 
pearl ornaments. The bride's dress was composed of cream- white 
brocaded satin, made of dancing length, with a front of cream-white 



IGG THE SEASON. 

Ottoman silk, laid in wide side-pleatings. The corsage was cut high 
and was sleeveless, and long white mousquetaire gloves came to the 
shoulder. The dress was trimmed with point lace, and she carried a 
bouquet of Nephetos roses. Her ornaments were diamonds, the gift 
of the groom. Mrs. Murray, mother of the bride, was attired in 
black velvet made en inline, and worn with point lace and diamond 
ornaments. A reception was held until eleven. 

Mr. and Mrs. Dexter A. Hawkins gave a reception to introduce 
their daughter, in the afternoon, at their house. No. 5 West Thirty- 
fourth Street. Among those present were ex-Governor and Mrs. 
Cornell, Mrs. John Sherwood, Mrs. G. W. Ballon, William Baltozzi, 
General and Mrs. U. S. Grant, Mrs. Josiah Fiske, Mrs. William Fogg, 
Mrs. Pio Echeverria, Mrs. C. Durant, Mrs. Livingstone, Mrs. Smiley 
Colgate, L. E. Chittenden, Mrs. Twombly, Mrs. Cauldwell, Mr. and 
Mrs. Jones, Judge and Mrs. Brady, Judge and Mrs. Barrett, Mr. and 
Mrs. G. K. Blanchard, Ogden Doremus, President and Mrs. F. A. P. 
Barnard, F. O. French, Miss French, Mrs. C. K. Garrison, Miss Ran- 
dall, Mrs. James, Mrs. Henry Kennedy, Mrs. C. A. Lawrence, the 
Misses Moffat, Baron and Baroness de Thomsen, and Mrs. and the 
Misses Schieffelin. 

Mrs. Heyward gave a dinner party of eighteen at her house, No. 17 
West Twenty-first Street, in honor of Mrs. Albert L. Gallatin, her 
daughter. Later in the evening there was a surprise party of about 
one hundred and fifty people present, including Lady Mandeville, Mr. 
and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Miss Langdon, Miss Sloan, Mrs. Hey- 
ward Cutting, Miss Annie Cutting and Mrs. Brockholst Cutting. 

Mrs. John B. Thompson, of No. 9 East Thirty-eighth Street, gave 
a reception from eight to eleven o'clock which was well attended. 
She was assisted in receiving the guests by Miss Pirrson, who wore a 
dress of white silk made with a long train, and elaborately trimmed 
with pearl beads. Mrs. Thompson wore white silk and satin com- 
bined, trimmed with deep flounces of Spanish lace and looped with 
clusters of pink roses, and made with a full train, and she carried a 
bouquet of pink roses. Among those present were ex-Mayor Grace, 
Mrs. and Miss Grace, Leon Abbett, of Jersey City, Dr. and Mrs. 
Fordvce Barker, Mrs. W. Eansom, Miss Eansom, Henry Bergh, Dr. 
and Mrs. Henry, Mr. and Mrs. William Davies, Mrs. William Dick, 
Mrs. and Miss Ayer, Mrs. Curtis, Mr. and IVIi'S. Comacho, Dr. and 
Mrs. Sayre, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Owen, Dr. and Mrs. Fallen, Mr. 
and Mrs. W. H. Streeter, Mrs. William R. Stewart, Dr. and Mrs. A. 
E. Ptanney, Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Smith, J. Q. A. Ward, Miss Vutte, 
Charles R. Flint, Albert Crane, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Landon, Van 
Zandt Lane, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. 
Watkins, Mr. and Mrs. Shannon, Miss Jennie Brown, the Baron and 



WEDyESDAYy JANUARY 3. 107 

Baroness de Tliomsen, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Flagg and Mr. and Mrs. 
de Forest. 

The Minuet Club, a new organization, held its first meeting, in the 
evening, at the house of Bayard Clarke, No. 2 East Thirtieth Street ; 
Miss Florence Clarke, a member of the club, entertaining it. The 
club is composed of twenty-four members, and is modelled after the 
Minuet Club, of London. The object is to meet and practise the 
old-time, stately dance about a half-dozen times, and when the learn- 
ing of it has been perfected, to dance it in fancy costume before an 
invited company of three or four hundred people, either in a private 
house or at Delmonico's. The final meeting will take place just be- 
fore Lent. The members of the club are Miss Fannie Swan, Miss 
Anna Hall, Miss Etta Strong, Miss Jean Turnure, Miss Minnie 
Schieffelin, Miss Lillie Marie, Miss TurnbuU, Miss De Ruyter, Miss 
F. Smith, Miss Marv Jones, Miss May Bird, Lawrence Turnure, Jr., 
A. S. Carhart, A. Hadden, F. Thompson, M. Wilks, J. Clinch Smith, 
F. Weeks, Howland Pell, Robert Livingston, Bayard Clarke, Jr., and 
Louis Cheesman. 

A reception was given by Miss C. A. Smith, daughter of Francis S. 
Smith, in honor of Mrs. C. H. Smith, of Baltimore, at her father's 
house, No. 928 Park Avenue. Among those present were Mr. find 
Mrs. F. W. Tuttle, Miss Lincoln, Miss Chapin, Miss Dannet, George 
C. Smith, Miss Andrews, O. G. Smith, W. R. Deming, A. W. Dun- 
ning, William Young, George Gould, Mrs. Hart, Miss Van Tassel, 
Miss Coe, the Misses Nichols, Miss Leake and the Misses Betts. 

Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Long gave a reception at their house, No. 50 
West Fifty-eighth Street, in the evening in honor of Dr. and Mrs. 
Horace A. Long, who were married in Jersey City on December 19th. 
The house was prettily decorated. Among those present were ex- 
Governor Bedle, Mr. and Mrs. Ward, Dr. and Mrs. Varick, Mrs. 
Groesbeck, Judge Dickson, Mr. and Mrs. Negus, Mr. and Mrs. Griflin, 
and Mr. Magee, of Jersey City, Mr. and Mrs. Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. 
Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. Seaman, Mr. and Mrs. Westerfield, the Rev. 
Dr. Newman, Dr. Goldthwaite and Dr. Miller. 

MrS. AUerton gave a reception at the Windsor Hotel. 

Mrs. Colden Murray and the Misses Lamson gave receptions. 

Mrs. Esterbrooke gave a reception at the Grosvenor. 

IVIr. and Mrs. John P. Hayes gave a german at their house, No. 22 
East Seventy-fourth Street. 

The Charity Ball took place at Newark. 



1G8 THE REASON. 



Tliursday, January 4. 

Miss Floea Butlee, daughter of Carlos A. Butler, a member of the 
Produce Exchange, was married to the Rev. Henry A. Adams, of 
Greenville, Conn., in the morning, in the Church of the Redeemer, 
Brooklyn, by the Rev. Dr. Smith, rector of the church. The Rev. 
Mr. Foster was the best man. The ushers were F. A. Adams and 
Ernest Adams, brothers of the groom, F. C. Truslow and R. H. Beat- 
tie. The bride entered the church on her father's arm, two ushers 
preceding and two following them. The bride's dress was of cream- 
white Ottoman silk and satin made with a full train. The corsage 
was cut square and filled in with point duchesse lace. She wore 
long white mousquetaire gloves, a tulle veil fastened with orange 
flowers, and she carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies of the 
valley. A small reception was held at the house of the bride's father, 
No. 190 Prospect Place. Many presents were received. 

Mrs. Alfred Vansantvoord gave a reception, which was largely at- 
tended, at her house. No. 38 West Thirty-ninth Street. Among those 
present were General and Mrs. Winslow, Mr. and Mrs. Davenport, 
Mrs. Pio Echeverria, Miss Ricker, Mrs. Van Buren, Mrs. E. B. Oak- 
ley, and the Misses Jennings. In the evening there was dancing 
until eleven p.m., Stub's orchestra furnishing the music. 

Mrs. A. S. Hewitt entertained one of the dancing classes at her 
house in Lexington Avenue, which was handsomely decorated with 
flowers and plants. 

Mrs. E. C. Marshall and Mrs. George V. Ammerman gave dancing 
parties. 

James O. Sheldon, of No. 12 East Fortieth Street, gave a children's 
party in the afternoon. A teacher of the deaf and dumb gave a 
23antomime entertainment. 

Mr. and Mrs. George Arents gave a children's party at No. 1 West 
Fifty-eighth Street. A large cornucopia of bon-bons and candy was 
broken, and the children were allowed to scramble for the sweetmeats. 

Charles linger gave a ball for a company of two hundred persons 
at Delmonico's, the hours of which were from nine p.m. to one a.m. 
The ball-room was festooned with smilax and the mirrors were deco- 
rated with ferns and poinsetta leaves. In the corners of the room 
were large groups of plants. 

Mrs. W. T. Hatch gave a dancing party at her house in Remsen 
Street, Brooklyn. 



FIUL)A1\ JAXUAIiY 5. 1G9 

A party of fifteen gentlemen were present at a dinner at the Man- 
hattiin Club, in the evening, given by D. D. Withers to Colonel Lewis 
Ciark, President of the Louisville Jockey Club, who is staying in the 
city. Among those jpresent were Pierre Lorillard and August Bel- 
mont. 

Friday, January 6. 

Ex-GovERNOK AND Mrs. John T. HoFFMAN.gave a reception, in the 
afternoon, at the Clarendon Hotel, in honor of their daughter, Mrs. 
Edward Sandford. The jjarlors were decorated for the occasion. 
Mrs. Hoffman was attired in a dress of blue watered silk, trimmed 
with black thread lace. Mrs. Sandford's dress was of pearl blue 
satin, trimmed with Spanish lace. Among those present were ex- 
Governor and Mrs. Leland Stanford, the Kev. Dr. Henry C. Potter, 
Mr. and Mrs. Constable, William T. Kiggs, Carrick Riggs, Mrs. Hoft'- 
man Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Mills, 
Colonel Frederick A. Conkling, Mr. and Mrs. J. Clinton Grey, Mr. 
and Mrs. Tailer, Dr. and Mrs. Fordyce Barker, President and Mrs. 
Barnard, Mrs. John Sherwood, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Choate, Col- 
onsl Floyd-Jones, John J. Cisco, James J. Sandford, Miss Sandford, 
Mr. and'^Mrs. Del Monte, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, Mr. and 
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, General and Mrs. Hancock, Mr. and Mrs. 
Frederick Roosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. Rhinelander, Mr. and Mrs. August 
Belmont, Mr. und Mrs. Robert Cutting, Colonel and Mrs. Kip, Mr. 
and :Mi-s. William H. Vanderbilt, Wilson G. Hunt and Miss Hunt. 

Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew gave a large reception, from four to six, 
at her home. No. 22 East Forty-fifth Street. She was assisted in 
receiving by her mother, Mrs. Hegeman, and by Miss Simmons. An 
orchestra furnished music, and refreshments were served. Mrs. 
Depew wore a dress of ivory-white satin, made with a long train. 
The corsage was cut square and filled in with j)oint duchesse lace, 
and the elbow sleeves were entirely of pearl beads in lattice work. 
She wore white roses and diamond ornaments. Mrs. Hegeman ap- 
peared in black satin, made with a court train, the front being cov- 
ered with embroidery in black jet. She wore point lace and dia- 
monds. About one thousand people called. Among them were ex- 
Governor and Mrs. Cornell, Mrs. Commodore Vanderbilt, Mrs. L. S. 
Hargous, Collector and Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. Higgins, Mrs. Charles 
Crocker and Miss Crocker, Mrs. Carver, Mr. and Mrs. Del Calvo, Mrs. 
Newcomb, Mr. and Mrs. George Bliss and the Misses Bliss, Mrs. 
Joseph Low, ex-Governor Stanford, of California, Mrs. Packer, the 
Misses Moffat, Mr. and Mrs. Burton N. Harrison, Mrs. John Sher- 
vv'ood, F. A. Conkling, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wagstaff, Miss Randall, 
Mrs. Wilkes, ]\Irs. W. H. Osborn, Mr. and Mrs. Van Wart, Mrs. Carr, 
Mrs. Theron Butler, Mrs. Taber, Mr. and Mrs. Grinnell, Mr. Alexan- 
der, Mrs. Tows, Baroness de Thomsen, Mrs. William C. Whitney, the 



ITO THE SEASON. 

Marquise Lanza, Mrs. Julius Catlin, Mrs. Ammidown, Mr. and Mrs. 
Munn, Mrs. Salem H. Wales, Mrs. Ballou, Professor Dwight, Dr. 
Doremus, J. P. Jackson, Mrs. Eaj'^mond, Mrs. J. H. Davis, Mrs. 
Gwynne, Mrs. John C. Saj, Mrs. John Watson, Mrs. Shattuck, Mrs. 
Worden, Mrs. William M. Kingsland, Mrs. Henry Day, Mr. and Mrs. 
T. B. Musgrave, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Field, Mr. and Mrs. 
•Arthur Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stokes, ]Mrs. A. Matthews, Mrs. 
F. P. James and Mrs. John Bigelow. 

The Misses Tappen, daughters of F. D. Tappen, gave a theatre 
party at the Madison Square Theatre. The party, which was chape- 
roned by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brooks^ numbered twenty-six. 
Those present besides the Misses Taj^pen were Miss Bushmore, Miss 
Clifford, Miss Morfit, Miss Gerrish, Miss Brooks, Miss Downey, the 
Misses Thorburn, the Misses Foster, George I. Seney, Jr., of Brook- 
lyn, Charles Thorburn, Clarence Grant, Lieutenant Arthur, Macgi'ane 
Coxe, Henry Hendricks, Henry Kobinson, Parker Handy, Jr., Parker 
Mann, W. L. Doane, Eobert Thompson, of Brooklyn, and Henry C. 
de Eivera. After the performance the company returned to Mr. Tap- 
pen's home, No. 49 East Sixty-eighth Street, where su^Dper was served 
and a small german danced. 

Mrs. John De. Kuyter and her daughter, Miss De Euyter, gave a 
dinner-party of sixteen. The table decorations were elaborate. The 
guests included Mr. and Mrs. Colgate, Miss Iselin, Miss Wells, Miss 
Wilson, Miss Dickey, Mr. Pell, Mr. Whitlock, Henry Cannon, Miss 
Lillie Marie, Mr. Smith and Mr. Kiggs. 

Eeceptions were held by Mrs. Dorsheimer, Miss Ehinelander, Mrs. 
A. B. Graves, Mrs. J. A. Eoosevelt, Mrs. Boyd, Mrs. Harriman and 
Mrs. Algernon Sullivan. 

A tea was given by the managers of the cotillon at Delmonico's. 

Mrs. John F. Ward gave a dancing party at her house in Jersey 
City. 

Mrs. A. Swan gave a small dancing party at her house in Clark 
Street, Brooklyn. 

Mrs. John Tajdor Johnston entertained Mrs. Post's dancing class. 

The Amateur Dramatic Club gave in the evening at the Turf Club 
Theatre a very brilliant performance. Two bright little comedies, 
each in one act, were chosen, well cast, and, for amateurs, remark- 
ably well played. The cast of the first piece on the programme, " The 
Little Sentinel," was Mr. Wheedleton Coaxer, Mr. Boynton ; Captain 
Clarence Courtington, Mr. Snelling ; Sim, a young farmer, Mr. C. 



,SA TTEDA r, J Ayr A iiv o. 171 

Charles Heniy ; LeiUj Ilcucihorne, Miss A. Shippen, and Mary, the 
little sentinel, ]Miss Kate Shippen. It contains many amusing situa- 
tions, and its lines are quite clever. Their humor was well brought 
out by the actors, who made every point tell. The play had been 
eagerly anticipated, cliieliy for the reason that Miss Kate Shippen 
was to make her last appearance in it on the stage of the pretty little 
theatre where she has won so many triumphs, as her marriage to Mr. 
Hilborne Roosevelt will occur on February 1st, and it is understood 
that she will not act again. She sustained her reputation most 
admirably last evening, acting her part with great vivacity, and was 
constantly interrupted by applause. Mr. Henry made a capital York- 
shireman. His dialect was nearly perfect, and altogether he appeared- 
to decided advantage in the character. Miss Amy Shippen appeared 
and acted very charmingly. Messrs. Snelling and Boynton added 
much to the success by their amusing acting. The scene of the play, 
v/hich was laid in Letty Hawthorne's farm-house, was very pictu- 
resque. "A Lucky Hit" did not prosper like the other piece. IVIr. 
Pope, who is all but a professional, w^as unable to appear, being de- 
tained at home on account of the severe illness of one of his children. 
He was to have essayed the part of Baron Bergonce, which was played 
by :Mr. Charles P. Withington. The remainder of the cast included 
Chevalier Vilbrac, Dr. Holbrook Curtis, Kykon (a servant), Mr. Curtis, 
Jr., and the Marquise de L' Espalier, Miss Tiny Ingersoll, of New 
Haven. Miss Ingersoll appeared as usual to great advantage, and her 
versatility is so well known that it is needless to say she played the 
brilliant part of the Marquise to perfection. Dr. Curtis was very fair, 
but not as good as he might have been. Mr. Charles P. Withington 
was a satisfactory substitute for Mr. Pope. Mr. Curtis, Jr., did the 
business of his small part quite well. The principal fault with this 
piece was, with the exception of Miss Ingersoll, who was letter per- 
fect, that the actors had not had sufficient rehearsals. The costumes 
were beautiful, and the scenery in the boudoir of the Marquise was 
simply a model of its kind. Among the audience were Mr. Lydig 
Suydam, the Misses Pell, Mrs. James B. Potter, Mr. and Mrs. Kent, 
Miss Fanny Swan, Miss May Bird, Mrs. Grenville Kane, Mr. and 
Mrs. Iludolf Schack, Judge C. P. Daly, Mrs. Alexander S. Webb, the 
Misses Webb, Judge Lawrence, Mr. Harris, Miss Seward, The Misses 
llemsen, Mrs. and Miss Mintun, Mr. and ]Mrs. and the Misses Mat- 
thews, Mr. John Bird, ]VIi-s. Henop, Mrs. Ella Leroy, Mr. Jack 
Kingsford, Mr. Bradish Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Minton, 
Mr. and the Misses Pell, Mr. Hilborne Roosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. 
Shippen, Dr. Valentine Mott, Mr. Poultney Bigelow, Mr. James D. 
Livingston and the Misses Livingston. 

Saturday, January 6. 

Mrs. Drs received her friends, in the afternoon, at her house. No. 3 
West Twenty-first Street. The reception was iu honor of the Misses 



1T2 THE SEASOy. 

Blake, her granddaughters, "u-ho vrore black gauze and gilt, and were 
assisted in receiving the comiDany by Mrs. Blake, Miss Bigelow, Miss 
Steward, Miss Chandler, Miss Hall and Miss Waldo, The parlors 
were brilliant with llowers. Among those present were Mrs. Chaun- 
cey, Mrs. Sylvanns Eeed, Miss Fin-niss, Mrs. K. S. Tucker, Mrs. 
William M. Bliss, Mrs. D. Golden Murray, Mr. and Miss Schermer- 
horn, Mrs. McCullough Miller and Miss Oothout. 

Mrs. George Hadden Palmer and Miss Ptyder held the first of their 
Saturday afternoon receptions. The former wore a dress of black 
watered silk, trimmed with lace and jet, and the latter a crushed- 
strawberry satin costume worn with pink roses. Mrs, Burton N. 
Harrison, Mrs. Clarence Carej^, Miss Schermerhorn, Mrs, Satterlee, 
AV. S. Gurnee, Arthur Leary and Miss Davenport were among those 
who called. 

Mrs. Francis H. Saltus gave the first of her Saturday afternoons at 
home. She was dressed in black silk and jet, and received her guests 
alone. 

Mrs. Cornelius Fellowes gave a theatre party and supper in honor 
of her niece. Miss Bird. 

Miss M. L. Booth held her usual Saturday evening recei:)tion at her 
rooms, Park Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street. Miss Harriet Prescott 
Spofford, who is staying with her, and Hubert Herkomer were pres- 
ent. 

The members of the Coaching Club met for their annual dinner at 
the new club house of the Knickerbocker Club in Fifth Avenue. 
There were present T. A. Havemeyer, De Lancey Kane, William 3q,j, 
August Belmont, August Belmont, Jr., Mr. Kives, Nelson Brown, E. 
Eoosevelt, Hugo Fritsch, Isaac Eeed and F. K. Sturgis. The follow- 
ing officers were re-elected : President, William Jay ; Vice-President, 
De Lancey Kane ; Executive Committee, Messrs. Belmont and Eives ; 
Secretary, Frederick Bronson. 

A luncheon party in honor of Pelham Clinton, of England, was 
given by Bradley Martin in the Knickerbocker Club House. Corne- 
lius Yanderbilt, Henry M. Sands, Arthur Willing, C, M. Oelrichs, 
Center Hitchcock and the Messrs. Eiggs were jjresent. 

Mrs. Morgan Livingston and Miss Waldo entertained the Saturday 
Night Club at No. 64 West Thirty-ninth Street. Among those pres- 
ent were Miss Strong, IMiss Langdon, Miss Swan, Miss King, Miss 
Lockwood, Miss Lee, Mr. Bentinck, Mrs. Livingston Ludlow, Mrs. 
Winthrop, the Misses Winthrop, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Livingston, 
Miss Anthon, Miss Iselin, the ]\Iessrs. Ehinelander, Eobert Living- 
ston and the Messrs. Clarkson and Morgan and Barnwell. 



JJOyZLl K, JAJVUAin^ 8. 173 

Henry Parsons celebrated his twenty-first birthday by eivinfr a small 
dmner-party at the house of his parents, No. 505 Fifth xivenSe. 

Mrs A. M. Edson, of No. 98 Third Place, Brooklyn, held a recep- 
tion Many prominent people in Brooklyn society were present and 
heartily enjoyed themselves. 

The Lotos Club House was filled with gratified members, because 
of the re-openmg of the Fifth Avenue parlor, which has been deco- 
rated and newly furnished. A supper was served at eleven p m to 
which members and a single friend of each member were invited 
ihe Saturday night suppers of the club will be served in the library 
hereafter. -^ 

Mrs. Francis P. Kinnicutt gave a reception yesterday to introduce 
the Count and Countess Waldemar Oriola. 

Mme. Modjeska held a farewell reception, in the afternoon at her 
rooms in the Clarendon Hotel. About eighty friends were present 
among whom were the Marquise de Lanza, Mrs. Bigelow, Mr. and 
Mrs. C. W Moulton, Mr. and Mrs. J. Brown Potter, Mrs. Ward, Mr 
and Mrs. Edward Bell and Miss Bell, Mr. Cyrus W. Field, Mrs. J. 11. 
Ivimball, Mrs ^Voodhouse, Mr. and Mrs. H. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs 
John Hoey, xAlrs. Winslow and Mr. Bailey. There were a number of 
musical artists present who treated the company to several selections 
ihe rooms were handsomely decorated, principally with flowers and 

ITIoiiday, January 8. 

The dancing class organized by Mrs. Adrian Iselin, Mrs. William 
Astor and other ladies, and of which xMiss Daisy Stevens is a member 
met at the residence of Mrs. Frederic Stevens. Natural flowers were 
placed everywhere in profusion, and added to the charmin^ effect of 
the artistically and luxuriously appointed rooms. The ball-room 
which IS fitted with the furniture and appointments of an old Nor! 
man chateau, presented a beautiful appearance, filled with fair dl 
butantes in rich costumes and lit with the mellow glow of wax can- 
dles placed in cpiamt old sconces and candelabras. The polished 
floor was m perfect condition for dancing, and Lander with a full 
orchestra furnished enticing music. The guests began to arrive 
about eleven, and supper was served soon after midni^/ht The mer- 
man began af one o^ clock, and was continued untif nearly three 
Among the guests were nearly all this season's debutantes, with many 
others specially invited for the occasion who are not regular members 
ot the class Among those present were Miss Annie Cutting, m^<i 
Anna Hall, Miss Marion Langdon, Miss Annie Cunard Miss^Fanny 
bwan, Miss Belle Wilson, Miss Etta Strong, Miss Louise McAllister 



174 THE SEAS OX 

Miss May Bird, Miss Butler-Duncan, Miss Fannj^ and Miss Emily 
Stevens, Miss Sallie Marie, Miss Lilly Marie, Mr. and Mrs. li. K. Col- 
gate, Miss Astor, Miss Beck^vith, Miss Helen Iselin, Miss Duer, Miss 
E. Iselin, Colonel and Mrs. De Lancey Kane, Miss Eleanor CbaiDman, 
Miss Florence Lockwood, Miss Adam, Miss Bives, Miss Alice King, 
Miss Fanny Lanier, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, Miss De Euyter, Mr. 
Brockliolst'Cutting, Mr. J. D. Livingston, Mr. K. Mortimer, Mr. Kob- 
ert Hone, Mr. Isaac Iselin, Mr. J. F. D. Lanier, Mr. George Knee- 
land, Mr. James L. Harriman, Mr. Elliott Eoosevelt, Mr. Emlen 
Koosevelt, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Carhart, Mr. Piatt, Mr. Parsons, Mr. Lis- 
penard Stewart and Mr. Oakley Ehinelander. 

Mrs. Gardiner Chapin gave a large ball at Delmonico's, to intro- 
duce ber daughter. More tban two bundred peof)le attended. The 
ball-room was tastefully decorated. Supper was served in the restau- 
rant down- stairs at half past twelve. Dancing was continue^ after 
supper until past two o'clock, 

Mrs. AV. H. Lee, of No. 516 Fifth Avenue, beld tbe first of ber 
Monday afternoon receptions in January. Mrs. Charles N. Lee, Mrs. 
Allen Lee Smith and Miss Howard, of Hartford, assisted in receiving 
the company. Among those who called were Mrs. Isaac N. Phelps, 
Professor and Mrs. Short, Mrs. Josiah M. Fiske, Mrs. William H. 
Vanderbilt, Mrs. Eush C. Hawkins, Mrs. John H. Watson, Mrs. F. P. 
James, Mrs. Jacob Wendell, Mrs. John A. C. Gray, Mrs. Kemp, Mrs. 
Murray Dodge, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Milbanks, Mrs. Halsey, Mrs. Consta- 
ble, Mrs. Horton and Mrs. Weatberby. 

Miss Mary Ewer gave a german at ber bouse, in West Forty-sixth 
Street, those attending being members of a club of eighteen persons. 
The favors included bottles of cologne and Japanese fans. Among 
those present were Miss Lucy Goldsboro, Dr. Eanney and Dr. Bur- 
nett. 

Miss Littbauer entertained tbe Frolic Club at the house of her 
parents. No. 57G Madison Avenue. The club was organized this sea- 
son, and contains about fifty members. Dancing began at an early 
. hour. The name of the club appeared in white flowers on the ever- 
green ground betw^een the parlors. Miss Littbauer wore a dress of 
white Ottoman silk, trimmed with cut crystal beads and silver. 

Mrs. Di Cesnola, Mrs. Brayton Ives, Mrs. Henry Clews and Mrs. F. 
A. P. Barnard received their friends at homo. 

Mrs. Converse held a reception at ber bouse in Clermont Avenue, 
Brooklyn. 



TUESDAY, JASUAUY 9. 1T5 

Mrs. George Kipley entertained the Seaside Sociable, and Mrs. 
Lyman gave a dancing party on Staten Island. 

The Brooklyn Heights Dancing Class held a meeting. 

Tuesday, January 9. 

HoLLAXD LoDCxE No. 8, F. & A. M., which in four years will cele- 
brate its one hundredth anniversary, had a public installation at 
their lodge rooms, and in the Commandery rooms at the Masonic 
Temple a banquet by Delmonico. A largo number of fashionable 
people were present. The installation ceremonies were presided over 
by Past Grand Master Horace S. Taylor. About one hundred ladies, 
besides the members of Holland Lodge, were present. The Master, 
Warren A. Conover, and the Past Master, Mr. Charles A. Minton, 
occupied seats in the east. Among the members and invited guests 
present were Mr. F. B. Williams, Mr. Archibald D. Russell, Mrs. 
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Mr. Walter Kobbe, Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
Havemeyer, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Alden, Mr. McKim Minton, Mr. Juan 
Alzamoii, Miss Nichol, Miss Kate Brennen, Mr. W. L. Vandervoort, 
IMr. W. B. Williams, the Misses Havemeyer, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. 
]\Iinton, Miss IMinton, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Osgood, Mr. and Mrs. 
John G. Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Lentilhon, Mr. Douglass Robinson, Jr., 
Mr. and Mrs. Horace S. Taylor, Miss " Crissie" Metzgar, Mrs. Lucy 
Carroll, Miss Carrie Archer, Mr. Frank Magee, Mr. Alex. Henriques, 
President of the Stock Exchange, Islx. and Mrs. Henry M. Mariotte, 
Dr. A. E. McDonald, who gave the ladies present all the secret signs 
of Masonry, which were much relished by the craft, and which were 
received with great laughter. 

Miss Laura E. Middleton, daughter of R. S. Middleton, was mar- 
ried to Ackley C. Schuyler, of Saratoga Springs, in the evening, by 
the Rev. Dr. T. L. Cayler, at the house of the bride's parents. No. 14 
East Sixtv-tifth Street. The house was trimmed with flowers and 
plants. The ushers were Charles F. Searles, Stephen Charles Pres- 
ton, George H. Blish and G. Mortimer de Mund. The bride's dress 
of white satin had a front embroidered in silk and crystal beads in a 
design of roses. It had a square corsage, was .sleeveless, and was 
trimmed with duchesse lace. The tulle veil was caught by small 
white flowers. Long white moui^uetaire gloves and diamond orna- 
ments were worn. The bridal bouquet was of white roses. The 
reception lasted from eight to ten p.m., and was enlivened by music 
and dancing. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. D. Kellogg 
Baker, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Schuyler, of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Abram 
Allen, Jr., Mr. \Vhipple, A. T. Owen, Mr. and IVIrs C. W. Porterfield, 
of Brooklyn, Mrs. F. R. Stone, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Gardner, the 
Misses Gardner, E. S. T. Kennedy, and Miss De Mund. 



176 THE SEASOK 

Mrs. Pierre Lorillard gave the first of three '^ Small and Early" 
dancing parties, for which she has issued invitations, the second of 
which is to take place on January 30th, and the third on March 27th, 
at her spacious and beautiful residence. No. 389 Fifth Avenue. As 
the entertainment was intended to be of an informal nature the deco- 
rations were not as extensive as usual. The fine and large hallway 
had palms and ferns placed here and there. The music balcony in 
the richly appointed ball-room, where Lander presided over several 
pieces of music, was covered with natural flowers ; the chandeliers 
were likewise decorated, and around the ball-room they were placed 
wherever they could be most effectively used. The guests, who num- 
bered over a hundred, began to arrive about eleven o'clock ; supper 
was served soon after midnight, and a "german" of about fifty 
couples then began, and was continued until after two o'clock. The 
favors were chiefly flowers— boutonnieres for the gentlemen dancing, 
and clusters of roses for the ladies. Among those present were Miss 
Lorillard, Mr. and Mrs. George Kent, Mrs. George Merritt, Miss 
Marion Langdon, Miss Marie, Miss Nina Thompson, Miss Fanny 
Swan, Miss "Anna Hall, Miss Etta Strong, Mrs. E. D. Morgan, Jr., 
Miss Waldo, Miss Belle Wilson, Miss JEndicott, Miss Astor, Miss 
Annie Cunard, Miss Caroline Duer, Mrs. W. W. Phipps, Miss Daisy 
Stevens, Miss Schieffelin, Mr. and Mrs. Colgate, Mr. and ]\Irs. Bend, 
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Perkins, Mrs. Gerald Iloyt, Miss Perkins, Miss 
Iselin, Mr. Lisjoenard Stev.'art, ]\Ir. Oakley Khinelander, Mr. Richard 
Mortimer, Mr. Rasim, Mr. G. S. Howland, Jr., and Mr. Isaac Iselin. 

Mrs. F, 0. French and Miss French gave one of the largest and 
handsomest luncheons of this season, at which nearly one hundred 
ladies sat down to small round tables with covers for six at each table. 
Every table was decorated with a handsome silver candelabrum with 
red wax-lights and red satin shades. Each lady had an open fan on 
which was jolaced a "bouquet de corsage" of the choicest flowers. 
Among those x^'esent were Mrs. A. B. Cornell, Mrs. E. R. Andrews, 
Mrs. H. C. Fahnestock, Mrs. George R. Blanchard, I\Irs. J. G. Perry, 
Mrs. Roswell Smith, Mrs. Cornelius Runkle, Mrs. Nathan Chandler, 
Mrs. J. H. Stebbins, Mrs. E. A. Packer, Mrs. J. J. Higginson, Mrs. 
Charles Watrous, Mrs. Botta, Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew, Mrs. Edward 
Luck, Mrs. John 11. Davis, Mrs. A. B. Graves, Mrs. William M. Prich- 
ard, Mrs. Ireland, Mrs. A. A. Hays, Jr., Mrs. Alfred Brookes, Mrs. 
F. AV. Upham, Mrs. Thomas C^^tis Clarke, Mrs. Henry Day, Mrs. 
Mosely and Mrs. M. Furman Hunt. 

Weclae.sday, January lO. 

A WEDDING in the pretty stone church of St. John's Parish at Clif- 
ton, S. I., attracted a fashionable assembly at four p.m. The groom 
was Charles S. Pease, of Cohoes, N. Y., and the bride was Miss Isabel 
L. Turner, of Clifton. The Rev. Dr. J. C. Eccleston, the rector, per- 



WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10. 177 

formed the ceremonj'. The ushers were Ernest F, Birminf^h.am, C. 
W. Tillinghast, Jr., O. 11. Rogers and Dr. N. L. Britton. Thej- wore 
bontonnieres of white carnations. The bridesmaids were the Misses 
Turner, sisters of the bride, Miss Peaso, sister of the groom, and Miss 
Clara lirown. They wore dresses of cream nun's veiling, with trains 
and square corsages, two being trimmed with hice and two with 
fringe. The fronts of two of the dresses wore laid in upright jjleats, 
the fronts of the others being of alternate lace and satin tiounces. 
The trains were garnished with smilax. The corsage and hand bou- 
quets were of colored roses. The bride's dress of cream-white satin 
had a front of brocade, lace sleeves and a square corsage filled in 
with lace. Her tulle veil was fastened with white roses, which also 
formed her corsage and hand bouquets. Mr. Pease, brother of the 
groom, was the best man. The reception at the home of the bride's 
parents was small and informal. Among those present were Fitz- 
hugh Mayo, Captain and Mrs. A. L. King, the Misses Stone, the 
Misses Birmingham, the Misses Eiplej'-, Mr. and Mrs. Whitney, of 
Brookl}^, George Scofield, the Misses Townsend, Mrs. Marsh, Miss 
Marsh, and Samuel Brown. 

Warren Weston, of W^eston & Meigs, and Miss Annie Clark, daugh- 
ter of Lester M. Clark, were married by the Eev. Dr. Eccleston, at 
the house of the bride's sister. New Brighton, S. I., in the afternoon. 

Miss Evelyn Weller, daughter of W. H. Weller, was married to 
George R. King, in the evening, at the house of the bride's father, 
Hamilton Park, New Brighton, Staten Island. The Ptev. Mr. Morti- 
mer, of St. Mary's Church, AVest Brighton, performed the ceremony. 
The ushers were A. L. Carroll and William Taylor. The bride wore 
an elegant white satin robe made with a court train, profusely 
trimmed with lace. Her tulle veil was fastened with orange flowers. 
She wore diamond ornaments and carried a bouquet of white roses. 
The parlors were decorated with choice flowers, an orchestra fur- 
nished music, and refreshments were suj)plied. The bride and 
groom departed early in the evening, taking the latter' s own steamer 
to the Pennsylvania Bailroad Dei^ot at Jersey City. Among those 
present were A. L. Paris, Mr. and Mrs. Wooster, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. 
King, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Farrar, 
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Glassford, Eberhard Faber, Mr. and Mrs. E. W\ 
Gould, Mr. and Mrs. C. Coutan, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Paris, Miss 
Paris, Mr. and Mrs. Percival De Luce, Mr. and Mrs. P. De Luce, 
Miss Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf, ]\Ii\ and Mrs. Charles Watson, 
Nathan Clark, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clark, Miss Eeed, E. Glaot, 
Miss Keer, P. Taggart, Mrs. King, Miss Ball, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. 
Biegel, P. C. Miller, Mrs. Clark, Miss Clark, Mrs. Derby, Miss Bodine, 
Miss Fortune, Miss Euger, the Misses' Eoberts, Edward Gould and 
David Gould. 



178 THE SEAS OX 

Miss Mattie O'Connell, youngest daughter of Captain M. J. O'Con- 
nell, was married, in the evening, at St. Agnes's Church, at Lexington 
Avenue and Forty-third Street, to Edward H. Callanan. The Eev. 
Dr. Wald performed the marriage service. The best man was John 
Callanan, brother of the groom, and the ushers, Daniel A. O'Connell, 
brother of the bride. James A. Palmer, James H. Coe, Kobert Hyslop, 
Charles Dillon and William Cary. The only bridesmaid, Miss Emma 
O'Connell, cousin of the bride, was attired in a dress of cream-white 
satin and brocade combined, made walking length, the entire front 
being embroidered in a design of wild roses. The pannier basque and 
panels were trimmed with jabots of Spanish lace and bows of white 
satin ribbon, and she carried a bouquet of Jacqueminot roses. The 
bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dress of ivory-white 
satin en 2yrincesse, with a long flowing train and front of ivory-white 
embossed velvet. The hip panniers were trimmed with duchesse lace, 
as were also the square corsage and elbow sleeves. Her long veil of 
tulle was caught with orange blossoms, and she carried a bouquet of 
Nephetos roses and lilies of the valley. Her ornaments were dia- 
monds. At the conclusion of the ceremony a reception was held at 
the house of the bride's father, No. 222 East Forty-ninth Street. 
Mr. and ISIi's. Callanan started on a wedding tour to the South. 

Eeceptions were held, among others, in the afternoon, by Mr. and 
Mrs. Henry P. Egleston, of "The Grosvenor," who have lately 
returned from their wedding tour ; by Mrs. Lamson and the Misses 
Lamson, of No. 11 West Twenty-first Street ; by Mrs. Henry Clews, 
by Mrs Paddock and Miss Fanny Paddock, of No. 42 West Forty- 
ninth Street ; by Mrs. Henry Fanshawe, of No. 9 West Thirty-sixth 
Street ; by Mrs. E. H. L. Townsend, and by Mrs. Eoes, of No. 138 
West Forty-seventh Street. 

Mrs. John Jacob Astor gave a dinner-party of twenty-four, in honor 
of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Aspinwall, Jr., who have just returned from 
their wedding tour. 

The Knickerbocker Sewing Class met at Mrs, Charles Berrj-man's, 
in the morning. 



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Mrs. W. S. Underbill, of No. 321 Fifth Avenue, gave a dancing 
arty to her nieces, Miss Elizabeth Floyd-Jones and Mrs. William 
Livingston, formerly Miss Mary Wigham, who is to sail to-day with 
her husband by the Adriatic for a wedding tour abroad. The spa- 
cious parlors were decorated with choice natural flowers. The giiests 
arrived about nine o'clock and returned home soon after midnight. 
Among those present were the Misses King, Miss Jane Campbell, 
Miss Gertrude Lawrence, the Misses Trotter, of Philadelphia, the 
Misses Schieffelin, Miss Marie, Miss Marion Sharpless, Miss Binsse, 
Miss Stephens, the Misses Floyd-Jones, Miss Fanny Livingston, Miss 



THUFSDAY, JANUARY 11. 1T9 

Dner, Mr, J. D. Livingston, the Messrs. La^\'rencc, Mr. Hubbard, Mr, 
Murray, Mr, Eldridgo, Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Barry and Mr. Lewis. 

Mrs. D. Golden Murray, of " The Lenox," No. 72 Fifth Avenue, 
gave the last of a series of receptions. A large number of guests at- 
tended. Mrs. Murray wore a very becoming dress of dark blue bro- 
caded satin, trimmed" with pale blue silk and white lace, and open at 
the neck. Miss Helen Hubbard, Miss Chandler and Miss Barry 
received with Mrs. Murray. Among those present were Mrs, James 
Strong, Mrs. Francis Meagher, Mrs. John Bigelow, the Marquise de 
Lanza, Mr. Stacev Clark, Miss Lazarus, Mrs. Walden Pell, Jr., Mrs. 
"William B. Bice, Miss Stevens, Mrs. John Sherwood, Dr. Green, :\Ir. 
Lansing, Mrs. D. 0. Wotherspoon, Miss Wotherspoon, Mrs. SchiefEe- 
lin, Miss Schieffelin, Mr. Edgar Saltus, the Marquis de Testaf errata, 
Mrs. Delmonte and Miss Louise Ryder. 

Mr. Eichard Mortimer gave a hunt dinner at Delmonico's, at w^hich 
all the gentlemen appeared in pink riding coats. The dinner was a 
large one. After dinner a german v/as danced in the small room off 
the ball-room, Mr. Mortimer leading with Miss Astor, The favors 
were remarkably handsome. 

Mr. Edward Talcott v/as married very quietly to Miss Abbie Alley, 
in the afternoon, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
George B. Alley, No. 109 East Twenty-first Street. The groom's best 
man was Mr. Howard Conkling. The ushers were Mr. Archibald D. 
Eussell and Mr. Alley, brother of the bride. The two bridesmaids 
were the Misses Alley, sisters of the bride. The bride wore white 
satin, with square-cut corsage and long train. She wore a veil of 
tulle, fastened with a spray of orange blossoms. She carried a bou- 
quet of white roses. The bridesmaids wore white silk and carried 
bouquets of pink roses. After the ceremony a reception was held, 
limited to intimate friends and relatives. Among those present were 
Miss BrinckerhofE, Miss Floyd-Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Talbot, Mr. and 
Mrs. Egerton Brown, Miss Conkling, Mr. H. L. Hoppin, Mr. P. 
Manning, Mr. E. L. Coursen, Mr. William Russell, Mr. Bigelow, IMJr. 
and Mrs. Titus, Mr. Schermerhorn and the Messrs. Webb. 

Thursday, January 11. 

THE SEVENTH KEGIMENT BALL, 

A BRILLIANT army of gayly dressed women and handsomely uni. 
formed men caiTied the Seventh Eegiment by storm, on the occasion 
of the regimental ball. The members of the regiment did not try to 
"hold the fort," but surrendered gracefully, and put forth every 
exertion to make the evening enjoyable. At ten p.m. the echo of 
sleigh bells in the clear cold air began to be interrupted by the bustle 



180 THE SEASON. 

of the arriving guests. A doublo-tunnellccl canopy stretched down. 
both of the outer stairways on the Park Avenue end of the building. 
" Oh, what a wretched, bleak, out-of-tbe-world place !" said one 
dainty damsel as she piit her foot out of the caiTiage and caught a 
glimpse of the bare surroundings of the armory. But this impres- 
sion faded like the memory of a last summer's flirtation as she entered 
the huge structure and saw the light and flowers and rich furnishing 
of the interior. It being absurd to think of decorating the immense 
drill-room, the committee in charge confined their efforts mainly to 
the entrance hall, where three luxuriant arches of laurel rose at the 
foot of the stair waj-s. The laurel was studded with begonias and 
primroses, and from the central arch hung a large gilt ball and be- 
neath it a large ball of roses. From the arch at the right dropped a 
floral shield with the regimental number in red roses on white 
ground. From the left arch was suspended a shield of the national 
colors, in Jacqueminot roses, violets and white roses. The seals of 
the State, city and the United States were framed with laurel and 
hung on the walls flanking the stairway. Large stars of red and 
white immortelles gleamed at the apex of the laurel arches. The 
banisters were decorated with laurel and the corridors set with ever- 
gi-een. A large part of the west end of the drill room was reserved 
for seats, and seats and boxes vrere also placed against the walls on 
the sides. In the centre of the space reserved for dancing was a 
large stand richly draped with bunting and flags interspersed with 
groups of armor, shields and helmets, crossed swords, etc. The regi- 
ment's rifles rested in their cases against the west wall of the room. 
"Wiegand's orchestra of one hundred pieces occupied the stand and 
plaj'ed the dance music, while from the upper balcony, at the west 
end, there came at times a splendid burst of music for the promenade 
from the full regimental band under Cappa's leadership. The ladies 
were given the Board of Ofiicers' rooms on the ground floor at the 
right of the entrance. Ladies' and gentlemen's wine rooms were 
arranged on each side of the stairwaj' on the second floor. A gentle- 
man's wine room was in the rifle range. The adjutant's room was 
used as a Press room. The company rooms were tastefully decorated 
as a rule, and were used for tete a-tetes, and, as a matter of course, 
were pronounced "jolly." The first number on the pretty four- 
leaved order of dancing was " Le Cheval de Bronze," by Auber. 
Then came the " Chimes of Normandy" and Cappa's Grand March, 
"Guard Mounting," at which the company, in a brilliant proces- 
sion, led by Colonel Emmons Clark and other prominent persons, 
marched out on the floor and disposed themselves for dancing the 
Lancers. There were twenty-four numbers on the order of dancing. 
Although a very large company, estimated at eight to ten thousand 
persons, were present, the immense room did not appear filled. At 
eleven p.m. the supper-room was opened on the third floor and was 
kept open during the night. The dancers did not get to dancing 
with much zest until nearly midnight, when the floor presented a 



THURSDAY, JANUARY 11. ISl 

pretty picture. The variety in uniforms and toilets was endless. 
Lookin- from the windows of the rooms at the end of the buildm^ 
the people looked almost like pigmies in the immense structure, and 
but for the modern and military-looking surroundings one might 
have imagined that the fairies were out frolicking on a midsummer 
eve. 

SOME OF THOSE PKESENT. 

The entrance of the compcny in the ball-room formed a veiy pretty 
si^ht as the brightly-dressed women with their sombre looking part- 
ners walked all the way around the room. Among those present 
were Mavor Franklin Edson, Colonel Thomas C Mills, Edward H. 
Butler, Maior-General John G. Farnsworth, Brigadier-General Pnilip 
H Bri-gs," Colonel Charles II. Frost, and J. Ambrose Butler oi: 
Buffalo? Brigadier-General C. T. Christensen, Captain Ferdinand 1 . 
Earle Maior H. W. Mitchell and Adjutant S. C. Clobridge, ot the 
Fourteenth llegiment, General Charles A. Carleton, Lieiitenant Ben- 
jamin Gurney, Joseph Naylor, A. D. Williams George DeForeso Bar- 
ton Paymaster Theodore S. Thompson, U. S. N., General EicliLud 
H Jackson, Brigadier-General S. K Smith, Captain Joshua a. ^es- 
senden. Captain William F. Spurgin, Twenty-first Infantry, Lieuten- 
ant Henry J. Keilly, Captain AVilliam E. Van Beed, Lieutenant David 
D Johnson, Captain Edward S. Godfrey, Lieutenant belden A. Bay, 
Graham D. Fitch, Lieutenant Oliver E. AVood, Lieutenant Hai'vey C. 
Carbou^h Lieutenant Albert C. Blunt, Lieutenant Graham D. iitch, 
]\raior Frederick W. Benteen, of the Ninth Cavalry, Commander 
E^dwin M Shepard, of the Schoolship St. Mary's, Lieutenant Com- 
mander Frederick A. Miller, Captain James H. Gillis, Lieutenant- 
Commander Edward T. Strong, Master George H.A\orcester Com- 
mander Henry C. Taylor, Judge Hyatt, Judge Van Schoten, of Albany, 
General Alexander Shaler and staff. General Louis Fitzgerald, Gen- 
eral Bobbins, Colonel Robert Townsend, Colonel Samuel J. iilden, 
Jr., Colonel Eichard Vose, of the Seventy-first Begiment, Lieutenant- 
Colonel Palmer, Lieutenant-Colonel De Lacey, of the Sixty-ninth 
Ee^iment, General Ward, of the First Brigade, and staff, Mr. and 
Mrs. Theodore Moss, the Misses Moss, Dr. and Mrs. Guernsey, t^o 
Misses Guernsey, Mr. and Mrs. Brockholst Cutting, Lieutenant W. 
C. Fish, Lieutenant G. A. Jones, Lieutenant E. G. Haight Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel Vvlnfield G. Burton, Captain E. D. Townsend, Captain 
John P. Leo, Mrs. De Boenales, Mr. D. Van Allen, Miss D. N. Wes- 
ton. Miss E. Simpson, Miss Laura Weber, Miss S. J. Franklin, Miss 
Howard, Mrs. H. C. King, Miss Carrie J. Clark, Mrs. AV. A^mylie 
Sirs. George F. Gamble, of San Francisco, Miss Cecile Obendoit, 
Mrs. J. P. Simmons and Mrs. A. S. Trier. 

HANDSOME DRESSES WORN. 

The costumes worn by the ladies were very handsome. The wife of 
Captain Abrams was attired in pale blue satin made with a train, the 



182 THE SEASON. 

front being of pale pink satin and shirred. The trimmings were of 
Spanish lace and applique work, showing moss roses in floss silk, 
lier bouqnei M-as of natural rosebuds, and she wore diamond orna- 
ments. Mrs. C. F. Loutrel wore a dress of pale heliotrope moire 
with a princess train and trimmings of point lace in ruflles. The 
corsage was cut square. Diamond ornaments were worn. Mrs, D. 
Van Allen wore a dress of black brocade and satin and ornaments of 
diamonds. Mrs. II. C. King wore a dress of ivor^^-white satin 
trimmed v\-ith point lace. Mrs. Dr. Kay's dress was of black velvet 
made of dancing length and trimmed with jet passementerie. She 
wore a fichu of pink satin and pink crystal embroidery and a pink 
moire sash. Mrs. F. L. Unger, of San Francisco, wore a dress of 
white nun's veiling and pearl and diamond ornaments. The wife of 
Colonel Frothingham, of the Twenty-third Eegiment, M'ore a dress of 
black corded silk, trimmed with duchesse lace, and ornaments of 
pearl and diamonds. Mrs. E. Guy was dressed in brown Ottoman 
silk and moire, trimmed with point lace. Mrs. Adams, of Fairhaven, 
Vt., wore a garnet velvet and silk robe trimmed with point lace. 
Miss Adams was attired in blue nun' s veiling, shirred and trimmed 
with Spanish lace. Mrs. W. P. Leonard had on a cream-vvhite Otto- 
man silk robe trimmed with seed pearls over the entire front, made 
with a square corsage, and worn with pearl and diamond ornaments. 
Mrs. Ammerman wore blue Ottoman silk, with a front trimmed with 
Tuffies of Oriental lace. She wore pink roses and diamonds. Mrs. 
W. H. Hoppock's robe was of black velvet and white satin, trimmed 
with black thread lace and point lace. The wife of General Charles 
F. Bobbins wore a train of black brocaded satin, with a front of lilac 
brocade edged with jaboted white lace. She also wore a bouquet of 
white roses and a reception bonnet of lilac satin and crystals. Mrs. 
Lester "Wallack wore white embroidered crape over silk trimmed with 
fringe. Mrs. General Carleton wore white brocade over satin em- 
broidered in j)earls and trimmed with Spanish lace. 

Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew gave a dinner-party in compli- 
ment to Admiral and Mrs. C. H. Baldwin. Among the guests were 
Mr. and Mrs. John Sherwood, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Livermore, Mr. 
and Mrs. Alfred Youngs, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clews, Mr. and Mrs. 
George H. Morgan, Henry H. Hurlburt and Mrs. Hegeman. 

Mr. and Mrs. C. Corbett Ogden, of West Tvrenty- eighth Street, 
gave a dinner-party. 

Mrs. Alfred Yansantvoord, Mrs. G. W. Campbell and the Misses 
Cami:)bell, Mrs. W, P. Earle, Mrs. J. A. Bliss, Mrs. Ludington and 
Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt received their friends. 

Mr. and Mrs. D. Eosenburg, of No. 44 East Seventy-eighth Street, 
gave a large reception. 



THURSDAY, JANUARY 11. 183 

Mrs. Eenben Bopes gave an afternoon tea at her house, No. 28 ' 
Remsen Street, Brooklj-n, in honor of her niece, Mrs. ^Yillis H. 
Hopes, of Salem, Mass. She was assisted by her daughter, xMiss 
Fanny RDpes, Miss Marie Hopes, of Porchester, N. Y., Mrs. Post and 
Miss Marion Terry, of Brooklyn. Mrs. Ropes was dressed in black 
velvet, trimmed with point lace, and wore diamond ornaments. Mrs. 
Willis Ropes was attired in white brocade, Mi-ss Ropes in white Otto- 
man silk, and Miss Marie Ropes in white satin embroidered with 
pearls. The house was prettily decorated. Bernstein's orchestra be- 
ing screened bv plants. About five hundred people were present, 
among them being Mrs. J. P. Robinson, ]Mr. and Mrs. H. Sanger, the 
Misses Sanger, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Low, Charles R. Flint, Mr. 
and Mrs. E.' H. R. Lj^man, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Duryea, Mr. and Mrs. 
A. F. Goodenough, F. Goodenough, Mrs. Terry, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. 
Dike, Dr. D. K. Drake, Mrs. Nelson S. Drake, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. 
Dick'erman, Miss Marvin, Mr and Mrs. John T. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. 
Ripley Ropes, Mr. and Mrs. Frothingham, the Rev. Dr. Storrs, the 
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Mr. and Mrs. Clapp, Mr. and Mrs. Bliss, 
Mr. and Mrs. Munn, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Houghtaling and Abraham 
Stone. 

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Ladd gave a large dancing party at their 
house, No. 246 Henry Street, Brooklyn. 

Mrs. R. L. Edwards, of Sidney Place, Brooklyn, gave a german. 

IVIr. and Mrs. Silas M. Giddings, of State Street, Brooklyn, gave a 
dinner-party. 

Miss Ida E. Montgomery, daughter of William J. Montgoniery, was 
married to James Francis Lester in the Thirteenth Street Presby- 
terian Church, in the evening, by the Rev. Dr. Worrall. The ushers 
were Charles Sumner Lester, Francis W. Pahner, James Halsey Mun- 
son, Frederick D. Waterbury, Richard J. Lewis and Edmund Clarence 
Christie. The bride wore an olive-green cloth travelling costume 
trimmed with plush, and a plush hat with black and pink ostrich 
plumes. She also wore a corsage bouquet of pink rosebuds. No 
reception was held, the married pair starting immediately for a trip 
through the South. On their return they will be given receptions 
on January 30th and February 6th by the groom's parents. Among 
those at the church were Mr. and ]\Irs. Charles L. Waterbury, Miss 
Hattie Cross, Mrs. Anne Buckley Hills, Dr. and Mrs. John W. Dow- 
ling, the Misses Wills, of Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Andrevv^ Les- 
ter Miss Lester, Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Brown, the Misses Brown, 
Mr. and Mrs. H. Hermann. Miss Hermann, Mrs. M. J. Montgomery, 
George W. Beale, Mr. and Mrs. William R. Waters, Mr. and Mrs. John 
Penmngton, Mr. and Mrs. Gildersleeve, Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Mat- 
thew Kane, Miss Kane, Dr. and Mrs. George W. Brooks, Miss Gussio 



184 THE SEASON. 

F. Fronson, the Misses Boiiton, Miss Lizzie Do-^', Miss E, Louise 
De Gross, Mr. and Mrs. A. H, De Mott, Mr. and Mrs. William Horton, 
the Misses Hero}-, Miss Lewis, Mrs. S. A. Hatch, the Misses Hatch, 
Mr. E. A. Newall, Mr. and Mrs. John Hobbins, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. 
Piush, Mr. and Mrs, George liockwell, the Misses Sherwood, the 
Misses Shotweil, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Treadwell and ]\L.\ and Mrs. 
John M. Wright. 

THE SECOND LADIES' ASSEMBLY. 

The second ball given by the society of ladies known as the As- 
sembly took place at Delmonico's. The decorations were not note- 
worthy, a few groups of palms being set in the reception rooms. 
About two hundred peoijle were present. The. request of " no 
flov>'ers" made by the management was not strictly observed. The 
german ^s as led by Gerald lioyt. The Keception Committee were 
Mrs. Y\'illiam Astor, Mrs. I\Iaturin Livingston, Mrs. Lockwood, Mrs. 
Kice, Mrs. William Turnbull and Mrs. William Iselin. Among others 
present were Mr, and Mrs. W. W. Strong, General IMackenzie, Miss 
Prescott, of Boston, Miss McMurtrie, of Philadelphia, Mrs. F. Hig- 
ginson, of Boston, James Lawrence, of Boston, Arthar Cadogan, 
Mr. and Mrs. Stiiyvesant Fish, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Mr. and 
Mrs. J, F. Kernochan, Mrs. John Kean, the Misses Kean, Mrs. But- 
ler-Duncan, Miss Butler-Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Delancey Kane, S. 
Nicholson Kane, Miss Sibyl Kane, Mr. and Mrs. John Jay, Mr. and 
Mrs. Clendennin, Mrs. Chapman, Miss Iselin, Mrs. C. Burrall Hoff- 
man, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce, Mr. and Mrs. George S, Bowdoin, 
Mr. and Mrs. John Hone, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Bell, i\Ir. and Mrs. 
George Peabody Wetmore, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Heckscher, Miss 
Georgiana Heckscher, Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont, Mr. and Mrs, 

G. G. Gray, Mrs. Astor, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Goelet, llx. and Mrs. 
Eobert Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Webster, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. 
Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. John Stew- 
ard, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Philij:) Schuyler, Mr. and Mrs, William 
Schermerhorn, Mrs. Paves, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A? Post, Mr. and 
Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Ward McAllister, Miss McAllister, Mr. and 
Mrs. T. B. Musgrave, T. J. Oakley Ehinelander, Lispenard Stewart, 
Creighton Webb, the Misses Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Lanier, Miss Bige- 
low, IMiss Anna Hall, Miss Cunard, Miss Fannie Perkins and Miss 
Norris. 

Friday, January 12. 

The second of a series of teas given at Delmonico's was held in 
the afternoon. .The teas are given by a number of subscribers, many 
of them belonging to the Ladies' Assembly Committee. Mrs. John 
Hone, Jr., and Mrs. Sheldon received the guests yesterday after- 
noon, about one hundred people being i^resent. A crash was laid 
and dancing enjoyed. The refreshments consisted only of tea and 



FRIDAY, JANUARY 12. 185 

wafers. Among those i^resent were the Misses Lazarus, Mrs. Hamil- 
ton Fish, Mrs. Schuyler, Miss Langdon, Mrs. Charles Hoffman and 
Miss Hoffman, MrsI Griswold Gra5% Mrs. Higginson, of Boston, 
Mrs. William Jay, Mrs. Phipps, Mrs. Duncan, Miss Prescott, Mr. 
Sohermerhorn, Mr. Marie, Miss Thorn, Mr. Cottinet, Mr. Brockholst 
Cutting, Mr. Mej'^er and Mr. Eedmond. 

Miss Adele Lesher, a daughter of IMi's. S. E. Lesher, of No. 330 
Madison Avenue, entertained a sewing class, of which she is a mem- 
ber, at her home, in the evening. The company of about a dozen 
girls, who are not yet in society, sewed for an hour, when they were 
joined by a few young men. Then dancing took the place of sewing 
for a few hours. Eefreshments were served. Among the members 
of the club present were Miss Helen Jones, Miss Lena Smith, Miss 
Isabel Tappan, j\Iiss Young, Miss Payson and Miss French. 

Mrs. "William H. Falconer, of No. 8 East Sixty-second Street, held 
her usual Friday afternoon-at-home. 

IVL-s. H. Durand, Mrs. J. "W. Howe, Mrs. O. Harriman, IVIrs. How- 
ard Lockwood; Mrs. A. B. Graves, Mrs. Dorsheimer and IVJJfs. Alger- 
non S. Sullivan gave " at homes." 

Mrs. J. H. Shults, of No. 155 Hewes Street, Brooklyn, gave a large 
ball to her son, Master John H. Shults, Jr. She was assisted in re- 
ceiving by her daughter. Miss Alline Shults, who wore a dress of 
white satin, trimmed with point lace. Mrs. Shults wore a dress of 
moonlight-on-thc-lake silk, trimmed with j)oint lace. Her orna- 
ments were diamonds. Among the many guests present were Mrs. 
Agnes Kneeland, Miss Gerty Busby, Miss "Winnie Busby, Miss Mina 
Peters, Miss Fannie Hasler, Miss Mary Healey, Miss Genevieve Sim- 
mons, Miss Mamie Coger, Miss Mary Cartilage, Miss Bessie Emer- 
son, Miss Calla Hyatt, Miss Addie Murphy, Miss Emma Murphy, 
Miss Ida Hareland, Miss Mamie Benjamin, Miss Stalla Lawrence, 
Miss May Holley, Miss Carrie Birdsell, Miss Ella Siebert, Miss Jen- 
nie Petti'grew, Miss Essie Whitney, Miss Sallie Brown, Miss Sylvia 
Brown, Miss O' Donahue, Miss Emma 0' Donahue, Miss Edith Ubert, 
Miss Mamie Nelbrook, Miss Daisy Cooper, Miss Ella Swan, Miss 
Florence Swain, Miss Fanny Daily, Miss Lizzie Burgee, Miss Nellie 
Garrison, Miss Emma Heust'is, Henry Lang, "W. H. Howell, Charles 
"Wilkinson, Edward Hussey, Eichard Baxter, Harry Emerson, "Walter 
Brush, Sylvester Leary, George Harbison, Charles Fuller, Clarence 
Seeley, George Leary, Philip Sweet, Sherman Pickford, John Nash, 
Frank Gardner, AVilliam Dare, Frederick Peters, Henry Lawrence, A. 
Taylor, Francis Street, Frank Baker, Howard Davis, "William "^^on 
Linda, Charles Cartledge, James Bessey, Burt Taylor, Edward Brain- 
ard, "W. B. Lounsberry, Henry Mollenhauser and Lucius M. Palmer, 
Jr. 



186 THE SEASON. 

Saturday, January 13. 

The Kev. Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hoffman gave a reception at 
their house, No. .09 West Fifty-third Street, in honor of Miss Eleanor 
L. Hoffman. Mrs. Hoffman was assisted bv Miss Eugenia Schieffe- 
lin, Miss Yail, Miss Phillips, Mrs. J. Y. V. Olcott, Miss M. L. Hoff- 
man and Miss Frances Livingston. Miss Eleanor L. Hoffman was 
attired in white satin covered with tulle and looped up with snow- 
balls, Mrs. Hoffman wore lilac watered silk trimmed with duchesse 
lace. Mrs. Olcott's dress was of white satin, with a long veil of 
duchesse lace over it, it being her wedding costume. Miss Schieffelin 
wore white silk and pine-apple grenadine. Miss Phillips was dressed 
in pink Surah, Miss Vail in blue brocade silk, Miss Livingston in olive 
damasse and pink satin, and Miss Nellie Hoffman in M-hite satin and 
crape. Among those present were ex-Governor and Mrs. John T. 
Hoffman, Mrs. Admiral Livingston, Mrs. Edgar Schieffelin, the 
Misses Schieffelin, Bayard Clarke, Jr., Mr. Whitehouse, Duane Pell, 
Mr. and Mrs. Ethan Allen, Mrs. de Peyster, ;;Miss de Peyster, the 
Kev. Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Hoffman, Judge Larremore, Professor Dris- 
ler, Miss Drisler, ex-President Brown, of Hamilton College, and wife, 
William L. Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Yail, T. F. Yail, Miss 
Yail, Miss Huggins, Miss Floyd-Jones, Mr. Folsom, the Misses Fol- 
som, Mrs. Chisholm, Mr. and Mrs. Storm, Mrs. Samiiel Sloan, Miss 
Sloan, Mrs. J. N. Olcott, the Misses Olcott, W. M. K. Olcott, Mrs. 
Charles Knox, Mr. Seymour, Mrs. Kenible, Mrs. Lockwood Deforest, 
Miss Green, Miss Johnson, Mrs. Drexel, Mrs. Auchincloss and the 
Eev. Dr. and IMi's. A. Mackay Smith, 

The Marquis and Marchioness Lanza received their friends at No. 
43 West Fifty-fourth Street. The Marchioness was assisted by her 
mother, Mrs. W, A. Hammond, jMrs. Raymond, IMiss Bristow, Mrs. 
Hammond, Jr., and the Misses Bromwell. Among those j)resent 
were Mrs. Paran Stevens, Mrs. Edwin Morgan, Mrs. G. G. Haven, 
Mrs. G. B. Eaffo, the Countess Eessa, Mrs." Zewager, Mr. and Mrs. 
Colden Murray, Judge Barrett, Mrs. Milhau, Mrs. Granville Byam 
Smith, Mrs. Livor, Miss Livor, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Innes, Miss 
Hunt, Mrs. John D. Jones, Mrs. Edward Floyd-Jones, Miss Floyd- 
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. L. Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Fahne- 
stock, Mrs. J. J. Post, Mrs. J. H. Mahoney, Miss Mahoney, Mrs. E. 
C. Stedman, Mr, and Mrs. N, S. Stedman, *Mrs. G. L. Gillespie, Mrs. 
James A. Burden, Mr, and Mrs. Isaac W. How, Mr. and Mrs. John 
YY Ellis, Mrs. Clinton Wagner, President and Mrs. F. A. P. Barnard, 
]\Ii-s. H. Y. Newcomb, Colonel Gillespie and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. 
Burnham. 

Mrs. Caldwell gave a reception at No. 6 East Forty-ninth Street. 
She was assisted by Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Isham and Miss Babcock. 
Among her callers were Mrs. E. D. Morgan, Mrs. E. D. Morgan, Jr., 
Mrs. Stanton, ]\Irs, Yan Wart, ^Misses Frazer and Miss Warren. 



3/oxDAy, jAXUAnr 15. 187 

Mr. and Mrs. Herrman pfave amnsical and literarj^ reception, in the 
evening, at No. 59 AVe.^t Fifty-sixth Street. There %vas singing by 
Mrs. Florence Eice-Knox, "William Courtnej^ and Mrs. Emma Henrj- 
and reading by Sidney Woollett, Mrs. Harriet W-ebb, Mrs. Massett 
and Mrs. Nefflin. There was dancing also. Among the guests were 
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer D. Schuyler, John Albee, Dr. and Mrs. Baruch 
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Croly, ex-Mayor Ely, A. Herrman, Smith e! 
Lane, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sternbach, Gavlord B. White, Mr. and 
Mrs. S. H. Kohn, "William Leask, Miss Sara Von Leer, Dr. A. E. 
Macdonald, Miss Y. Hendricks, Daniel W. Herrman, Mr. and Mrs. J. 
D. Oppcnheim, ex-Governor an d^ Mrs. Fuller, ^Iv. and Mrs. John 
Milderberger, Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Bishop, Dr. Euppaner, Mr. and 
Mrs. John F. Brigg, Colonel and Mrs. Meredith and William E. 
Lane. 

Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Evarts gave a dinner-partv last evening at 
their house, in honor of the Eev. Dr. and Mrs. Satterlee. 

Monday, January 15. 

SECOND BALL OF THE PATEIAKCHS. 

The ball-room at Delmonico's was prettily decorated for the second 
meeting of the Society of Patriarchs for this season. Masses of green 
ferns and foliage plants overhung the mirrors, between which were 
groups of evergreen and callas, and narrow panels of red and yellow 
tulips. In the corners of the room were groups of camellias in blos- 
som. The music balcony, which held Lander's orchestra, was 
screened by hemlock Ijranches. A well-planed and waxed floor ^^ave 
satisfaction to the dancers until it was made slipperv bv rose petals 
from the numerous bouquets worn and carried by the ladies. The 
appointments were the same as on the former balls of the society 
Dancing began at half past eleven p.m., supper was served in the 
mam restaurant at half past twelve a.m., and the german be^an 
shortly after one a.m. William Parsons led, dancing with Mrs. 
Eobert Goclei and about ninety couples took part. Among those 
present were the Viscomtess Mandeville, Mrs. Albert Gallatin Miss 
Lester, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. C. Yandeibilt 
Dr. and Mrs. Seward Webb, Mr. and ]\Irs. S. Y. E. Cru^^er U m' 
Beckwith, J. Y. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Bowdoin, J. W. Crendennin' 
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grove, of England, Miss Butler-Duncan Mr 
and Mrs. Eobert Goelet, Augustus Schermerhorn, Yan Horn Stuy- 
vesant, G. G. Tennant, of England, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin, 
Miss Iselm, Mr. and Mrs. Hayward Cutting, Miss Cutting, Mrs Bay- 
ard Cutting, Mr. and Mrs. Delancey Kane, S. Nicholson Kane, Miss 
Sibyl Kane, Woodbury Kane, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Kernochan, Miss 
Kernochan Marrpiis de Testaferrata, of Malta, Louis Yon Holfman 
Gould Ecdmond, Mr. and Mrs, William E. Stewart, Mr. and IMrs 



ISS TILE SEASON. 

Maturin Livingston, Cavendish Bentinck, Mrs. Eobert E. Living- 
ston, Miss Livingston, Miss Estelle Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. 
Livingston, Mrs. Paran Stevens, General and Mrs. McClellan, Miss 
McClellan, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Robert, 
Mr. and I^Irs. "William Jay, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Aspinvrall, Jr., Henry 
Cannon, T. J. Oakley Ehinelander, Edward S. Pierrepont, Henry 
Coster, John G. Heckseher, Miss Heckscher, Miss May Bird, G. G. 
Holland, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Eichard Irvin, Jr., Walter Kingsland, C. 

C. Baldwin, Admiral and Mrs. Baldwin, Mrs. Frederic Keilson, Henry 
Sands, Mr. and Mrs. J. Bowers Lee, Karrick Eiggs, Miss Beecknirn, 
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cooper, Elliott Eoosevelt, Miss C. Kean, J. N. 
A. Griswold, Miss Grace Stebbins, Mr. and Mrs. Newbold Edgar, 
Miss Gothont, ]\Ir. and jMi's. P. Lorillard, the Misses Carroll, Eoj^af 
Phelps, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Eives, T. Maitland, Mr. and Mrs. 
P. Isewbold, P. W. Stevens, Miss Daisy Stevens, Mrs. H. M. Higgin- 
son, of Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Charles de Eham, Jr., George Henry 
Warren, IMiss Warren, B. S. Welles, Miss Yrelles, Mr. and Mrs. Byam 
K. Stevens, W. Phelps, of England, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. King Dner, 
Miss Caroline Duer, Arthur Cadogan, of England, Mr. and Mrs. E. 

D. Morgan, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Yznaga, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Potter, Lis- 
penard Stewart, Miss Prescott, of I3oston ; Pelham Clinton, of Eng- 
land, Herbert C. Mason, of Boston, ]Mr. r.nd Mrs. Barrios, of Gua- 
temala, Mr. and Mrs. Sclilesinger, W. Corcoran Eiggs, Francis Eiggs, 
S. Duncan Prindle, Y/. B. Cooi^er, Eichard Hunt, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. 
Adam McLean Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Auchincloss. Fellowes Mor- 
gan, Eali-)h Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Del Monte. W. A. Spencer, Miss Cow- 
din, W. Eobinsoft, J. Sandford, Smith Clift, the Misses Clift, Miss 
Hoppin, Mr. Hoppin, Henry Sands, Lawrence Turnure, Jr., Miss 
Turnure, Arthur Beckwith, Miss Moss, Miss E. Hewitt. F. Eldridge, 

E. Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Luckemeyer, H. de F. Wicks, Miss Eives, 
C. M. Eobinson, Miss Fish, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Forbes, the Hon. 
James G. Blaine, Cam.eron Stuart, Herman Emmet, Charles Harris, 
T. A. Murray, Center Hitchcock, Creighton Webb, 'A. Thorndike Eice, 
A. Schermerhorn, Dr. B. F. Dawson, Mr. and Mrs. James Harriman, 
Miss Dresser, Mr. and Mrs. E. Martin, Miss Le Eov, Eichard Peters, 
C. S. Clark, iliss Charlotte Pell, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hamersley, Mr. 
Bruen, Miss Bruen, Thomas Fearing, of Boston, Lieutenant Speirs, 
Mr. Sargent, Miss Sargent, of Boston, Herbert Pell, H. Eay Miller, 
Lieutenant Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Haven, Mr. and Mrs' L. Wil- 
merding. Miss Eichardson, H. A. Johnson, George Heath, of Paris, 
Miss Addie Smith, Arthur Mason Jones, Captain Holmes, William 
Sandford, C. Clarkson, John A. McKim, Ogden Mills, ]Miss Mills, 
Stanley Mortimer, C. de Kay, Henry Cram, Lieutenant F. Michler, 
James B. Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. L. Kountze, Mr. and Mrs. Kent, 
the Marquis de la Valle de Mirabello, Bayard Clarke, Jr., H. de W. 
Cook, F. H. Baldwin, Augustus C. Gurnee, Stephen Baker, D. Living- 
ston, F. W. Whitridge, Eichard Mortimer, Willys Betts, James Smith, 

F. S. Witherbee, Edwin A. Post, Miss Emily V. Post, Pierre Marie, 



MOA'^PAV, JANUARY 15. 189 

Miss Annie Miirra,5% Miss Thorn, Miss Howard, George Griswold, 
Miss Emily Iluffmun, Mr. and Mrs. A. lloosevelt, lU^r. and Mrs. James 
Koosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Iloosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clews, 
Miss liemsen, the Misses Remsen, Alfred Conckling, George Wother- 
spoon, Miss Winthrop, Morgan Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Gracie, 
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Waterbury, Miss Mary Gordon, Miss de 
Ruyter, Miss Grace Potter, Mr. and Mrs. W. Fearing, Daniel Fearing, 
H. Chauncey, Mr. and Mrs. James Strong, Miss Strong, C. E. Strong, 
Miss Cnnard, John Cadwalader, Miss Adele Stevens, Mrs. Wclman, 
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Foster, Miss 
Ida Schenck, W. Schenck, Mr. and Mrs. Tappan, Mr. and Mrs. 
Bridgham, N. K. Pendleton, Mrs. Skinner, of Boston, Mrs. Gren- 
ville Winthrop, ]\Ir. and Mrs, E. Livingston Lndlow, John Schuyler, 
Miss Annie Parson, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Schieffelin, Miss Schieffc- 
lin, Mr. and Mrs. John Sherwood, Miss Razanes, James Lanier, Miss 
Lanier, Miss Swan, Miss Davis, John Travers, E. N. Tailor, Mr. and 
Mrs. H. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Alden, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. 
Bliss, A. S. Carhart, Miss C. C.' Gary, A. Hadden, M. A. Wilks, Charles 
Emmet, General and Mrs. A. S. Webb, Hartman Evans, Mr. and Mrs. 
F. Bartlett, and Mr. and Mrs. F. Lawrence, Jr. 

Francis Campbell Mollerand Miss Delia Mason Conkling, daughter 
of the Eev. Nathaniel W. Conkling, were married at the Rutgers 
Pre.sbyterian Church at half past three. The church was decked with 
evergreens, and at the head of the centre aisle was an aroh twined 
with holly and evergreen and studded with camellias, in the centre 
of which was a ball of roses. The ushers were J. W. Cleveland, P. 
St. G. Bissell, E. C. Moller, cousin of the groom, J, V. Onativia, 
George Van Schaik, and Dr. Eraser C. Fuller. The best man was 
"William K. Otis. The bridesmaids were Miss Nathalie Conkling, sis- 
ter of the bride. Miss Effio L. Mollor, sister of the groom, Miss 
Alice Palmer, Miss Francine Yale, of New Hartford,' Conn., Miss 
Alice Green and Miss Daisy Abbott. They were attired, two in 
dresses of Marechal Niel yellovr, two in pale blue and two in pink 
dresses, all being composed of French silk mull. They were made in 
Kate Greenaway fashion with pointed bodies, pufied sleeves and 
shirred waists. The two in yellow had bodices of yellow uncut vel- 
vet, which were trimmed with straps of dark brown velvet. They 
wore bonnets of the mull and velvet combined, trimmed with ostrich 
feathers, and carried bouquets of Marechal Niel roses. The two in 
blue wore bodices of dark brown velvet and bonnets of the velvet 
and blue mull, their bouquets being composed of Bon Silene roses. 
The last two bridesmaids, both young girls, had trimmings of garnet 
velvet on their pink dresses, and their pointed bodices were of pink 
satin. They wore pink Gainsborough hats trimmed with j^ink mull 
and faced with garnet, and carried bouquets of Jacqueminot roses. 
The bride, who was given away by her uncle, the Rev. Dr. George 
Van Wyck, formerly a chaplain in the United States Army, looked 



190 THE SEASOX. 

very fair in licr dress of white satin, made witli a long train, and 
with a front of unc^at velvet, bordered by a ruching of satin, the train 
being bordered by a band of the velvet. The corsage was cut heart- 
shaped, filled in with lace and caught by a pearl join, and the lace- 
bordered sleeves came to the elbow. She \vore a tulle veil, fastened 
hy a diamond pin, the gift of the groom, and a cluster of orange 
blossoms, and carried a large bouquet of Ne2:)hetos roses and lilies 
of the valle}-. Mrs. Conkling, the mother of the bride, wore a dress 
of pale yellow brocaded velvet, en iraine, with a front of yellow satin 
embroidered in roses in different colored beads. The square corsage 
was filled in with lace and ornamented bj' a bouquet of Jacqueminot 
roses, and her ornaments were diamonds. The ceremony was per- 
formed by the bride's father, who was formerly pastor of the church, 
and at its conclusion a large reception was held at the house of the 
bride's parents. No. 55 East Thirty-fourth Street. The decorations 
of the house were very beautiful. Smilax was twined about the 
balustrade and doorways, and draped the chandeliers and pictures. 
In the hallway stood a screen of flowers, and large baskets of Mare- 
chal Niel, Jacqueminot, Bon Silene and Mermet roses were placed 
about the rooms. The 3'oung couple received standing beneath a 
marriage-bell composed of white roses, bordered "by a row of deep 
red roses, with a lining of white camellias and a clapi:)er of delicate 
moss buds, A supper was furnished and dancing enjoyed. The 
presents were many and beautiful. Among the many guests present 
were Mr. and Mrs. Van Wyck, Mr. and Mrs. Brodhead, of ^Yashing- 
lon, Mr. and Mrs. Ellinwood, Mr. and Mrs. Schieffelin, Mr. and 
Mrs. "William Hinman, Mr. and Mrs. Edward O. Bird, Mr. and Mrs, 
Mark Maclay, the Eev. Dr. and Mrs. Otis, the Eev. Dr. Irenteus 
Prime, the Eev. Dr. Hamilton, the Eev. Dr. Littell, of Long Island, 
Mrs. William Stewart, of Philadelphia, Mr. and Miss Pitkin, and Mr. 
and Mrs. Josej^h Stewart. 

Miss Susie Lockwood, daughter of Gersh Lockwood, was married 
to Edward Heiser, in the evening, in the Church of the Holy Commun- 
ion by the Eev. Dr. Eccleston, of Newark, N. J. J. Heiser, brother 
of the groom, was the best man. The ushers were H. D. Lockwood, 
C. L. Webster, J. Hance and W. A. Parker. The bride wore a white 
satin dress with a long train and upright pleatings of satin at the side. 
The front was embroidered in pearls and crystal beads. The corsage 
was cut square and filled in with lace. White ostrich feathers held 
the bride's veil, which was of tulle. A reception for intimate friends 
and relatives was held at the Park Avenue Hotel. 

Mr. -and Mrs. Henry Copinger gave a children' s party, in the after- 
noon, at their house, No. 5 East Seventy-third Street, in honor of the 
sixth birthday of Miss Eose Copinger, their daughter. Feats of 
slight-of-hand by an expert, dancing, refreshments and a birthday 
cake with a gold thimble in it, amused the young folks. In the even- 



JIOJlKir, JASUARY 15. 191 

ing there was a dancing partj' for adults. The house, which is a 
new one, was decorated with many devices in flowers. The entire 
house was arranged and decorated under the supervision and designs 
of Mrs. Copinger, who is a daughter of J. F. Cropsey, the artist. 
The party in the evening was enjoyable. The orders of dancing were 
daintil}' bound in jolush, embroidered in various designs with colored 
silk. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. N. Miller, H. Miller, 
W. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. N. Eobinson, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cropsey, 
Miss Cropsey, Mrs. Bewley and Miss Bewlej', Mr. Perrine, K. T, 
Harris, Charles Parks, Miss Florence Guernsey, Dr. F. Walker, Miss 
E. Eibbits, Miss Loop and Dr. E. G. Eankin. 

Mrs. Joseph W. Drexel, of No. 103 Madison Avenue, gave a dinner- 
party last evening. Covers were laid for sixteen. The guests were 
Mr. and Mrs. "William M. Evarts, Mr. and IVIrs. Edward Cooper, Ad- 
miral and Mrs. Baldwin, General and Mrs. Di Cesnola, Mr. ancj Mrs. 
James J. Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs. John Sherwood, General Cullum 
and Paul Du Chaillu. 

Mrs. William Bliss, of No. 29 East Twenty-fourth Street, gave her 
usual Monday recej^tion from three until six. Many people called, 
among them being Mr. and Mrs. John Sherwood, Arthur Sherwood, 
Samuel Sherwood, John Philip Sherwood, the Misses Lamson, Mrs. 
Edward Luckemeyer, Miss Laura Ehinelander, Mrs. Landon, Dr. 
and Mrs. Clement Cleveland, Mrs. William Blodgett and Miss Blod- 
gett, Mrs. John Watson, Miss Prirne, Captain Warren C. Beach, 
U. S. A. ; ]\L:. and Mrs. Dallas Bache Pratt, Mrs. James Le Due, Mrs. 
Henry A. Coit, John L. Lamson, Mrs. Alexander T. Van Nest, Mrs. 
Varnum, Mr. and IMrs. L. Townsend Howes, Mrs. Oliver Harriman, 
Mrs. Frank Worth White, Miss Lela Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. 
Berryman and Mrs. H. A. Johnson. 

Mrs. W. H. Lee, of No. 516 Fifth Avenue, gave a reception from 
three until six o'clock. Mrs. Lee received in a dress of heavy black 
watered silk, trimmed with Persian passementerie. Her ornaments 
were diamonds. About three hundred people called. Among the 
guests were Mrs. Jonathan Thorne, Mrs. 0. B. Potter, Mrs. E. D. 
Morgan, Mrs. Brinley Porter, Mrs. Guillard, Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, 
Mrs. Horace Kussell, Mrs. Dr. Scudder, Mrs. Henry Work, Mrs. Salem 
H. Wales, Mrs. Stewart Smith, Mrs. James C. Fargo, Mrs. Eichard 
Arnold, Mrs. William H. Lee, Mrs. Henry F. Spaulding, Mrs. Ean- 
dolph Townsend, Mrs. George Kemp, Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Agnew, LIrs. 
Stebbins, ]\Irs. Barnard, Mrs. John Bigelow and Miss Berns. 

Mrs. W. H. Fearing, Mrs. Walden Pell, Jr., Mrs. Brayton Ives, Mrs. 
H. C. Fahnestock, Mrs. F. A. P. B. Barnard, Mrs. William Turnbull, 
Mrs. Callisan and Miss Eleanor Sanchez received their friends. Mrs. 
J. H, Allen, No. 18 East Forty-second Street, gave a reception. Mrs, 



192 THE SEAS ox 

De Enytcr gave a dinner-party in the evening. Miss McCormick, of 
"West Fifty-second Street, gave a dancing party. 

Mrs. J. Taylor and ivlrs. Fellowcs, of No. 268 Henry Street, Brook- 
lyn, gave a reception. A reception was given by Mrs. Richards at 
No. 131 Hicks Street, Brooklyn. Mrs. G. L. Ford, of 97 Clark 
Street, Brooklyn, gave a german. 

Tuesday, January 16, 

Mes. John A. Dix entertained the Impromptu Dancing Class at her 
house, No. 3 West Twenty-first Street, at its third meeting, the others 
having been held at Mrs. Sands Tucker's and Mrs. Bowdoin's. 
About fifty i^ersons were present, including Miss Anna Hall, Miss 
Swan, Miss Bowdoin, Miss Tucker, Miss Dresser, Miss Winthrop and 
Miss Turnure. The german, in which pretty favors were used, v/as 
led by Lawrence Turnure, Jr., and Miss Margaret Blake, the grand- 
daughter of Mrs. Dix. 

Mrs. Pio Echeverria gave a reception in the afternoon. She was 
dressed in pink satin draped with point duchesse lace. Among her 
callers were Mrs. William Sturges, Miss MacLeod, Mrs. Lawrence 
Turnure, Miss Turnure, Mrs. Maitland, Mrs. Dexter A, Hawkins, 
Miss Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Coghill, Miss Coghill, Mrs. 
James Lynch, Mrs. Haughwout Howe, Mrs. Peter Moller, Jr., Miss 
Moller, Mvs. T. F. Meagher, Mrs. H. E. Gillespie, Mrs. F. W. Van 
Stade, Miss Van Stade, Mrs. S. A. Sawyer, Miss Sawyer, Mr. and 
Mrs. A. Kountze, the Eev. Father Preston, Mrs. Charles E. Trippler, 
Mrs. Preston, Mrs. Navaroo and Mrs. Waller. 

Mrs. George W. Fuller and her daughter, Mrs. Frederick Morlan, 
held a reception in the afternoon. Among the persons present were 
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Oakley, the Baroness de Thomsen, Mrs. Dexter 
A. Hawkins, Miss Hawkins, Mrs. Delano C. Calvin, the Rev. Arthur 
Brooks, Mrs. Barnard and Mrs. Ludmgton. 

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Day gave a dinner-party, the guests being 
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Evarts, General and Mrs. Di Cesnola, Mr. 
and Mrs. W. E. Dodge, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Delano, Mr. and 
Mrs. Daniel Eggleston, Mrs. George De Forest Lord, and the Rev. 
Dr. Philip Schaff. 

Mrs. U. D. Eddy gave a reception in the evening. Miss Cushman, 
of West Twenty-second Street, entertained the '" Constellation" socia- 
ble. Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt received a large number of calls on her 
third day " at home." Mrs. E. C. Stedman and Mrs. S. F. Stedmaiij 
were at home to their friends. Mrs. John J. Townsend, Mrs. S. V. 
R. Cruger, Mrs. H. Victor Newcomb, Mrs. Granville Byam Smith, 



TUESDA j; J A .YTA 7? i' 1 0. 1 93 

Mrs. F. F. Thomson, Mrs. John H. Davis and Mrs. "W. L, Thompson 
received calls. Mrs. C. C. Baldwin gave a small dinner-party at her 
house, No 5G0 Fifth Avenue. Mrs. William Blodgett and Miss Blod- 
gett gave their usual " at home." Mrs. J. H. Allen, of No. 18 East 
Forty-second Street, gave a reception from three until six, Mrs. 
John Livor, of No. 549 Fifth Avenue, gave a large afternoon recep- 
tion. The parlors were prettily decked with a profusion of roses, 
hyacinths and lilies placed in large Persian jars and vases. Mrs. 
Mary Mapes Dodge gave her usual " at home" at her new home in 
the Gainsborough, at Fifty-ninth Street and Broadway. 

Miss Lizzie F. Eastman, daughter of T. C. Eastman, was married at 
eight o'clock to Henry Bell, of London, England, at the house of her 
father, No. 6 East Seventeenth Street. The drawing-rooms vvere 
decorated with a profusion of cut flowers, palms and smilax. The 
couple were married standing beneath a square canopj'- of smilax and 
roses, from which five large marriage-bells were susj)ended, one in 
the centre and one at each corner. The mantels w-ere covered with 
roses in large bunches of the same kinds. In the hall was placed a 
large shield of pink and white roses and heliotrope wath the mono- 
gram B. E. in violets. The Bev. Dr. Collyer performed the ceremony. 
The ushers were Theodore Pierce and Lawrence Dwight Olmstead. 
George Tajdor, of Glasgow, Scotland, was the best man. The two 
bridesmaids were Miss Katy B. Putnam, of Dutchess County, and 
Miss Nellie Sanderson, of Glasgow, Scotland. The bride, who came 
in on her father's arm, wore a dress of heavy white satin made with 
a long train and trimmed with duchesse lace. Her long veil of tulle 
was caught by a cluster of white roses, and her bouquet was com- 
posed of white roses and lilies of the valleJ^ A large reception was 
held. ]Mr. and Mrs. Bell will reside in London. 

Miss Jessie Pinto, daughter of General Francis B. Pinto, was mar- 
ried to Captain Arthur B. Hart, of the Twenty-third llegiment, 
N. G. S. N. Y. The ceremony, which took j^Iace at the house of the 
bride's father. No. 235 President Street, Brooklyn, was performed by 
the Bev. Dr. Charles H. Hall. The ushers were Henry E, Ide, George 
B, Moffat, Henry H. Leland and Earnest M. Munn. William A, 
Pinto, brother of the bride, was the best man. The bridesmaids were 
Miss Emma Hart, of New York, Miss Annie Jelliff, of Newark, IMiss 
Annie Harrison and Miss Carrie Frost, of Brooklyn. The bride, 
who was given away by her father, wore a robe of heavy white satin 
made witli a long train, and trimmed with duchesse lace. The corsage 
was cut square, and the lace-bordered sleeves came to the elbow. 
The long floating veil of tulle was caught at the coiffure by a cluster 
of orange blossoms, and she wore a wreath of the same flowers. Her 
bouquet was composed of white roses and lilies of the valley, and she 
w^oro diamond ornaments. A reception was held until ten o'clock, 
when the bride and groom departed on their w^edding tour. Among 



194 THE SEASOy. 

the guests were Mayor and Mrs. Franklin Edson, Commissioner and 
i\Irs. William Laimbeer, Noah E. Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. 
Hart, and Mr. and Mrs. George S. Hart, of New York, llv. and Mrs. 
11. H. Laimbeer, Dr. and Mrs. Keuben Moffat, Dr. John Moffat, Miss 
Moffat, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Munn, Mr. and Mrs. James Elliott, 
Mr. and Mrs. I. Osgood Carleton, Captain and Mrs. Daniel Breine, 
U. S. N., Colonel Kodney C. Ward, Lieutenant-Colonel John D. 
Frothingham, Major Charles L. Fincke, Captain A. H. Williams and 
Captain Ferry, all of the Twenty-third Ilegiment, John N. Par- 
tridge, Miss Eadcliff, William Eadcliff, Dr. and Mrs. Francis Ead- 
cliff, Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Abbot, the Misses Lyle, Harper Laim- 
beer, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Lockwood, Miss Lockwood, Mr. and Mrs. 
W. L. Shattuck, Miss Ada Van Tassal, iMr. and :Mrs. Koger Maxwell 
and Miss Maxwell. 

Wednesday, January 17. 

The Church of the Heavenly Rest was the scene, in the evening, of 
the wedding of Miss Emma Byrd Beach, the daughter of William N. 
Beach, and Lieutenant Charles Lee Collins, of the Twenty-fourth In- 
fantry, U, S. A. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. R. S. 
Howland, rector of the church. Lieutenant John J. Kane was the 
best man. The ushers were Lieutenants Newcomb, McCleveland, 
Massey, Burr, Allen and Oscar Crosby, U. S. A., who wore their uni- 
forms. The bridesmaids were Miss J. Beach, sister of the bride, 
Miss Florence Hoag, of Orange, N. J., cousin of the bride. Miss 
Alice Grifl&n and Miss J. Baker. Their dresses were of light pink 
merveilleux, made of dancing length, with the fronts laid in rufiies 
of duchesse lace. They wore short sleeves and mousquetaire gloves 
and carried bouquets of colored roses. The bride wore a dress of 
white satin, with a court train, the front being flounced with old 
point lace. It had lace sleeves and a pointed corsage, and the tulle 
veil was short and caught by white lilacs and natural orange flowers. 
She also wore diamonds, the gift of her father, and carried a bouquet 
of Bon Silene roses tied v.'ith a white ribbon. A large reception was 
held at the house of the bride's father. No. 108 West Thirtj'-eighth 
Street, where there were elaborate floral decorations, including 
floral canopy and bell of roses, a floral monogram, cornucopias, stars 
and banks of tulips and roses, festoons of smilax, etc. Bernstein's 
orchestra furnished music. About three hundred persons were pres- 
ent at the reception, including William N. Hoag, David Scott, A.' 
C. Hall, Mrs. Alonzo A. Alvord, Miss Alvord, Mrs. Cleland, Lewis 
Beach, General Hancock and staff, General Hayes, Colonel and Mrs. 
Kip, Captain C. Warren Beach, Mrs. B. Hillyer, Mrs. H. Byrd, Miss 
Byrd, Mrs. Burnett, M. B. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Courtlandt Palmer, 
Mrs. William B. Townsend, Mrs. Edmund Townsend, Mrs, Turner, 
Mrs. E. Buckley, Mrs. James Benedict, Mr. Bluhm, Mr. Brooks, Oli- 
ver Bridgman, Lieutenant Carter, Colonel and JMrs. O. Beirne, Conant 



WEDyESDAF, JANUARY 17. 195 

Foster and Dr. and Mrs. Quackenboss. The presents were very 
numerous and handsome, including Dresden china, four sets of sil- 
ver, an inlaid clock, a carved brass table, diamonds, paintings, mir- 
rors, etc. 

Abner W. Colgate and Miss Margaret Garr, the daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. George Garr, were married, in the afternoon, at the house of 
the bride's father, No. 1-1 West Forty-fifth Street, by the Itev. 
Francis A. Henry, of Litchfield, Conn., a brother-in-law of the Imde. 
George Frederick Garr, Jules Montant, Karrick lliggs and Vv'yllys 
Betts were the u.shers. The ceremony was very quiet, only friends 
and relatives being present. The bride wore a dress of white satin, 
with a pearl-emroidered front, and a point lace veil fastened with 
diamonds. A large reception follov/ed the ceremony. The bride 
and groom stood beneath a huge wreath of white and blush roses. 
The parlors were otherwise handsomely decorated with flowers by 
Hodgson. An orchestra furnished music. The bride and groom will 
make a trip to the South, and will live on their return at No. 50 
East Thirty-fourth Street. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. 
J. P. Kernochan, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kernochan, Mr. and Mrs. 
H. McK. Twombly, Mr. and Mrs. Del Monte, Mrs. Del Calvo, Dr. and 
Mrs. J. H. Alexandre, Miss Hastings, the Misses Kouth, the Misses 
Van Nest, Mr. and Mrs. Wysong, R. E. Colgate, Mr. Samuel Colgate, 
S. Smith, N. E. Strong, Miss McVickar, Mrs. De Euyter, Mr. and 
Mrs. D. 0. Wotherspoon, George Wotherspoon, the Misses Wother- 
spoon, Frederick Vanderbilt, Dr. David Haight and Jules Vatable. 

The wedding of Miss Catherine Curtiss, of Westchester, and Rob- 
ert Constantine, of this city, took place, in the afternoon, in Trinity 
Church, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Robert Scott, of 
Roselle, N. J. The ushers were Richard Constantine, Louis Con- 
stantine, William Armstrong and David Rait, Jr. The bride's dress 
was of garnet Ottoman silk and embossed plush combined. She 
wore a bonnet to match the dress and carried the usual bridal bou- 
quet. Among those present were the Rev. E. O. Flagg, the Rev. 
Washington Rodman, of West Farms, Mr. and Mrs. David Rait, Mr. 
and Mrs. H. T. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. John Titus, Mr. and Mrs. 
Andrew Constantine, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. 
Timpson, Dr. and ]\L:s. A. M. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Simpson, 
Samuel M. Purdy, Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson and James L. Wells. 

The wedding of Mr. Miles and Miss Palmer, daughter of James 
Palmer, and niece of Francis A. Palmer, President of the Broadway 
National Bank, took place in the Presbyterian Church built by 
Francis A. Palmer at Bedford, Westchester County. 

The wedding of Herman Stersburg and Miss Bodine took place at 
five P.M., in St. Mary's Church at West Brighton, S. I. 



106 THE t^EASOK 

Lady Mandeville gave a dancing party at the house of Mr. and Mrs. 
W. K. Vanderbilt, which was called a " surprise party," though lack- 
ing the element of unexpectedness. Nearlj' three hundred persons 
were present. Supper was served at small tables in the dining- 
room. The menus and the favors for the german were pretty. 
Dancing was carried on in the large oak-floored parlor on Fifty- 
second Street until a late hour. Among those present were Arthur 
Cadogan, of England, Colonel and Mrs. De Lancey Kane, Mr. and 
Mrs. William Jay, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Morgan, Jr., Ward McAllister, 
Miss McAllister, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Ogdeu 
Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. William Astor, Miss Astor, Lispenard Stewart, 
Miss Anna Cunard, Dr. and Mrs. Sew^^rd Webb, Creighton Webb, T. 
J. Oakley Rhinelander, Miss Helen Beckwith, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. 
Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott 
F. Shepard, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sloane, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bob- 
bins, F. W. Stevens, Miss Daisy Stevens, Mrs. Paran Stevens, Mr. 
and Mrs. S. V. R. Cruger, Mr. and Mrs, Pierre Lorillard and Mr. and 
Mrs. C. Burrall Hoffman. 

Mrs. John Emmons, of No. 22 East Sixtieth Street, gave her usual 
" at home." 

Mrs. John A. Robinson, of No. 22 East Twenty-second Street, gave 
a large reception from four until six o'clock. The drawing-rooms 
were prettily decked with cut flowers, and refreshments were served. 
Mrs. Robinson received in black brocaded satin made with a long 
train, the front being composed of scarlet satin. She was assisted in 
receiving by Miss Jean Turnure, Miss Lucy Work, Miss Alice Wood 
and Miss Hilda Oelrichs. Among those w^ho called were Mrs. John. 
Bigelow, Mrs. Low, of Brooklyn, Mrs. Remsen, Mrs. Goelet, Mrs. 
Wilson, Cj'rus W. Field, Judge Peabody, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence 
Turnure, Judge and Mrs. Peabodv, General and Mrs. Cullum, Miss 
Schieffelin, Mrs. W. M. Bliss, Mrs. C. C. Baldwin, Mrs. Wetmore, 
Mrs. Adrian Iselin, and Mrs. Bayard Cutting. 

The third meeting of the Minuet Club, a society of young ladies 
and gentlemen who are going to revive the Minuet dance, took place 
at the house of Lawrence Turnure, whose daughter. Miss Jean Turn- 
ure, is a member. The rehearsal pased off smoothly. There will be 
one more rehearsal before the invitation ball, which will take place 
on January 31st. The dance will then be presented in old-time cos- 
tumes. 

Mrs. William Rhinelander S.tewart gave a dinner-party at her 
house. No. 99 Madison Avenue. 

Mrs. E. D. Morgan, Jr., gave a dinner-party at her house. No. 413 
Fifth Avenue, in honor of Lady Mandeville. The party afterward 



WEnSFSDAY, JAKCARY 17. 1^*^ 

drove to Mrs. W. K. Yanderbilt' s surprise part3^ Among those pres- 
ent were Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Dr. Heitli, Mr. Hicc and 



Ward McAllister. 



Mrs Mitchell N. Packard, the Misses Packard and Mrs. C. H Tal- 
mage held a large reception at No. 5 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn. 

Mrs. Woodhouse received her friends at the Berkeley in the after- 



noon. 



Mrs E. H. L. Townsend, Mrs. O. F. Livingston and the Misses 
Ferris, Mrs. E. D. Morgan, Jr., Mrs. M. J. Hunt. Mrs F Cornish, of 
West Fiftv-third Street, Mrs. Henry Clews, at No. 14 Westlortieth 
Street, Mrs. H. C. Bowers and Miss Callisen were at home to their 
friends. 

Mrs. H. Chauncey gave an evening reception with dancing at her 
house, No. 21 Washington Square, in order to introduce Miss Chaun- 
cey, her daughter. 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Decker gave a dancing party at their house, 
No. 18 West Forty-ninth Street, in honor of their niece. 

mss J. Mills Smith, of Lexington Avenue, gave a masquerade party. 

Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Doyle, of No. 150 East Thirty- eighth Street, 
celebrated their silver wedding by giving a dancing party. The par- 
lors were decorated with flowers. 

Mrs John H Welsh and Miss Watson gave the third of a series of 
receptions at their house, No. 691 Fifth Avenue. A large company 
was present. 

Mrs. Peoli, of No. 25 East Seventy-fourth Street, gave a dancing 
party at her house. 

Company D, of the Twenty-second Regiment, enjoyed a dinner at 
Martinelli's. 

Captain F. S. Belton, of the Old Guard, entertained the Ancient 
and Honorabks, of Boston, at the Hotel Dam. 

The Amaranth Amateur Dramatic Society gave a dramatic per- 
formance and a reception in the evening, at the Brooklyn Academy 
of Music. 

The Wallack's Dramatic Society gave a performance and a dance at 
the Athenteum, Brooklyn. 



198 THE SEASON. 



Thursday, January 18. 

THE OLD GUARD I3.U.L. 

The Old Guard, wbich, unlike tliat of Napoleon, never dies but 
often surrenders— to its friends, gave a reception and a ball, in the 
Academy of Music. Before eleven p.m. it was apparent that the ball 
was to be a success in point of numbers at least. A long line of car- 
riages stretched up Ii'ving Place, waiting for the magic touch of the 
footman in front of the Academy. There was a perfect crowd inside 
the building. The pomp and padding of citizen soldiery was a sight 
to make a small boy burst with env3^ The cream coats and blue 
trousers of the Old Guard were most conspicuous. The Governor's 
Foot Guards, of Hartford, wore a uniform of biackskin trousers and 
Scarlet coats. The First City Troop, of Philadelphia, wore white 
tights and high boots and short blue coat, with white cross belts. 
They wore large brass helmets covered with hair. The Academj^ was 
prettily decorated inside, the fronts of the boxes being draped with 
flags fastened with shields and crossed swords. Over the stage 
gleamed the familiar design in gas jets of the Old Guard. Lines of 
bunting droojaed from the centre of the ceiling to the balcony boxes. 
The stage was set for a camp scene with tents, cannons, drums and 
stands of arms. The music was by the Old Guard band, led by L. 
Conterno. At eleven p.m. the grand march was led by Major McLean, 
commandant of the Old Guard, with Mrs. Follett, of Boston, followed 
by Major and Mrs. J. B. Clapp, of Hartford, and Captain and Mrs. 
Alexander Henriques, Then followed twenty-four selections for 
dancing. Supper was served in Nilsson Hall by Mazetti. The 
orders of dancing were prettily decorated with a bear-skin hat, 
sword and gun. Among the persons who occupied boxes were Gen- 
eral Shaler and staff, C. C. Eeid, Joseph Naylor, Eufus Hatch, Mrs. 
H. Coi^pinger, Dr. and Mrs. E. Guernsey, Brigadier-General S. K. 
Smith and staff, P. Henry, L. V. Black, E. Laimbeer, General Lloyd, 
Aspinwall, C. Finke, W. C. Connor, J. W. Eobertson, T. Eomelio, F. 
W. Child, H. T. Davis and F. F. Beals, James Munson, Mrs. Barthol- 
omew, J. W. Burnham, E. C. Brown, G. Henry V/itthaus, M. B. 
Brown, T. F. Morris, F. Osborne, Alderman Seaman, Valentine G. 
Mott, General Brownell and Staff, W. E. Woodward, Colonel G. W. 
Ladd, E. S. Chapin, W. F. Owens, Alexander Henriques, Noah Con- 
tent, Theodore Moss and the Misses Moss, Mrs. George A. Hearn, Jr., 
M. De Forest Bolmer, W. S. Fogg, J. E. Hill, H. H. Brockway, J. C. 
Alexander and David W. Judd. Among the others i:)resent were 
Mayor and j\Irs. Edson, Colonel E. A. Hotchkiss, of the Twenty-third 
Eegiment Veteran Battalion, D. N. Botassi, Consul-General of 
Greece, Lieutenant John L. Stevenson, of the Ancient and Honorable 
Artillery of Boston, General Frederick T. Locke, Captain John Mack, 
Commandant of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, Lieutenant- 
Commander E. T. Strong, U. S, N., Norfolk Light Artillery Blues, 



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199 



Captain Philip S. Miller, First Division Staff, Smith E. Lane, Lien- 
tenant-Colonel Charles N. Manchester, Fourth Brigade, Utica Citi- 
zens' Corps, Major B. B. Keeler, U. S. A., Salem H. Wales, Jacob 
Baiz, Lieutenant James B. Frost, of Boston, Surgeon I. Lester Keep, 
Dr A E. Macdonalcl, Dr. Cyrus Edson, Adjutant E. 11. Hills, of the 
Fifth U. S. Artillery, Thomas C. Acton, Colonel Samuel Kichards, 
Adjutant-General S. A. Drum, Major Dexter H. Follett and staff, of 
Boston, Colonel David E. Austen, of the Thirteenth Kegiment, Major 
John B. Clapp, of Hartford, T. A. Havemeyer, Hugo Fritsch, J. C. 
Kinney, General Fitzgerald and staff, Captain Erben, U. S. N., Hip- 
polito de Uriarte and wife, Major Thomas B. Rand, of the Ninth 
Kegiment , Colonel William H. Shafter, of the United States iirst 
Int^antrv, Major Walter K. Eossiter, Joseph B. Carr and staff, Major 
George' S. Merrill, of the First Light Artillery, Lawrence, Mass., 
Judges Barrett and John R. Brady, John C. Stevenson, U. S. N., 
General George W. Wingate, Chief-Engineer Robert Danby, U. S. N., 
Major Ryan and officers of the State Fencibles, of Philadelphia, Col- 
onel E. M. Crawford, of the Seventh Regiment Veterans, Brigadier- 
General William H. Brownell and staff, Captain E. P. Meeker, of the 
United States Marine Corps, Captain Gillis and officers of the United 
States Steamship Minnesota, Captain William H. Cundy, of Boston, 
General Daniel D. Wvlie, Captain Thomas Ward, U. S. A., Judge 
Advocate Bird Gardiner, Colonel Thomas C. Miles, of the Governor's 
Staff, Brigadier-General C. T. Christensen, Brevet Brigadier-General 
Charles G. Sawtell, U. S. A., Captain Ferdinand P. Earle, Corporation 
Counsel George P. Andrews, Judge Advocate-General Horatio C. 
King, Colonel Dudley S. Steele, of New Jersey, Colonel Rodney C. 
Ward, of the Twentv-third Regiment, Henry Clay Wood, Passed As- 
sistant Engineer John J. Barry,' of the Colorado, Brigadier-General S. 
R. Smith, of Connecticut, General R. H. Jackson, U. S. A., Colonel 
Joseph F. Tobias, of Philadelphia, the Misses Felt, Mrs. John Bige- 
low, Surgeon-General Keshner, Captain Wharton, Loyall Farragut, 
General Whipple, Commodore Upshur, Medical Director Bloodgood, 
Mrs. F. W. Tuttle, Miss K. Peter, Miss Sarah Van Leer, Miss Jessie 
Bartlett, Mrs. M. Bartholomew, Miss Haj-nes, Mrs. William Layton, 
Mrs. H. Claywood, Miss Cornelia J. Robinson, Miss Helen Goold, 
Mrs. George M. Skellew, Miss A. Longham, Miss Catlin, and Miss 
Wynkoop. Among the many beautiful dresses worn were the follow- 
ing : Mrs. Edson wore a dress of black satin made of dancing length 
and trimmed wath jet and with a square corsage finished with a 
Medici collar. The wife of Colonel F. K. Hain was dressed in garnet 
Ottoman silk made with a long train and an overdress of thread lace 
and a square corsage. Mrs. Frederick Boos wore a dress of black 
velvet with a front of black and gold brocade, black lace sleeves and 
a point lace fichu. Mrs. A. S. Dinsmore, of Boston, wore a dress of 
pale blue Surah satin made of dancing length trimmed with point 
lace and looped with roses. The wife of Captain A. G. Brown wore 
wine-colored brocade and satin, with Jacqueminot roses, pearls and 



200 THE SEASON. 

diamonds. Mrs. Egbert Guernsey's dress was of black velvet with a 
front of black satin embroidered in Persian beads. Miss Guernsej' 
vrore white satin and white silk combined. Mrs. Colonel Clements 
wore heliotrope gros grain silk and violet satin. Mrs. Colonel Morris 
wore black Ottoman silk. Miss Kinsella, of Brookh-n, wore a red 
satin dress with a front of white satin brocaded with red pears. Mrs. 
Albert Weber wore pale blue tulle over striped watered silk. 

Mrs. William Astor opened her house at Fifth Avenue and 
Thirtv-fourth Street, in the evening, for the entertainment of the 
dancing class, of which her daughter is a member, and which met 
last at the house of Frederic W. Stevens. The spacious rooms were 
set with camellias and plants and bouquets. On the supper table 
were three immense bouquets of roses and other flowers. Lander's 
orchestra occupied the balcony, and Pinard set the table. Mrs. Astor 
was attired in a black silk dress, trimmed with crape, and made with 
low neck and short sleeves. Miss Astor, who received alone with her 
mother, was attired in a dress of white tulle over satin, with the 
flounces trimmed with silver fringe. The corsage was cut square and 
sleeveless. Her bouquet was of pink roses. The guests arrived at 
eleven p.:m. Supper was served at twelve, and at one a.m. the german 
began, with about sixty persons dancing, led by Lispenard Stewart 
and Miss Astor. The favors were pretty white leghorn hats, filled 
with colored roses. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Edward 
Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Jr., Mrs. Butler-Duncan, Miss 
Butler-Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. H. Chauncey, Miss Chauncey, Mr. and 
Mrs. Bobert Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Colonel and Mrs. 
Delancey Kane, Mr. and Mrs. S. Nicholson Kane, Miss Sibyl Kane, 
Mr. and Mrs. Ward McAllister, Miss McAllister, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. 
Kernochan, Miss W^olfe, T. J. Oakley Bhinelander, Mr and Mrs. 
Frederic Bronson, Bayard Clarke, Jr., the Misses Clarke, Miss 
Cunard, Miss Anna Hall, Miss Turnure, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence 
Turnure, Mr. and Mrs. James Strong, Miss Strong, Mr. and Mrs. 
Kingsland, Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart, Mrs. Koosevelt, Miss Lang- 
don^Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Drayton, Mrs. Schuyler, Miss Daisy Ste- 
vens, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Stevens, LL:. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin and 
Miss Iselin. 

Mrs. Colonel Charles S. Spencer, of l^o. 446 West Twenty-third 
Street, gave a large tea from four until seven o'clock. The drawing- 
rooms were decked with a few vases of cut flowers. Mrs. Spencer 
was assisted to receive by her sister, Mrs. Edward T. Schenck, J>Irs. 
A. B. Cornell, Mrs. Charles Esdra, Mrs. Parkhurst, Mrs. H. W. John- 
son, Miss Kate Bell, and Miss De Forest. About four hundred peo- 
pie called, and music and refreshments were enjoyed. Mrs. Spencer 
received in a dress of black velvet, the front of cream-colored brocade 
being trimmed with flounces of old point lace. The pointed corsage 
and elbow sleeves were finished with the same lace, and her flov/ers 



THURSDAY, JANUARY 18. 201 

were velvet pomegranates, ^Yllich looped the dress and were worn on 
the corsage. Mrs, Schenck wort a dark blue velvet train and front of 
pale bine satin, embroidered in tea roses ; diichesse lace and diamond 
ornaments. Among those present were Mrs. Dexter A. Hawkins, Mr. 
and Mrs. Walter I. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knickerbocker, How- 
ard Carroll, Mrs. John H. Starin, Mr. and Mrs. Delano C. Calvin, Mr. 
and Mrs. Charles E. Thorne, John A. Livingston, Miss Livingtson, 
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner Wetherbee, 
Mrs. Abner Mellen, Mrs. Clark Bell, Miss Dell, Mr. and Mi's. Asher 
C. Havens, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Kennedy, Mrs. J. Valentine, Miss 
Ella E. Brown, Miss Van Nest, Mr. and Mrs. Clement S. Parsons, Jr., 
Miss Byrd, ]\Ir. and Mrs. Isaac Dayton, Mr, and ]\Irs. Augustus C. 
Taylor, Mi-, and Mrs. William H, Ely, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. H. Vance, 
the liev, and Mrs. V. Bruce, Mrs, Maitland, Mrs. Federick P, Voor- 
his, Mrs. George K. Sistare, Mrs. William H. Neilson, Mr. and Mrs. 
Joseph Milbank, Mr. and ilrs. F. E. Grant, ]\Ii-. and Mrs. George B. 
Prescott, Mr. and Mrs. Orlando B. Potter, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Chapin, 
George William Ballou, Miss Anna L. Sprague, Mrs. Charles D. Ward, 
Mrs. E. G. Burkham, the Misses Burkham, Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, 
Mrs. Thomas Butter, the Misses Butter, Miss May Wynkoop, Mrs. M, 
B. Wynkoop, Mr. and Mrs. Justin A. Bliss, Miss Ida E. JUiss, Mr. 
and Mrs. Sidney Dillon, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Wyckoff, Mrs. William A. 
Brown, the Misses Brown, Mrs. Egbert Guernsey, Miss Guernsey, 
Miss Mary Potter, Miss Martha Potter and Miss Neilson. 

Mrs. William E. Dodge, Jr., of No. 262 Madison Avenue, received 
from three until six. 

The Thursday Evening Club had a meeting at the house of Mrs. 
John Hone, Jr.," No. 21 West Thirty-third Street. 

Mrs. L. Townsend Howes gave an "at home" in the afternoon 
from three until six, 

A dinner was given at the Union League Club-house by Major C, 
H. Stott in honor of Major-General Joseph B. Carr. The tables were 
handsomely set, and the printed menu was very handsome. The 
guests were Brigadier General Daniel D. Wylie, Colonel Lee Cham- 
berlain, Colonel David M. Green, Lieutenant-Colonel John Dow-, 
Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry M. 
Alden, Major W, G. Carr, Major Arthur McArthur, F. H. Stott, Col- 
onel E. L. Gaul, Major Alexander Henriques, Arthur Dean and Gen- 
eral J. W. Hoysradt. 

Mr. and Mrs. Del Monte gave a dinner-party at their house, No. 31 
West Forty-seventh Street. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. 
Talfree, Mr. and IVIrs. W. E, Strong and Mr, and Mrs. Yznaga. 



202 THE SEASON. 

A reception was given from eight to twelve by Mrs. John B. Todd, 
of No. 246 Henry Street, Brooklyn. About four hundred guests were 
present. Among those were Mr. find Mrs. Henry Coffin, Mr. and 
Mrs. Swan, Mr. and Mrs. Earle, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, Mr. and ]Mrs. 
Sturgis Coffin, Mr. and Mrs. H. K, Sheldon, the Misses Arnold and 
Dr. and Mrs. De Silver. 

The Eutgers Presbyterian Church was the scene, in the evening, of 
the M'edding of Miss Josephine McKaraher Bomeisler, the onl}'- 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bomeisler, and Kobert Parks Mc- 
Bride. The ceremony was performed by the Ilev. Samuel McBride, 
of Pittsburg, Penn., a brother of the groom, assisted by the Rev. 
William Stephenson and the Bev. Edwin Potter. William S. Harts- 
horne acted as best man. The bride was given away by her father. 
The ushers were Colonel T. C. Miles, William B. Hind, L. E. Bomeis- 
ler, Charles Tully, P. H. G. Bissell and T. Wilson. The bridesmaids 
were Miss Allie Irwin, Miss Florence Bissell, Miss Jennie Brown, 
Miss Celeste Dessau and Miss Ada Cleveland. Two little girls. Miss 
Bessie Bomeisler and Miss Jennie McBride, preceded the bride, carry- 
ing leghorn hats of Bon Silene roses. The dresses of the bridesmaids 
were of j>ale pink, blue and cream gros grain silks. They were cut 
square in front and made with princesse backs and trains. Box- 
pleats ran down the fronts cf the skirts with heavy rose ruching. 
The bodices were in pointed tabs graduated down to the right side. 
Jacqueminot roses were worn for corsage bouquets, and in the hair. 
The children's dresses were of cream-colored Surah silk, with watered 
silk scarfs, cut square on the shoulders, with yokes and sleeves of Irish 
l^oint. The bride's costume consisted of heavj' white Ottoman silk. 
The entire front and bodice were hand-embroidered with seed pearls, 
and there was rose ruching at the bottom. The long train was made 
with under side-pleatings. The corsage was cut sqiiare in front and 
filled in with point lace, and the sleeves above the elbow were filled 
in with point lace. She wore a point lace veil, M'ith pointed half 
wreath and corsage bouquet of orange blossoms and carnations. Her 
hand bouquet was of lilies of the valley and white roses. She wore a 
diamond necklace and a cross of large solitaires, the wedding gift of 
the groom, solitaire earrings, diamond bracelets and pins. The veil 
was also caught uj) with a diamond join. A point lace fan and hand- 
kerchief with mousquetaire gloves completed the costume. The at- 
tendance at the church was very large. The decorations consisted of 
an arch of flowers and evergreens, and the chancel was filled with 
banks of flowers and plants. Tlie reception was held at Delmonico's, 
where the decorations consisted of a wide arch of flowers ten feet 
high, with the monogram of the bride and groom at the top. Banks 
of flowers and plants were on either side. Smilax was festooned from 
the chandeliers and balcony, with hanging brackets of flowers. 
Banks of jslants were in the corners, and stands of plants in the hall. 
Among the invited guesto Vv'ere Mr. and Ivlis. Benjamin H. Brewster, 



TUURSDAY, JAMWRY IS. 203 

Miss Brewster, Mr. and Mrs. John C, Kew, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. 
Randall, Judge and Mrs. C, A. Meyer, the Misses Myer, of Lock- 
haven, Mr. and Mr.s. Leonard Meyers, of Philadelphia, General M. 1\ 
Mcilahon, T. S. Thompson, Aristarchi Bey, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hill, 
Dr. £nd Mrs. L. A. Sayre, Colonel C. McK. Loeser, Leroy B. Sher- 
man, W. H. Irwin, S. H. Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Yuengling, Mr. 
and Mrs. J. L. Morgan, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Chittenden, Jr., Mr. 
and ]Mrs. V. Mumford Moore, Mr. and Mrs, E. L. Bomeisler, Mr, and 
Mrs. T. Bomeisler, Mr. and Mrs, Alexander McBride, Mr. and Mrs, 
David McBride, Mr. and Mrs. M. Tully, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie McBride, 
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cropsey, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Carstairs, of Phila- 
delphia, Mr. and Mrs. John McCall, Miss Carstairs, Colonel F. K. Hain 
and wife. Dr. and Mrs. Edward C. Harwood, Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Selig- 
man, Mr. and Mrs. William G. Moehring, Colonel T, J. Miles, of Phila- 
delphia, Dr. and Mrs. M. E. Tully, Dr. and Jklrs. M. C. Tully, Mr. and 
Mrs. A. B. Benjajuin, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Allen, Colonel and Mrs. A. J, 
Dam, Colonel F. Fitzgerald, of Philadelphia, Mrs. Lucy B. Chase, Mr, 
and Mrs. J. C. Runlde, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dunning, Mr. and Mrs. 
William F. Morrison, Miss Nina Waller, Miss Moore, Miss Mary 
Burchill, Miss Emma Burchill, Miss Hemphill, the Misses Monoll, the 
Misses Carroll, Miss Mallory, Miss Kate Phillips, Miss Phelps, Miss 
Kyle, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Dyatt, Miss Dyatt, Mr. and Mrs. William 
F. Morrison, Jr., J. Wray Cleveland, L. Dwight Olmstead and E. L, 
Bushe. The bride and groom will make a trip to the South, and will 
live on their return at No. 9G0 Fifth Avenue. 

Miss Alice Frothingham Power, daughter of the late James Power, 
was married at four o'clock to Allen Hart, at the house of her mother. 
No. 115 Eighth Street, Brooklyn, E. D., the Rev. Thomas Hughes 
officiating. The four ushers were Cornelius Evans, John Peterson, 
Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Gilham, The bridesmaids were Miss Josie 
Hart and Miss Mamie Ludlow. They wore dresses of white tulle 
over pink satin, drajaed with pink roses. Their bouquets were com- 
posed of Bon Silene roses, and they wore diamond ornaments. The 
bride was attired in a dress of white Ottoman silk made vrith a long 
train, the front of white plush being trimmed with crystal bead em- 
broidery. Her point lace veil was secured with a cluster of Nephetos 
roses, and her bouquet was composed of the same flowers. Her orna- 
ments Vv'ere diamonds. At the conclusion of the ceremony a short 
reception was held, 

" ARGONAUTS OF '49," 

The eighth annual dinner of the Associated Pioneers of the Terri- 
torial Days of California took place at Martinelli's. There was a con- 
tinuous stream of talk and singing, which " panned out" much enjoy- 
ment to the veteran Argonauts present. Elegant souvenir menus 
were given to each guest. Among those who responded to toasts or 
gave recitations were the Rev. Newland Maynard, Demas Strong, 



204: THE SEASON. 

Congressman J. Hyatt Smith, Generals Thomas Sweeney, Francis 
Darr and Thomas D. Johns, Judges Shea and McAdam, and James A. 
Sherry. Among the others present were James C. Eadie, ex-Governor 
Price, A. C. Ferris, H. S. Crandall, Dr. Colton, N. D. Morgan, E. C. 
Kemble, Edward Kemble, A. Lamassen, W. H. Lamassen, John 
Gault, Mr. Van Haen, Hugh McDermott, Eeuben Lord, Mr. Cowl- 
ing, W, C. O'Brien, W. H. Hampton, Charles W. Schuman, John Dan- 
forth, B. W. Jenness, W. E. Watson, E. R. Anthony, W. J. Hill, H. D. 
Winton, C. Lydecker, John Haydock, John Savage, J. J. McCloskey, 
H. Wilson, J. H. Welsh, R. J. Paulison, S. H. Quint, of Philadelphia, 
and John Landers, of San Francisco. 

Friday, January 19, 

THE LONGFELLOW TABLEAUS AT CHICKEEING HALL. 

A SERIES of tableaus vivants from Longfellow's poems were given, 
in the evening, at Chickering Hall under the direction of Mr, and Mrs. 
F. D. Millet, the Misses Matthews, Miss Rives and other well-known 
ladies. One of the most brilliant audiences of the season was pres- 
ent. For three weeks past a host of ladies and gentlemen prepared 
for last night's performance, which was a most artistic success. Dr. 
Henry C. Potter originated the idea which served the double purpose 
of honoring the memory of the late American poet and of providing 
funds for a reading-room on the east side. Over sixteen hundred 
tickets were sold at two dollars each, and the house was crowded. A 
huge gilt picture frame, twelve by twenty feet in size, was on the 
centre of the stage, with a background of deal cloth. In this frame 
the tableaus were presented, and the illusion of a picture was com- 
plete. Miss Sidney Cowell recited the poem of " Killed at the Ford " 
before the tableau of the same name, and Mr. Beckett sang " Be- 
ware," before that tableau. The auditorium itself was a picture. 
Every one was in evening dress, and many ladies were in full ball 
costume. There were eight tableaus in all, divided by an intermis- 
sion, and several consisted of two or three scenes each. *' The Span- 
ish Students" was first presented in four scenes — " The Serenade to 
Preciosa," " Preciosa Dancing before the Cardinal and Archbishop," 
" The Duel " and " The Gypsy Camp." The costumes were of the 
eighteenth century. Miss May Bird was Preciosa. She wore a dress 
of yellow satin covered with black lace, cut low, vrith gold necklace 
and ornaments, a garnet velvet waist, with Roman sash, and a black 
lace veil. Mr. W. Rutherford was Victorian and Mr, F. Abbot, Lara, 
In the dancing scene, which was very effective, Mr, Colt personated 
the Cardinal and Mr, L. Rutherford the Archbishop. The Serenaders 
were Mr. B. Cutting and Mr. Duncan Elliot. In the " Gypsy Camp" 
Miss Bessie Webb made a handsome gypsy girl, and the male parts 
■were filled by Mr. Whitlock, Mr. G. Wotherspoon and Mr. Heath. 
" Killed at the Ford " was divided into two parts. In one the hero 



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marched away among his comrades, in the other his sweetheart stood 
watching his\leparture. The second scene showed him lying dead 
at the ford and in the other frame his sweetheart falls back dead at 
hearing the sad tidings. Mrs. Frank White looked charming as the 
sweetheart in her simple country dress. Mr. Mason was the lover, 
and the soldiers were Mr. James B. Potter, IMr. Crocker and Mr. 
E-obert Cornell. The " Luck of Edenhall " was one of the best pict- 
ures shown The attendant lads and ladies wore Rubens costumes 
of great beauty. Miss Grace Potter was the bride, Mr. C. Munn the 
lover ; the courtiers, Mr. H. Cannon and Mr. B. Cutting, and the 
ladies, Miss G. Remsen and Miss Webb. In the second scene the 
armored knights were Mr. A. Conkliug, Mr. L. Howl and, Mr. J. B. 
Townsend and Mr. A. S. Carhart. Evangeline evoked loud and long- 
continued applause. A fairer Evangeline than Miss Fanny Swan 
made in her simple peasant dress of turquoise blue and Roman cap 
it would be difficult to imagine. Mr. B. Bayne was Gabriel ; Mr. F. 
Landon, the lawyer ; Mr. Blodget, the magistrate ; Mr. F. White, 
Gabriel's father ; Mr. Woodruff, Evangeline's father, and the soldiers 
were Mr. H. Gallup, Mr. Wotherspoon and Mr. L. Turnure. Miss 
Etta Strong and Miss Lizzie Remsen were Breton maidens. " Be- 
ware" was taken by Miss Louise Matthews and Mr. Charles Munn. 
Mr. J. H. Hyde was the adviser and Mr. A. Conklmg the old man. 
' ' Hiawatha'"^" called for most effective dressing and grouping. Mrs. 
James B. Potter v/as Minnehaha ; Mr. Mason, Hiawatha : the Misses 
Milner, Indian maidens, and attendant braves were personated by 
Mr. Heath, Mr. H. Miller, I\Ir. Cannon, Mr. C. Bodge and others. 
The '• Skeleton in Armor' was presented by Miss L. Matthews as the 
maiden, Mr. B. Bavne as the Viking, Mr. A. Conkling as Hildebrand, 
Mr Coit and Mr. J. B. Townsend as harpers, and Mr. J. D. Living- 
ston and Mr. Heath as guests. " Miles Standish" was the concluding 
picture. Miss Florence Matthews was Priscilla, iMr. F. Abbot, John 
Alder, and Mr. W. Purdy "the redoubtable Miles." Over eighty 
people, all told, took part in the perfonnance. At its conclusion 
there were loud calls for Mr. Millet, who bowed his acknowledgments 
before the curtain. 

Mrs. Edward King gave a large ball at Delmonico's to introduce 
her daughter. Miss Edith King. The ball-room had no decorations. 
Pink and yellow lights were arranged. Two bands were stationed m 
the balcony and furnished the music for the dancing. An elaborate 
supper was served. Mrs. King was assisted in receiving by her 
dau^diters. Miss Marv and Miss Edith King, and also by Miss New- 
bold and G. Gordon 'King. About three hundred people were pres- 
ent nearly sixty couples participating in the cotillon, which was led 
bv Charles Russell Hone, who danced with Miss Edith King. Mrs. 
King wore a black silk dress with a long train, trimmed with bands 
of crepe and with white lace at the neck and wrists, and diamond 
ornaments. The Misses King were dressed alike, in white tulle over 



206 . THE s/^ASoy. 

•uhite satin, made with long trains, low necks and short sleeves, and 
covered v/ith silver stars ; they were looped with clusters of pink 
rosebuds. They wore no ornaments, biit carried several bouquets of 
roses. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Glover and the Misses 
Glover, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick De Peyster, Mr. and Mrs. Philip 
Schuyler, Miss Marion Langdon, Miss Kane, the Misses Russell, 
Woodbury Kane, S. Nicholson Kane, Admiral and Mrs. Le Eoy, Mr. 
and Mrs. James Strong, Miss Etta Strong, Miss Cutting, Mrs. Cutting, 
the Messrs. Cutting, Miss Elizabeth Kean, the Messrs. Kean, Lord 
and Lady Mandeville, Dr. and Mrs. Seward Webb, Beverley Eobin- 
son, Edward De Pej'ster Livingston, Eobert Livingston, Miss Living- 
ston, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. K. Lawrence, Miss Fish, the Misses Blake, 
the Misses Waldo, Dr. Dawson, Clement March, Mr. and Mrs. August 
Belmont, Jr., Miss Dresser, A. S. Carhart, and William Pierrepont, of 
Brooklyn, Hamilton Webster, the Messrs. Piobbins, Henry Chauncey, 
Mrs, William Astor, Miss Astor, Mrs. and Miss Chapman, Miss 
Thoron, the Messrs. TurnbuU, Frank Benson, the Messrs. Hoppin, 
Miss Annie Neill, Peter Marie, the Messrs. Kirkland, the Messrs. 
Bussell, the Messrs. Miller, the Messrs. Cottenet, Austin Oothout, 
Elliott Eoosevelt, the Messrs. Emmet, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Ehine- 
lander, F. W. Ehinelander, Jr., the Misses Ehinelander, Lynch Mont- 
gomery, Cassimir De Eham, John Cadwallader, Lydig Suydam, James 
M. Varnum and Arthur Schermerhorn. 

Mrs. John Sherwood gave the first of her two Friday afternoon 
receptions. Several hundred people called, among them being Mrs. 
Maturin Livingston, Mrs. Arthur Wetmore, Mrs. C. Vanderbilt, Mrs. 
G. Ward, Mrs. Sheldon, Mrs. William B. Eice, Mrs. Ward McAllister, 
Mrs. Benoni Lockw^ood, Mrs. PierreiDont Morgan, and ILrs. P. 
Schuyler. 

Miss Milliken, daughter of Mrs. D. Milliken, of No. 1G3 Madison 
Avenue, gave a theatre party, and after the performance a dance and 
sujtper were enjoyed at Miss Milliken' s house. 

Mrs. Spencer D. Schuyler, of No. 52 West Thirty- eighth Street, 
gave a large private ball at her house. The drawing-rooms were con- 
verted into bowers of roses, and an extension was built for the musi- 
cians and supper-room. On the second floor a card-room was fitted 
Til) ^^^ decked with flowers and arches from which hung gilt cages 
containing singing birds, while on the third floor a room was set 
apart for smoking. Mrs. Schujder was assisted in her duties as host- 
ess by six young men, who wore ribbons of ruby velvet. The orders 
of dancing were large designs in French gray satin tied with scarlet 
ribbons and fixed at intervals about the rooms with bunches of roses. 
Mrs. Schuyler was attired in a dress of ruby watered silk, made with 
a long jolain train, which was bordered by a ruching. The front, of 
ruby velvet and watered silk, was trimmed v.'ith laco embroidered in 



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207 



colored pearls, and finished by a deep frin^^o of the colored pearls. 
The pointed corsage ^vas filled in with Spanish hice, and the elbow 
sleeves had under sleeves of Spanish lace, caught at the wrist by a 
band of pearl embroidery. Her ornaments were diamonds. Over 
two hundred guests were present : among them Mr. and Mrs. Chaun- 
cev M. Depew, Mrs. Hegeman, the Rev. Dr. S. Irenjeus Prime, Mrs. 
Prime and Miss Prime, Mrs. B. F. Beekman, Judge and Mrs. Burke, 
Mr. and Mrs. Mott, Mr. and Mfs. L. Hazeltine and the Misses Hazel- 
tine, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas ]\Iinford and the Misses Minford, Mr. and 
Mrs. St. E. De Forrest, Mr. and Mrs. Hicks, Miss Nielson, Mr. and 
Mrs. H. Horton, Mrs. H. Ellis, General and Mrs. Duryea and Miss 
Duryea, Dr. Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, and Mr. and I^Irs. Parma- 
lee. 

Mrs, IMarshall 0, Eoberts gave a dancing party for the Misses Endi- 
cott, at her house. 

Saturday, January 20. 

Mrs. Valentine G. Hall entertained the Saturday Club at her 
house, where dancing, flowers, music, and a pretty refreshment table 
supi^lemented the entertainment. The Missss Hall received the com- 
pany, v.'hich included Miss Anna Cutting, Miss Eslello Livingston, 
Miss Fanny Sv/an, Miss Ludlow, Mrs. Ludlow, Mrs. V/inthrop, T. J. 
Oaklev Rhinelander, Lispenard Stewart, Elliott Eoosovelt and Robert 
E. Livingston. The next meeting will be held at Miss Sands' s house, 
No. 80 Fifth Avenue. 

One of the handsomest dinners of the season was given by John R. 
Andrews, at Delmonico's, in the ball-room. The table was oval and 
handsomely decorated, the centre being filled by a bed of roses, vio- 
lets, lilies of the valley and lilacs ten feet in diameter. At each end 
were large round beds of tulips and other flowers. The menu had 
the names of the guests in gold letters and resembled a sealed letter. 
Colonel John R. Fellows made the witty speech of the evening, in 
which he feelingly alluded to the loss of six silver dollars in playing 
pool with -'Larry" Jerome, who, he said, was never honestly em- 
ployed except at' the time he drove a team on the tow-path. Mr. 
Jerome responded very much at Mr. Fellows's expense. Mr. Andrev.-s's 
health as a " Jolly good fellow" was drunk, and a quartette from the 
Ai'ion Society, as well as an orchestra, took part in the entertain- 
ment. Those present were S. Samanos, Stephen Massett, C. J. Os- 
born, J. H. DeMott, A. de Cordova, John R. Fellows, John T. Ray- 
mond, E. S. Chapin, Philip Bruns, W. H. Henriques, F. H. Gould, 
G. B. Scranton, L. R. Jerome, F. Ellison, C. Walsh, J. H. Miller, N. 
L. Hunting, H. A. Tappan, J. Dawson, J. Mora, Y. Martinez, G. B. 
Alley, S. C. Barnum, G. McClure, J. B. Brosseau, A. C. Foster, E. E. 
Dewey, T. H. French, J. P. Paulding, E. L. Nicolls, J. C. Abrams, 



208 THE SEASOX. 

H. Leavitt, C. Backman, "\Y. E. Connor, James Kelso, and Mr. Per- 
kins. 

The Essex County Hunt dined in pink coats at the Hotel Bruns- 
wick, the table being adorned with dogs, thoroughbreds, and other 
hunting devices. A statue of Diana in ice was the centre piece. 
The club has a membership of sixty, and will soon build a new club- 
house. Among those present were H. Hale, Edward Yanderbilt, Ed- 
M^ard Thebaud, William Kidder and Messrs. Bradley, Leavitt, Willard, 
Skonkle, Munn and Heckscher. 

The Honeymoon was presented by amateurs at the Academy of 
Music, for tiie benefit of the Princeton College Boat Club. 

Cornelius Fellows gave a dinner-party at the Union Club. 

In Brooklyn, Mrs. Eoswell D. Hatch introduced her daughter Edith 
at a large reception on Brooklyn Heights. 

Mrs, Thomas Meade gave a dancing party on Staten Island. 

Seven members of the Harlem Club gave a dinner which cost $180 
for the seven covers. 

Monday, January 22. 

General William CuTTrNG gave a ball at Delmonico's, in honor of 
his niece, Miss Annie Cutting. The second and third floors of the 
house were used, the latter for dressing rooms and wine-rooms. The 
ball-room was elaborately decorated with flowers and green foliage. 
No plants were used. Over each mirror were dense masses of camellias 
and ferns, and beneath them were banks of brilliant tulips and lilies 
of the valley. Between the mirrors were large plaques of fern and 
ivy, bearing in the centre of each a design in bright colors. Around 
the ceiling were stretched festoons of smilax looped up with laurel, 
and festoons fell from the ceiling. The music balcony was a mass of 
laurel and evergreen, and the hallways and smaller rooms on the same 
floor as the ball-room were elaborately decorated. Beneath each of 
the chandeliers in the ball-room hung five balls of red roses. The 
favors for the german were bouquets of large roses, with a sprig of 
English ivy and mignonette tied with satin ribbon and sprinkled 
with lightning bugs. Mrs. Hayward Cutting received the guests. 
Among those present were Mrs. William Astor, Miss Astor, Ward 
McAllister, Miss McAllister, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin, Miss Iselin, 
Miss Marion Langdon, Miss Annie Cunard, Miss Anna Hall, Mr. and 
Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. 
Ogden Goelet, T. J. Oakley Ehinelander, Charles Eussell Hone, Lis- 
penard Stewart, the Misses Eutherford, the Misses Matthews, Mr. 



TUESDAYy JANUARY 23. 209 

and Mrs. Delanccy Kane, S. Nicholson Kane, Miss Sibyl Kane, Mr. 
and Mrs. Frederic Bronson, J. F. D. Lanier, Coleman Draj-ton, Miss 
Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Howland, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kernochan, 
Mr and Mrs. S. V. R. Cruger, F. W. Stevens, Miss Daisy Stevens, the 
Misses Webb, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Cutting, :Mr. and Mrs. Brockholst 
Cutting, Bayard Cutting, Mrs. Chauncey, Miss Chauncey, J. Cadwala- 
der Creighton Webb, Charles de Rham, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Heck- 
scher, Miss Heckscher, Miss Fanny Swan, Mrs. Richard Irvin, Mr. 
and Mrs. James B. Potter, and Mr. Fearing. 

Mrs. William Astor entertained a small dinner-party at her house. 
The table looked very handsome with its silver service and a large 
bed of Jacqueminot roses in the centre. The following were the 
guests, who, after the dinner, were driven to the Cutting ball at Del- 
monico's : Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Howland, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Bron- 
son Mr and Mrs. J. F. Kernochan, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Morgan, Miss 
Griswold Gray, Miss Wolfe, Colonel and Mrs. S. V. R. Cruger, Cole- 
man Drayton, Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Fearing, J. F. D. Lanier, Mr. 
Welles, G. Howland, Miss Iselin, and Miss Hewitt. 

Mr. and Mrs. Silas Ludlam celebrated their golden wedding, in the 
evening, at their house. No. 176 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, the par- 
lors of which were hung with balls of roses, smilax festooning and a 
wedding bell of golden flowers. The pair were born in this city and 
were married in this city by the Rev. Spencer H. Cone. Mr. Ludlam 
is the oldest city surveyor in either city, having filled the position 
since 1827. A company of several hundred persons were present to 
wish continued prosperity to the aged couple. 

Mrs. Josiah Macy, Jr., opened her house. No. 18 West Fifty-third 
Street, for the reception of a large company of friends. The Misses 
Macy received with their mother. 

Mr. and Mrs. I>Ianuel E. de Rivas gave a children's party, in the 
afternoon, at their house, No. GO East Fifty- dfth Street. 

Dr. and Ikli's. W. H. Draper gave a small musical entertainment, in 
the evening, at their house, No. 4 East Thirty-seventh Street. 

The Cercle Francaise de I'Harmonie Ball took place at the Academy 
of Music. 

Tuesday, January 23. 

ElMEKSON AND LONGFELLOW. 

The Nineteenth Century Club held its second meeting at the house 
of Courtlandt Palmer in Gramercy Park. ]VIr. Palmer is the president 
of the association, and at its first meeting, two weeks ago, delivered a 



210 THE SEASON. 

lecture, in wliich he stated the scope and spirit of the new club, 
which was organized in November. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe read a 
jDaper to-night, entitled " Eeminiscences of Emerson and Longfel- 
low." Among those present were the following persons : Mr. and 
Mrs. Brayton Ives, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, Mrs. F. A. P. 
Barnard, the Marquis and Marquise de Lanza, Judge George C. Bar- 
rett, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Woolsey, the Kev. Dr. J. H. Kylance, Mrs. 
Paran Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ballou, Mrs. Barry, Mrs. V. 
Botta, Francis B. Thurber, the Kev. M. N. Schermerhorn, Mr. and 
I\JJ:s. Jordan L. Mott, Miss Holt, Dr. and Mrs. Weisse, Mr. and Mrs. 
Jackson S. Schultz, Colonel Frederick A. Conkling, Mrs. John Sher- 
wood, Dr. Barault, Mrs. Burton N. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. 
Croly, Dwight H. Olmstead, John How, Miss Breeze, jVL.-. and Mrs. 
Charles Evans, Bronson Murray, Mrs. David Crawford, Mrs. T. F. 
Meagher, Miss Emma Lazarus, the Eev. Dr. G. Gottheil, Mrs. Julius 
Catlin, Mrs. Charles L. Perkins, F. C. Whitehouse, Bayard Tucker- 
man, Edgar E. Saltus, Edward Tuckerman Potter, Dr. and Mrs. R. 
H. Derby, and Mrs. Lawrence Jerome. 

The wedding of Miss Clara A. Weston, the daughter of George S. 
Weston, and Henry W. Williams, of this citj^ took place, in the even- 
ing, at AH Souls' Protestant Episcopal Church. The pastor, the Eev. 
Dr. R. Heber Newton, performed the ceremony. H. C. Weston, the 
bride's brother, was the best man. The ushers were T. D. Weston, 
John N. Weston, W. D. Phillips, John H. Sanderson, Robert D. Far- 
lee and James A. Rose. The bride's dress was made of white brocade 
velvet, with a front covered with flounces of duchesse and point lace. 
The tulle veil was fastened with orange blossoms. A reception was 
held at the house of the bride's father in West Fortj^-second Street. 

Mrs. N. L. McCready gave a reception at her house. No. 10 West 
Twenty-second Street, from eight to ten o'clock, which was largely 
attended. Mrs. McCready wore a black velvet reception dress v/ith 
diamond ornaments. Miss McCready, who was attired in white tulle 
over satin, received the guests with her mother, assisted by Miss 
Sloan, Miss Nash, Miss Marion Sharpless, Miss Barnes and Miss Ire- 
land. The parlors were j)rettily decorated, the doorways and picture- 
frames being draped with smilax, the ends and corners of the rooms 
set with tall palms and ferns, while balls of roses hung in the door- 
ways and large baskets of roses rested on stands in njimerous places. 
Music and refreshments were provided. Among those present were 
Mrs. AVilliam Ward Bobbins, F. C. Baldwin, Mrs. Yanderpoel, Mrs. 
William G. Reed, the Misses Crosby, the Misses Young, Stacey Clark, 
Effingham Schieffelin, Mr. and Mrs. Schieffelin, the Misses Schieffe- 
lin, Mrs. A. Lawrence and Miss Lawrence, Mrs. and the Misses Ire- 
land, Miss LeRoy, Mrs. Charles Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. Edward 
Bell, Miss Wilmerding, Mr. and Mrs. Blatchford, IVIr. and Mrs. John 
T. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Turnure, Miss Jean Turnure, 



WFIJ^'ESI>Ay, JAyUARY 21 -11 

William Cutting, Miss Cutting, Newbold Lawrence, Miss Gertrude 
Lawrence, Mrs. William E. Dodge, Mrs. George E. Bliss, Miss Bliss, 
Mr. and Mrs. William Evarts Barnes, and Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey M. 
Depew. 

Miss Sargent, daughter of John O. Sargent, entertained the Im- 
promptu Dancing Class at her house, No. 28 East Thirty-fifth Street. 

Mrs. J. A. Bostwick gave a dinner-party in her house, No. 821 Fifth 
Avenue. The table was handsomely decorated with bouquets. The 
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Rockafeller. Mr. and Mrs. Brewster, Mr. 
and Mrs. Dominick, Mr. and Mrs. N. Kobinson, Mr. and Mrs. E. 
Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Knickerbacker, and Mr. and Mrs. L. Hazel- 
tine. 

Mrs. Charles Abernethy gave a reception at her house, No. 39 West 
Fifty-sixth Street. There was a large company present. 

Among those who called on Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt at her reception 
were Mrs. Munn, Mrs. Higgins, Mrs. F. P. James, Mrs. James Sloane, 
Mrs. Townsend, and Miss Lawrence. 

Mrs. John M. Cornell gave a large reception at No. 29 East Thirty- 
seventh Street. Late in the evening there was dancing, Stub's 
orchestra furnishing the music. 

"Wednesday, January 24, 

Phtladelphia, Pa.— Miss Harriet Penrose Cochran, of this city, was 
married this afternnoon, to Mr. John R. Suydam, of New York. The 
bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs, William Cochran, and the bride- 
groom a son of the late Mr. John R. Suydam. The wedding took 
place at "the residence of the bride's parents, No. 2005 Walnut Street. 
Mr. Suydam being in mourning, few invitations were issued, and these 
only to the relatives and most intimate friends of both families. No 
reception was held. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. 
McConnell, of St. Stephen's Church, who was assisted by the Rev. 
Mr. Prescott, of Sayville, L. I., where Mr. Suydam' s summer resi- 
dence is located. The bride wore a beautiful white satin dress, en 
tmine, trimmed with duchesse lace and orange blossoms, and a tulle 
veil. The corsage vras cut square in the neck. Her ornaments were 
diamonds. The bride received two checks, each for a large sum, 
from her grandfather and father. The bride and bridegroom left at 
an early hour for their bridal tour. It is said they will attend 
the Montreal carnival. Among those present from New York were 
Mrs. Walter Suydam, Mr. Newbold Lawrence, Mrs. Walsh, Mrs. Alfred 
Lawrence, Miss Hannah Lawrence, Mr. Frank Rutherford, Mr. IMau- 
rice M. Minton, Mr. Ludlow, and the Misses Lawrence. Among the 



212 THE SEASON. 

Philadelphians present were Mrs. Pepper, l\Tr. Cochran and the Misses 
Heckscher, the Misses Trotter, Mr. and Mrs. William Drayton, Mr. and 
Mrs. Morris Lewis, Miss N orris, and Mr. Heckscher. 

Miss Harriet Emerson Latting, daughter of Mr. John J. Latting, ' 
■was married at half past two o'clock at the Madison Square Presby- 
terian Church, by the Eev. Dr. Parkhurst, to Mr. Clarence R. Van 
Benthuysen, son of the late Charles Van Benthuysen, of Albany. The 
best man was Mr. Charles T. Van Santvoord. The ushers were Mr. 
Walter S. Latting, brother of the bride, Mr. T. Slidell Clark, Mr. 
Allen Boyd and Mr. John Scott Bo^'d. The bride was given away by 
her father. She wore heavy white Ottoman silk, \vith long train, 
front flounces of pearl lace, Pompadour corsage. A reception from 
four to six o'clock was held at the residence of the bride's parents, 
No. 58 West Thirty-eighth Street. Among the guests were Mr, and 
Mrs. John Ten Broeck, Miss Ten Broeck, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Somer- 
indyck, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Hutchins, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Percy 
Latting and Mr. and Mrs. Townsend D. Cocks, of Saltingtown, L. L 

Edward M. Bliven and Miss Cora E. ColweJl, daughter of the late 
Joseph Colwell, were married at five p.m., in the Church of the Incar- 
nation, by the Kev. Arthur Brooks. W. W. Bliven was the best man. 
The ushers were H. E. Floyd, F. W. Floyd, H. E. Gregory and W. F. 
Adams. Francis Colwell, the bride's brother, gave her away. She 
wore a travelling dress of amethyst velvet, with an embroidered front 
and hat to match, 

Jiliss Lucy Jennie Harvey and Professor Samuel R. Percy were 
married at eleven a.m. in Calvary Church, by Bishop Horatio Potter, 
assisted by the Rev. H. Y. Satterlee. A. D. Chandler and E. P. Coby 
were the ushers. The bride's dress was of maroon velvet and was 
trimmed with Valenciennes lace. 

Miss Alice Duval, the daughter of George Duval, was married to 
Francis Lysaght Dunne, of Boston, by the Rev. J. J. O'Reilly, of Su. 
Stephen's Roman Catholic Church, Brooklyn, in the evening. The 
ceremony took place at the house of the bride's parents in Carroll 
Street, Brooklyn, Mr. McLenan, of Boston, was the best man. The 
ushers were B. E. Martin, William Bryce, and Edgar French, of New 
York, and Richard ]\Iurfey, of Chelsea, Mass. The three bridesmaids 
were Miss Annie Duval, Miss Stanley, of Boston, and Miss Arguinbau. 
The bride's dress was of white corded silk made with aprincesse back 
and a front embroidered in seed pearls and crystal beads. The cor- 
sage was cut high and pointed, and the trimmings were of duchesse 
lace. The tulle veil was fastened with white jasmine, and a bouquet 
of the same was worn, with diamond ornaments. The bridesmaids' 
dresses were of white corded silk, with flounces of Oriental lace. 
Among the incited guests were ex- Mayor and Mrs. Grace, Miss Grace, 
Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Grace, Miss Eyre, Charles R. Flint, Senator John 



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J. Kiernan, Mr. and Mr.'?. Charles L. Bryce, Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Arguin- 
bau, M. Jones, the Messrs. Coleman, Mr. Bulger, D. G. White, o£ Chel- 
sea, C. E. Donellv, of Boston, Judge Troy, of Brooklyn, Mr. and xMrs. 
R. Ammee, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Phelan, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gates, 
the T^Iessrs. Boyd, the Misses Buckley, Mrs. Slevin, Mr. and Mrs. Wdl- 
lam Ferris, Miss Ferris, Mr. and Mrs. James Phelan, U. Phelan, W. 
Eichardson, Mr. and Mrs. Harnett, Mr. and Mrs. L. Livingston, th« 
Messrs. Hinman, and :\Ir. and Mrs. Alley. The presents were pretty 
and numerous. The bride and groom started on a Southern trip. 

Mrs. Commodore Vanderbilt gave a luncheon party at her house, No. 
10 Washington Place, for Mrs. W. D. Sloane, Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, 
Mrs. Twombly, Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Mrs. C. Vanderbilt, Mrs. 
Seward Webb 'and one or two other ladies. The occasion was a fare- 
well compliment to a number of the ladies who will start soon at the 
invitation of Mr. Vanderbilt on a trip to California. The centre of 
the table was occupied by a large bouquet with the words " Au Re- 
voir. " The corsage bouquets of the ladies were tied with satin rib- 
bon, with their names and the date stamped thereon in gold letters. 

Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sloane and a party of friends started on a 
palace car for Montreal to be present at the carnival and see the 
famous ice-house. Among the party were IMr. and Mrs. Arthur M. 
Dodge and George H. Bend. The party will return on Saturday or 
Monday. 

Mr. and Mrs. George B. Alley gave a reception for Mr. and Mrs. 
Edward Talcott. 

Dr. and Mrs. Emmet entertained the dancing class at their house 
in the evening. 

James A. Varnum and J. L. Meyers gave dinner-parties. 

]\Irs. Benoni Lockwood and Miss Florence Lockwood, Mrs. Corne- 
lius B. Mitchell, Mrs. Woodhouse, Mrs. Maitland, Mrs. H. C. Bowers, 
IMrs. M. D. Landon, Mrs. Samuel Weeks, Mrs. Arnoux, of the Bran- 
don, ilrs. Cornish and :Mi's. E. H. L. Townsend received their friends 
at home. 

The Kemble Amateur Dramatic Society gave a representation of 
Masks and Faces, and a reception, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. 

Thursday, January 25. 

THE CHARITY 'ball AT THE ACADEINIT. 

The Charity Ball— which has become such an old institution of New- 
York societyrthat many of the managers have forgotten when the first 
of the entertainments was given— took place at night at the Academy 



214 THE SEASON. 

of Music, and it was, like its predecessors, sneeessful in both a social 
and a financial sense. The proceeds of the ball, which the managers 
hoped would amount to $12,000, will be given to tiie Nursery and 
Child's Hospital, as in former 3'ears. The officers of the ball for this 
year were : President, Cornelius Vanderbilt, who fills the position for 
many years held by Arthur Leary ; Vice-President, Mrs. Algernon S. 
Sullivan ; Secretaries, Mrs. Kingsland and Mrs. J. W. Ellis ; Treasurer, 
Mrs. Edward Cooper. The Academy waited patiently until nearly 
ten o'clock before the people began to arrive in any great number. 
Inside the auditorium the word " Charity" in gas-jets over the stage, 
with the gas not yet fully turned en, winked and blinked sleepily on 
the scanty decorations which economy justifies at a ball for benevo- 
lent purposes. The immemorial vases set round the dancing floor 
were tilled with flowers, and a garden scene gave an illusive vista to 
the rear of the stage. " The company present is decoration enough," 
is the proud motto of the managers. The arrangements for carriages 
were as usual, so that people could take the first carriage in line on 
leaving the Academy. At ten p.m. the black line of hacks began to 
arrive in Irving Place, and as they reached the entrance of the Acade- 
my each suddenly burst open, and out flitted some daintily dressed 
figure like a butterfly of spring. From the number of slippered feet 
15ut out on the pavement it would seem that all the Cinderellas as 
well as their sisters had run away to the ball. Meanwhile there was 
a little bit of satire in the knot of impecunious small boys who shiv- 
ered on the sidewalk in the chilly and threatening air while they 
watched the rich people go in and commented on them. Bj'^ half 
past ten p.m. the Academy had gathered a fair representation of the 
beauty and chivalry of New York. The promenade of the managers 
was a pretty sight, as they wound two and two, a brilliant border, 
around the dancing floor. The first quadrille, " Charity," by Die- 
trich, broke the ice, and the floor thereafter continuall}' presented a 
fascinating sight. Such a rich display of color is not often seen as 
was presented by the ladies" toilets. It seemed as if the v/hite light 
of the word Charity had passed through a prism and so fell on the 
floor in all the splendid colors of the rainbow. To one sitting in the 
boxes and watching the dancers, the scene was rich in sensuous de- 
light. The rustle of rich dresses and the rhj'thmic beat of a thousand 
feet came up from the floor, which nov\^ looked like a dancing sea of 
color and again like a well-disposed flower garden ; while from the 
gallery fell the lively or dreamy notes of the music of Gilmore's and 
Lander's well-drilled orchestras. 

THE MUSIC AND OKDER OP DANCES. 

The following were the selections of music played : Overture, '* Obe- 
ron," Weber ; Selection, " Huguenots," Meyerbeer ; Grand March, 
" Charity Ball" (first time), Hartmann. The order of dances was as 
follows : 



THURSDAY, JAyUARY 25. 215 

1. Qnaddlle, "Chanty" W. G. Dietrich 

Fantasie, " Carmen " Bizet 

2. Waltz, '-Natural Flowers" E. Strauss 

Gavotte, " Russian " Mills 

3. Galop, " Le Grande Vitesse.. Waldteufel 

Swedish Weddmg March Sudermann 

4. Waltz, " Sinnbilder " Fahrbach 

Polonaise, " Misrnon " Thomas 

5. Galop, " Hei?h-Ilo " ,Wein£?arten 

Finale, " W illiam Tell " Rossini 

C. Lanoiers, " Sararoira " J. Bernstein 

Patrol •' American " (new) Norrito 

7. Waltz, " My Queen " Coote 

Entr' Acte, " La Colombo " Gounod 

8. Galop, " Luftit? und Duftig " Strauss 

Selection, " Patience " Sullivan 

9. Waltz " Winter Echoes " Dietrich 

Song, " The Lo.-t Ciiord " Sullivan 

10. Galop, " Mousse " Fahrbach 

Fragment, '" Lolieufrrin " Wacner 

11. Lanoiers, " Queen's Lace Handkerchief " Boettger 

Gavotte, " L'Ingenue " Anliti 

12. Waltz, " Special Berichte " Czibulka 

Chorus, " Mefistofele " Boito 

13. Polka, " Kifzliche Kellner " Lander 

Serenade, '' Japanese " - Fliege 

14. Waltz, •' La Barcarole " Waldteufel 

Sextet from Lucia, " Chi mi f rena " Donizetti 

15. Galop, " Merry War " J. Strauss 

Fantasie Espagnole, " Dolores Metra 

16. Lanciers, " Flirtation " J. Wiegand 

March, " lolanthe " Sullivan 

17. Waltz, "Berceuse" Waldt'-ufel 

Scene and duet. " II Trovatore " Verdi 

18. Galop, " Dash " G. Wiegand 

English sonir. " Dashing White Sergeant" Bisliop 

19. Waltz. " La Fee Mignonne" J.Bernstein 

Invocation, " RienzV " Wagner 

20. Polka, -Stefanie" Fahrbach 

Fantaisie, " Le Biiou Perdu " Adam 

21. Lanciers, "Enterprise" Weingarten 

Finale, " Der Freischutz " Weber 

22. Waltz. " Kiss " J- Strauss 

Concert Polka, "Lovely Laura" Gilmore 

23. Galop, " Entweder— Oder " Strauss 

Selection, "La :\Iascotte" Audran 

24. Waltz, " La Source " Waldteufel 

Song, ":Morning" Beethoven 

25. Polka "La Visite " Lander 

" Sweet Home." 

The general managers of the ball, numbering about four hundred and 
fifty, were in charge of the floor, and Arthur Leary and Theodore 
Moss gave tlieir services to the reporters. Supper was served by 
Taylor, of the St. Denis Hotel, in Nilsson Hall. The guests arrived 
late, many coming after midnight. The procession marched on the 
floor at 10.45 p.m., led by Cornelius Yanderbilt and Mrs. Algernon S. 
Sullivan, the president and vice-jjresident of the society. Mrs. Sulli- 
van wore a dress of pale canary silk and brocade made with a train 
and having a corsage bouquet of tea roses. Algernon S. Sullivan 



216 THE SEASON. 

escorted Mrs. W. Kingsland, who M-ore a robe of black velvet having 
a front of blue brocaded satin with pearl trimmed panniers. The cor- 
sage was cut square and trimmed with ducliesse lace. Mr. and Mrs. 
J. W. Ellis came third, Mrs. Ellis having on a dress of black satin 
with a long train and sleeves of lace. Mrs. Edward Cooper M'as 
escorted hy Creighton Webb and wore a black velvet robe with a front 
of white brocaded satin. The corsage was sleeveless and decollette, 
and garished with ostrich tips. She wore diamonds and pearls. 
Then followed Walter Trimble and Mrs. Thomas Hicks, Edward N. 
Tailer and Mrs. James B. Potter, James B. Potter and Mrs. Burton N. 
Harrison, Mr. Kamsdell, of Newburg, and Mrs. R. H. L. Townsend, 
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Appleton, Mr. Kingsland and Mrs. Sidnej^ Apple- 
ton, Edward Cooper and Mrs. G. W. Ballou, Mr. and Mrs. John H. 
Flagler, and Mr. Yansantvoord and Mrs. Bigelow. Many of the man- 
agers came too late to take part in the march. Instead of dancing 
the quadrille, the first musical selection, the people began waltzing in 
an aimless way. 

THE OCCUPANTS OF BOXES. 

The boxes were occupied as follows : Froscenium boxes — N, Mrs. Ed- 
ward Cooper ; 0, ex-Mayor W. E. Grace ; P, Mrs. Cornelius Vander- 
bilt ; E, Mrs. Flagler ; S, Henry Copinger ; D, IVIrs. Kingsland ; E, 
M. Mitchell ,- F, ex-Governor Stanford, of California ; G, Mrs. E. Mc- 
Alpine ,• H, Mrs. S. E. P. Gordon. Numbered boxes— 1, Mrs. Henry 
A. Eogers ; 2, Mrs. J. L. Browen ; 3, ]VIrs. Van Arsdale ; 4, Mrs. G. H. 
Howell ; 5, Mrs. Joseph S. Decker ; 6, Mrs. J. A. Bostwick ; 7, H. O. 
Bernard ; 8, W. H. Brewster ; 9, Mrs. M. E. Feyh ; 10, Mrs. J. C. 
Cary ; 11, Mrs. James McCall ; 12, Mrs. Beringer ; 13, Mrs. G. Por- 
ter; 14, Mrs. William Eockafeller ; 15 and IG, Mrs. C. E. Boardman ; 
17, Mrs. Egbert Guernsey ; 18 and 19, Charles Morgan ; 20, Mrs. 
Charles P. Williams ; 21, Mrs. S. C. Harriot ; 22, Mrs. Demarest ; 23, 
Mrs. John S. Martin ; 24, Mrs, Lester Wallack ; 25, James Butler ; 26, 
Mrs. John B. Ellis ; 27, Mrs. Fabbricotti ; 28. Mrs. J. W. Alexandre ; 
29, Mrs. H. M. Eequa ; 30, Mrs. Eobinson ; 31, Theodore Moss ; 44, 
O. D. Orvis ., 45, F. J. W. Hurst ; 46, Lloyd Aspinwall, Jr. ; 47, Mrs. 
Julia M. Powell ; 48, Mrs. Bancroft ; 49, Mrs. J. Patten ; 51, Mrs.- 
Eeed ; 52, E. W. Scott ; 53, Mr. McGluchy ; 54, Mrs. Fling ; 55, Mrs. 
J. J. White. Artist -Boxes— Grisi, Mrs. John D. Townsend ; La 
Grange, Mrs. Eaymond ; Piccolomini, Mrs. E. F, Winslow ; Patti,^ 
Commodore Dickerson ; Kellogg, W. E. Webb ; Nilsson, William E.' 
Tefft ; Parepa, N. V. Palmer, Jr. ; Sontag, Mrs. O. B. Potter ; Mozart, 
Mrs. L. Haas ; Eossini, Mrs. Ames Van Wart and Mrs. E. A. Farring- 
ton ; Meyerbeer, C. D. Belden ; Bellini, John T. Eaymond ; Donizetti, 
J. E. Eobert ; Gounod, W. F. O'Neill ; Weber, H. F. Godet ; Wagner, 
J. F. Knoedler ; Auber, Mrs. James E. Waterlow, Among others 
present were the following : General Lloyd Aspinwall, L. Sej-mour 
Ashley, Horace Barry, Bruce Brown, George H. Bend, J. M. Bundy, 
0. 0. Baldwin, Eugene Blois, W. F. Bull, Judge J, B. Brady, D. W. 



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Bishop, John Benjamin, G. Banyer, James H. Beekman, William 
Harold Brown, Louis Fitzgerald, Edwin Freligh, Edgar Fawcett, E. P. 
Fabbri, Dr. and Mrs. G. Griswold, Joseph A. Garguilo, J. II. Good- 
sell, W. H. Gunther, Jr., Suydani Grant, E. L. Godkin, John Clinton 
Gray, Wendell Godwin, Arthur Leary, William H. Morrell, General 
McMahon, Frederick T. Martin, D. Comyn Moran, Louis Ponvert, E. 
L. Partridge, Horace Russell, F. Randolph Robinson, Judge Sedg- 
wick, Jesse Seligman, Francis K. Sturgis, I. Frederick Schenck, 
Francis E. Trowbridge, John Travers, Jr., Baron 0. do Thomsen and 
wife, John Whipple, Gustavus Winston, Sidney Webster, Charles E. 
Whitehead, Richard T. Wilson, Mrs. B. G. Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. 
James Benkard, Mr. and Mrs. Christian Bors, Allan Campbell, Smith 
Clift, the Misses Clift, Joseph H. Choate, G. W. Cottrell, J. W. Clen- 
denin, John L. Cadwalader, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clews, H. H. 
Crocker, J. M. Ceballos, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. E. Delafield, Jr., M. L. 
Delatield, Smith Ely, Jr., Henry Fitzlmgh, Josiah M. Fiske, George J. 
Gould, William Graham, George H. B. Hill, F. W. J. Hurst, Dr. and 
Mrs. W. A. Hammond, Frederic R. Halsey, W. A. Hames, Jr., W. H. 
Hurlbert, David Haight, J. J. Hull, Wilson G. Hunt, W. B. Lawrence, 
J. W. McLane, Mr. and Mrs. William H. McVickar, Knight Neftel, 
Edwin A, Post, General Porter, Allan T. Rice, Judge Charles A. 
Rapallo, Robert Sewell, H. Erskine Smith, Russell Sage, A. Spencer, 
J. Nelsoq, Tappan, Charles L. TifEany, James M. Varnum, William H. 
Wickham, George C. Wheelock, C. DuBois WagstafE, Dr. Fuller 
Walker, F. W. Whitredge, J. Vissoher Wheeler, Mrs. Samuel P. Blag- 
den, Mr. and Mrs. B. II. Bristow, Mrs. Banks, Mrs. N. Beckwith, 
Mrs. C. P. Burdett, Mrs. Henry A. Barcla5% Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin 
Brewster, Mrs. John Bloodgood, Mrs. George H. Byrd, Mrs. C. S. 
Baker, Mrs. F. P. Banks, Mr. and Mrs. J. Adriance Bush, Mr. and 
Mrs. William Belden, Mr. and Mrs. J. de Neufville, Mr. and Mrs. L. 
Del Monte, Mrs. Clarence S. Day, Mrs. John II. Davies, Mr. and Mrs. 
•Joseph W. Drexel, Mr. and Mvs. J. Coleman Draj'ton, Mrs. A. J. Dick- 
inson, Mrs. Lewis Edwards, Mrs. Richard S. Ely, Miss Furness, Mr. 
and Mrs. Austin Flint, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. S. B. French, Mrs. Edmund 
M. Felt, Mrs. John H. Flagler, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Fargo, Mrs. 
Thomas P. Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gurnee, Mrs. Cornelius S. 
Lee, Mrs. William P. Lee, Judge and Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. John Mc- 
Ginnis, Jr., Mrs. Luther R. Marsh, Mrs. Eugene McLean, Mrs. David 
Colden Murray, Mr. and j\Irs. T. B. ]\Iusgrave, Mrs. Abner Mellen, 
Jr., Mr. and Mrs, Frederick Neilson, Mrs, Franklin Osgood, Mr. and 
Mrs. P. B. Olney, Mrs. E. A. Packer, Mrs. George Place, Mrs. A. T. 
Stewart, Mrs. J. "^Mortimer Thorne, Mrs. Paul Thebaud, Mr. and Mrs. 
E. N. Tailer, Mrs. R. H. I. Townsend, Mrs. James Thompson, Mrs. 
Edward G. Tinker, Mr. and Mrs, A. Van Santvoord, Mrs. Edward A. 
Wickes, Miss Hattie Leland, Mrs. Leland, Miss McKenzie, of Balti- 
more, Mr. Saunders, Miss Pierce, of Boston, Miss McKay, of Mon- 
treal, James Courtenay, Miss McElroy, William J, Schenck, Miss 
Minnie Stone, Frederick Schenck, Charles F. Courtney, W. W. Moir, 



218 THE SEASON. 

Miss Merc5% of Virginia, Miss Lily Grover, of Washington, Mrs. I. 
Weil, Miss O'Neil, Miss Proudfoot, Mrs. H. Bernard, Miss Converse, 
Mrs. A. Jackson, Mrs, Dr. Meigs, Miss N. N. Bickford, Mr. and Mrs. 
Nathan, Miss Eager, Miss Bancroft, Mrs. Hager, Miss Hager, Miss 
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Burden, Mr. and Mrs. Elie Charlier, 
ex-Governor and Mrs. A. B. Cornell, Mr. and Mrs. "^V^hitelaw Keid, 
Mrs. Horace Chittenden, Mr. and Mrs. William G. Choate, Dr. and 
Mrs. C. F. Chandler, Mr. and ]\Irs. John Cropper, Mrs. T. M. Cheese- 
man, Mrs. W. G. Davies, Mrs. Louis P. Henop, Mrs. Thomas Hicks, 
Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Hurlbut, Jr., Mrs. John Hoey, Mrs. Harold 
Haddon, Mrs. Russel G. Hoadle}', Mrs. I. How, Mr. and Mrs. Dexter 
A. Hawkins, Mrs. E. S. Higgins, Mrs. A. Lawrence Hopkins, Mrs. J. 

D. Jones, Mrs. A. J. Johnson, Mrs. Eastman Johnson, Mrs. F. P. 
James, Mrs. E. Knower, Mrs. E. Bruyn Kellogg, Mrs. W. M. Kings- 
land, Mrs. Jehiel Post, Mrs. George H. Potts, Mrs. George B. Post, 
Mrs. John Eiley, Mr. and Mrs. Sjdvanns Eeed, Mrs. John A. Robin- 
son, Mrs. E. Raymond, Mrs. D. Henry Smith, Mrs. A. B. Stone, Mrs. 
S. Sloane, Mrs. Wallace Shillito, Mrs. John Sherwood, Mrs. Clarence 
A. Seward, Mrs. George S. Scott, Mrs. W. B. Shattuck, Mrs. Walter 
C. Tuckerman, Mrs. Tighe, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick D. Tappen, Mrs. 
Rudolph W. Townsend, Mrs. William H. Tillinghast, Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry Villard, Mrs. L. Wilmerding, Mrs. Dr. Smith, Miss Devlin, 
Mrs. E. J. Priest, Mrs. C. H. Bass, Mrs. C. P. Reed, Miss Brown, Miss 
Marreneer, Mrs. D. Brown, Miss Georgie Traver, Miss Leamist, Mrs. 
U. E. Simmons, IVLrs. A. Sanger, Miss Stenberg, Mrs. H. R. Dunham, 
Mrs. R. Dart, Miss Dart, Mrs. Richard Walter, Mrs. James T. Cow- 
(hey, Miss Fowler, of Detroit, Miss Louise Bernard, Mrs. J. N. Ander- 
son, Mrs. M. E. Dickerson, Miss Jackson, Dr. Allen, Miss Nagle, Mrs. 
Eager, Mr. and Mrs. Francklyn, Miss C. Livingston, Miss Mary Hager, 
Mrs, R, F. Brown and LIrs. Bettner. 

WHAT SOME OF THE LADIES WOKE. 

Among the handsome dresses worn were the following : Mrs. David 

E. Gwynne wore a skirt of white brocade satin with pannier drajDeries 
of tulle, and a vraist of pink Ottoman silk, with square corsage, 
trimmed with pink crystal and embroidered tulle. The sleeves were 
of tulle. She wore diamondri and turquoise ornaments. The dress 
of Mrs. William Leland was of deep red moire made with a train and 
draped with black thread lace, looped with bunches of currants and 
cherries. Miss Hattie Leland was attired in ruby silk with a train of 
white brocade, the front being embroidered in colored floss. The 
corsage was cut square and the sleeves were made of Spanish lace. 
Miss Kate Eager, of California, wore a Worth dress of white silk bro- 
caded with pink rosebuds, having a full shirred skirt and a corsage 
with a square yoke of changeable red satin. The sleeves v/ere of red 
satin, and the ornaments wore with the dress were diamonds and 
pearls. Miss Georgie Traver, of California, was attired in a corn- 



TJIL'RS DAY, JANUARY 25. 219 

colored satin dress, trimmed ■^\'itli black Chantilly lace and made with 
a traia. Her ornaments were diamonds. j\Irs. Dwight Townsend 
had on a dress of black velvet, made with a long train and trimmed 
with thread lace, and she wore a point laec lichu. Mrs. Miller wore 
a becoming dress of bine moire, with a train, the trimmings being of 
point lace and her ornaments being diamonds. jMrs. S. C. Harriott's 
dress was made of canarj'- silk, elaborately embroidered in white floss 
silk, which was combined with white brocade. The front was of pearl 
and crystal embroidery, and the square corsage was trimmed with 
crystals. She wore diamond pendants, necklace, pin and earrings. 
Miss Florence Harriott wore a dress of pink satin, combined with 
brocade and trimmed with cords and tassels. She wore Jacqueminot 
roses and ornaments of pearls and diamonds. I^Ii's. N. M. Bickford's 
robe of garnet Ottoman satin and damasse was made of dancing 
length and embroidered in Irish jioint lace. She wore mousquetaire 
gloves and a bouquet of pink rosos with diamond ornaments. Black 
velvet formed the dress of Mrs. E. G. Priestley, which was made with 
princesse train, the front being of scarlet satin shirred and trimmed 
with deep ruffles of Oriental lace. The train was garnished with 
smilax and Jacqueminot roses. Diamonds and rubies were worn with 
the costume. Mrs. W. P. Colgate's toilet was of dark wine-colored 
Ehadame satin made of dancing length and embroidered in designs 
of pink and scarlet roses with floss silk. She wore diamond orna- 
ments. The dress of Mrs. J. W. Brazier was of white satin embroid- 
ered in pink roses with a front of pink satin covered with point lace. 
The corsage was low a,nd the sleeves short. Scarlet and pink roses 
were worn together with a diamond necklace, rubj'- pendant, a dog of 
diamonds, a ruby bug and ruby and diamond bracelets. The wife of 
Dr. Eanney wore a robe of white embossed brocade with a front of 
pale blue satin covered with ruffles of old round point lace ; a square 
corsage and a Medici collar bordered with Boman pearls, pink and 
blue ostrich feathers and diamonds completed the toilet. Miss Cur- 
rier wore a pale blue silk train with a front of embossed cream velvet 
on a blue satin ground, having a square corsage and trimmed with 
duchesse lace. Diamond ornaments were worn. Mrs. M. Plummer 
wore a light blue Surah satin dress with a long train, the front being 
embroidered in white jet and pearl beads. The sleeves were of pearl 
embroidered net. It had a square corsage. Pink and red roses 
and diamond ornaments were worn. Miss Hicks wore a pale 
pink satin dress of dancing length, with the back shirred and 
trimmed with flounces of Oriental lace. The front was covered 
\vith lattice work of crj'-stal beads. The sleeves were also of crystal 
beads. It had a square corsage. Pink satin ribbons and dia- 
monds were worn. Mrs. J. L. Leib's dress of white satin striped 
grenadine had a train trimmed with Spanish lace. She wore Spanish 
roses and diamonds. Miss Ilolley wore a dress of blush pink satin 
and damasse of dancing length, with a Pompadour bodice and dia- 
mond cut sleeves, pink gloves, and ostrich feathers in the hair and on 



220 THE SBASOX 

tlio coiffure, Rpanisli lace and diamonds completed the toilet. Mrs. 
P. F. Unger, of San Francisco, vrore a white satin and crepe de chine 
dress made in Mary Queen of Scots style, with pnffed sleeves, apple- 
blossom garnitures and diamond ornaments. Mrs. John S. Martin 
wore a white moire dress with court train, the front being trimmed 
with pearl-beaded fringe ; the sleeves were of crystal embroidered 
net, and a bouquet of Ben Silene roses were worn. Mrs. John H, 
Flagler was dressed in white satin, with a long train, bordered by 
pleating and a band of ostrich feathers. The front was of embroidered 
satin, and the panels and trimmings of pearl beads. The sleeves 
were of pearl-beaded net. Pink and yellow roses and diamonds were 
worn. Miss Sarah Wolff wore a white Ottoman satin dress with low 
and sleeveless corsage, and guimpes of dotted tulle. Carnations and 
l^earls were added to this toilet. Mrs. H. B. Conrad had on a mauve 
satin and embossed velvet dress made oi! dancing length, with puffed 
sleeves and trimmed with swansdown and Spanish lace. Pink roses 
formed her bouquet. IMiss Sands wore a dress of palest yellow satin 
witli a long train, the front and sleeves being of embroidered tulle. 
Pink tips on the corsage and a bouquet of Bon Silene roses and lilies 
of the valley, with diamonds, were worn. Miss Edith Jaffra}' wore a 
dress of white satin, with a long train covered with ruffles of white 
tulle. The front was garnished with white lilacs. The bodice was of 
wine-colored velvet. A bonquet of lilacs, long monsquetaire gloves 
and pearl ornaments were worn. Mrs. James McVickar wore a white 
gros-grain silk dress with train and trimmed with Roman pearl fringe ; 
square corsage, duchesse lace and diamonds completed the toilet. 
Miss Johnson's dress was of white satiji, with a train, and trimmings 
of crystal-beaded lace and white satin ribbon loopings. A bouquet 
of chrysanthemums and pearls and diamond ornaments were worn. 
Mrs. E. M. Angel's dress had a princesse train of white satin with 
raised velvet flowers bordered by a ruching of pink odalisque. The 
front was laid in pleats of olive green, scarlet pink and bronze satin. 
It had a low neck and short sleeves. Scarlet tips in the hair and dia- 
mond ornaments were worn. Mrs. D. J. King wore a mauve brocade 
with a long train, point lace trimmings and pearls, and diamond 
ornaments. Mrs. Fegh wore a dress of heliotrope satin, with a 
train, and trimmed with heavy duchesse lace and diamonds. Miss 
Winans, of San Francisco, wore a white satin dress with a long train 
and front of Spanish lace. Scarlet roses and pearl-beaded lace 
sleeves, with jDearl ornaments, were worn. Miss Carpenter, of San 
Francisco, wore a white satin dress with train ; a square and sleeve- 
less corsage, point lace trimmings, pearls and diamonds, and blue 
ostrich tij^s in the corsage and hair. Mrs J. Burling Lawrence wore 
a white Ottoman silk with a long train and a front that was a mass of 
embroidery. A bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley and 
diamonds were worn. Miss Yvelin's dress was of white satin, with a 
long train covered w4th tulle, and having a low neck and short 
sleeves, trimmed with a fringe of pearl beads. A bouquet of lilies of 



TMUKSDAY, JANUARY 25. 221 

the valley and joeaiis for ornaments were worn. !Mrs. A. E. Tucker's 
toilet was of white embossed satin, made with panels of shirred satin 
and worn with a shawl of line raised point lace. The trimmings 
were of pearl passementerie, and her ornaments diamonds. Mrs. C. 
E. Boardman's dress had a train of white satin, with a front of olive 
velvet looped with white ostrich tips ; a square corsage and trim- 
mings of Valenciennes lace. Diamonds were worn as ornaments. 
Mrs. Dr. Lynch wore a black satin damasse dress of dancing length, 
with point lace and diamonds. Mrs. W. B. Ogden's toilet comprised 
a white satin court train and front covered with Spanish lace, and 
trimmed with white ostrich tips and pearl fringe. She wore a bou- 
quet of blush roses and diamond ornaments. Miss Ida Ogden was 
dressed in pale pink satin made of dancing length. Her bouquet was 
of Bon Silene roses and her ornaments were pearls. Mrs. Kichard 
Morgan wore a dress of white moire antique with a box-pleated front, 
bouffant back and square corsage filled in with crystal beaded lace. 
Mrs. Fanny Barrows's dress w^as of silver-gray satin, having a long 
train covered with black thread lace. She wore scarlet hyacinths and 
diamonds. Mrs. S. Sachs wore a trained dress of blue velvet, with a 
front of pale blue satin, covered with point lace, and having a Medici 
collar of pale blue ostrich tips. 

The second Cotillon Ball was given at Delmonico's. Being a sub- 
scription entertainment it attracted almost identically the same com- 
pany that attended the first one, except that the Charity Ball drew off 
a number of people. 

Mrs. Peter C. Baker held a reception at No. 39 East Thirty-fifth 
Street. 

Mrs. Wing, of Xo. 16 West Forty-ninth Street, gave a large after- 
noon tea. 

jMi-s. F. Smith, of West Forty-second Street, gave a dancing party. 

Mrs. M. W. Schcfer, Miss Ida M. Schefer and Miss Dennis, of Lon- 
d,on, entertained a dancing party of seventj^ people at No. 16 Remsen 
Street, Brooklyn. The guests were Miss Stella M. Kenyon, the 
Misses Tuttle, Miss Baldwin, Edward Terry, Miss Barnes, Miss Beale, 
Miss Dickson, Miss Becht, George W. Gladwin, Frederick Phillips, 
Mr. and Miss Stokes, E. H. Halstead, W. II. Lane, Miss Hull, Miss 
Stedman, of New York, W. B. Young, Miss Breslin, Miss Sallie Den- 
nis, Miss Edgar, Miss Ella Beach, W. J. Underwood, William Jaffray 
and F. C. Griffin. 

Mr. and IMrs. Elliott E. Shepard gave a dinner-party at their house. 
No. 2 West Fifty-seventh Street. The table was handsomely set. 
The guests were \lx. and Mrs. Malcolm Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Anson 



222 THE SEASON. 

Phelps Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, Mr. and iMrs. B. P. Kis- 
sam, Mr. and ^Irs. George Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Shepard, Mr. and 
Mrs. John H. Watson, Mrs. R. M. Stuart, W. R. Meade, and Yix. and 
Mrs. J. Nelson Tappan. 

Miss Jessie H. Wood, daughter of J. Howard Wood, was married at 
four o'clock, in St. Bartholomew's Church, to Orison B. Smith, of 
this city. The Rev. Dr. Samuel Cooke, the rector, performed the 
service. There were no bridesmaids. The ushers were C. T. San- 
ford, R. Le Roy Wood, Evan Griffith and Alexander P. W. Kinnan. 
Sinclair Smith, brother of the bridegroom, v.'as best man. The bride, 
who was given away by her father, wore a handsome dress of Avhite 
Ottoman satin, made with a long train, which was bordered by a 
heavy ruching. The front was trimmed with flounces of point duch- 
esse lace, and the square corsage vvas filled in with the same lace. 
The long veil of tulle was fastened with a cluster of lilies of the valley. 
She wore diamond ornaments and carried a bouquet of white lilacs. 
At the close of the ceremonj' a small recejition was held at the house 
of the bride's father, No. Ill West One Hundred and Twenty-fourth 
Street. Among the guests at the church were Mrs. J. Howard Wood, 
mother of the bride, Miss Wood, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Smith, father 
and mother of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Greves, Mr. and 
Mrs. James L. Wise, Mrs. M. J. Kinnan, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. 
Burnham, Mrs. Otis A. Thompson, Mrs. W^. P. Lincoln, Mrs. J, Bur- 
row, Mrs. Dimmick, Mrs. Robinson, Miss Helena Robinson, Miss H. 
Griffith, Miss Foster, Miss Grace Winans, Miss Mary Freeman, John 
G. Freeman, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac T. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. John H. 
Morris and the Misses Morris, Mrs. Nicholas Smith, Miss Herriman, 
Miss Carson, C. T. Griffith, Miss Bessie Wood and Mrs. Davis. 

St. Bartholomew's Church was the scene, at noon, of the wedding of 
R. Fulton Cutting, of Brooklyn, and Miss Helen Suydam, daughter 
of the late Cbarles Suydam. There were no ushers or bridesmaids. 
The best man was Robert Cutting, brother of the groom. The cere- 
mony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Rainsford, rector of St. George's 
Church, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Cooke. The bride, who was given 
away by her brother, Charles R. Suydam, wore a dress of white satin 
made with a long train, which was bordered by a ruching. The front 
was trimmed with point lace flounces. The long tulle veil was 
fastened with orange blossoms, and she carried a bouquet of white 
roses. No reception was held. 

Miss Hetty Hart MacFarland, the daughter of W. W. MacFarland, 
was married to Charles Ponsonby Furniss, at noon, in St. John's 
Church, Clifton, S. I., by the rector, the Rev. Dr. J. C. Eccleston. A 
reception was held at " Anochar," the home of the bride's parents. 
Among the guests present were Mr. and Mrs. F. Lord, Mr. and Mrs. 



FlilDAY, JAM^ARY 20. 223 

F. Drisler, Newman Drisler, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. 
Hegewisch, Mr. and Mrs. Birmingham, Miss Stone and the Misses 
Flake. 

Friday, January 2G. 

The managers of the Cotillon gave a tea, in the afternoon, at Del- 
monico's. 

Mrs. Stoutenbiirg gave a dancing party at the Kensington. 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cooper, Mrs. John C. Westervelt, Mrs. A. B. 
Graves, Mrs. B. S. Kaynor, Mrs. S. C. Harriott and Mrs. Dorsheimer 
were " at home" to callers, 

Mrs. John Sherwood gave the second of her Friday afternoon recep- 
tions. Many guests called, among them being Mrs. Schuyler Hamil- 
ton, Mrs. George Baldwin, Mrs. H. C. Potter, Mrs. Kobert Potter, 
Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Constant Andrews, ]\Irs. Will- 
iam Astor, Mrs. Cushman, Mrs. W. E. Wheeler, Mrs. G. Gray, Mrs. 
Kemsen, Miss Gibbes, Mrs. C. C. Perkins, Mrs. Beckwith, Mrs. J. A. 
Stevens, Mrs. C. Parker, Mrs. J. J. Post, Mrs. J. H. Post, Mrs. Miller 
and Mrs. Baldwin. 

Mrs. F. Achelis, of Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, gave a small danc- 
ing party. 

Mrs, Thomas Nagus, of Sussex Street, Jersey City, gave a german. 

Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Houghtaling, of No. 321 Clinton Avenue, 
Brooklyn, celebrated their silver wedding by a dancing party, at 
which a large company was present. The house was enlarged and 
beautifully decorated. 

On the gun deck of the St. Mary's school-ship, which is lying at 
the foot of East Twenty-first Street, W. F. C. Nindermann and Louis 
Noros, survivors of the Jeannette Expedition, were given a reception 
by the pupils of the New York Nautical School. Francis X. Cooney, 
a'gracl^f^^® of the school, presided. Addresses were made by Chief- 
Justice Charles P. Daly, President Walker, William Wood and David 
Wetmore, of the Board of Education, Engineer Melville and Frederick 
K. Coudert. Secretary Grant, for Mayor Edson, presented the two 
sailors with copies of the testimonials given to Mrs. De Long. Let- 
ters were read from Abram S. Hewitt, Perry Belmont, William E. 
Dodge, S. S. Cox and Mrs. De Ijong. Among the guests were Presi- 
dent John Keilly, of the Board of Alderman, ex-Alderman McClave, 
President G. W. Lane and Thomas P. Ball, of the Chamber of Com- 



224: TUB SFASO^'. 

merce, George Linquist, of tlie Polaris Expedition, and J. A. and 
Alfred Wotton, brothers-in-law of Commander De Long. Dancing 
and refreshments followed the speaking. 



Saturday, January 27. 

Mes. Feedeeick "W. Foote, of No. 47 West Nineteenth Street, gave 
a reception from three until six, Mrs. Foote, who received alone, 
was dressed in black satin and striped velvet made v>-ith a train, and 
she wore a bouquet of pink roses. The house was decorated with 
numerous bouquets. Among those present were ex-Governor and 
IVIrs. John T. Hoffman, Wilson G. Hunt, Miss Hunt, ex-Judge Charles 
A. Peabody, General George W. Cullum, the Eev. Dr. Geer and Miss 
Geer, the Kev. Dr. and Mrs. Satterlee, the Eev. Dr. and Mrs. Steele, 
the Eev. Dr. De Puy and Miss De Puy, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Lord, 
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Day, Mrs. Bettner, Dr. and Mrs. Anderson, Mr. 
and Mrs. John J. Cisco, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sanford, Edward Hunt, 
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Eoberts, Mr. and Mrs. Eush C. Hawkins, Mrs. 
Frederick Tavlor, Mrs. Henry Alden, Mr. and Mrs. Eobison, George 
Kellogg, William W. Wright, the Eev. W. D. Walker, Miss Eandolph, 
Mrs. Morrell, Miss Morrell, Mrs. Charles Blumenthal, Miss Pomeroy, 
Mr. and Miss Blydenburgh, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mitchell, Mrs. 
Marston Niles, Mrs. Eonald Thomas, Colonel De Janon, of West 
Point, Asa Bigelow, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Throop, Miss Throop, Mr. 
and Mrs. F. G. Green,. Mr. and Mrs. James McDonough, Mrs. John 
O. Stearns, of Elizabeth, William Schroeder, Eobert Dodson and W. 
E. Case. 

IVIrs. George Hadden Palmer gave the last of her January recep- 
tions, from three until six. She was assisted in receiving Idj' Mrs. 
William Schermerhorn, Miss Eyder and Miss Agnes Binsse. The 
drawing-rooms were decked with a few growing palms and vases of 
cut flowers. Mrs. Palmer wore a dress of black moire with a long 
train, the front being covered with jet embroidery. The sleeves were 
of black thread lace, and her bouquet was composed of violets. Miss 
Eyder' s costume was black and white satm trimmed with jet passe- 
menterie, and worn v>-ith a corsage bouquet of Bon Silene roses and 
lilies of the valley. Mrs. Schermerhorn was dressed in white satin, 
covered with Spanish lace, and Miss Binsse wore black satin and jet. 
About three hundred people called, among them being Mrs. Alfred 
Eoosevelt and Miss Eoosevelt, Mrs. and Miss Bradish, Mrs. John 
Lawrence, the Misses Livingston, Mrs. Adam, Charles Fearing, Mrs. 
Van Nest, Mrs. Lamson, Mrs. William F. Wharton, Mrs. John Foster, 
Mrs. Duval, Mrs. William H. Guion, Mrs. Eobert G. Eemsen, the 
Misses Eemsen, Miss Marbury, James Livingston, Mrs. Del Monte, 
]>Irs. Del Calao, Francis Vinton, Eobert Center, Frederick Weeks, 
Edgar Saltus, Mr. Easim, Henry Jones, Mrs. James Benkard, James 



MONDAY, JANUARY 29. 225 

Harriman, Mr. and Mrs. F. Wortliwhite, Mrs. V. A. Black, the Misses 
La Farge, Mr. and Mrs. Frank "Worth, i\Iiss Leontine Marie, Miss 
Minnie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Egleston, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce 
Price, James Andaries and Edward Del Vivier. 

Mrs. John G. Dale and Miss Dale, of No. 55 Irving Place, gave the 
first of two receptions. Miss Le Roy, Miss Lottie and ]\Iiss Kate 
Wotherspoon, Miss Helen Hubbard and Miss Fesser assisted in 
receiving the guests. Mrs. Dale wore a lilac satin dress, made with 
a long train, and flounces of point lace. Her ornaments were dia- 
monds. Miss Dale wore pale blue satin, and Miss Le Koy cream- 
colored satin trimmed with scarlet. Miss Lottie Wotherspoon was 
attired in blue damasse and satin, flounced with lace, and her orna- 
ments were pearls. Miss Kate Wotherspoon' s costume was pink 
Surah satin. Miss Hubbard wore white crepe de chine and Miss 
Fesser's dress was pale blue silk. Among the callers were Mrs. Smith 
Clark, Miss Ella Le Roy, Mrs. Remsen, the Misses Remsen, Mrs. 
John Bigelow, the Misses Bigelow, the Misses Webb, Mrs. William 
Guion, F. W. J. Hurst, George Wotherspoon, James Livingston, A. 
Navarro, Mrs. Hudson Lawrence, the Misses Gordon, the Misses Mat- 
thews, Mrs. William Kingsland, Pendleton Rogers, the Misses Seward, 
Mrs. L. A. Carroll, Mrs. Henop, Miss Ada Smith, Mrs. Wheelock 
and Mrs. H. Townsend. 



Monday, January 29. 

Mrs. GmswoLD Gray gave a german, at her house. No. 9 Washington 
Square, the parlors of which were fragrant with the many beautiful 
bouquets sent in by friends. The german was led by George Bend. 
The favors for the ladies were white, gray and yellow birds, tied with 
satin ribbons, and wide sashes of satin ribbon of many colors. The 
gentlemen had cards tied with ribbon and Japanese fans. Among 
those present were Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Lady Mandevillc, 
]\Irs. James Laurence, Mrs. Thayer, of Boston, Mrs. Albert Gallatin, 
Mrs. August Belmont, Mr. and Mrs. S. S, Howland, Mr. and Mrs. 
Richard Irvin, Mr. Coster, Miss Langdon, Miss Dana, Mr. and Mrs. 
James M. Waterbury, Pelham Clinton, Frederic W. Stevens, Miss 
Daisy Stevens and Mr. and Mrs. James A. Burden. 

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gray W^ard entertained at their house the 
dancing class, which met last at the house of Mrs. William Astor. 
The usual company was present and was received by Mrs. Ward and 
her granddaughter. Miss Thorow, who afterward, with Charles Harris, 
led the cotillon. The favors were princij)ally flowers. About two 
hundred people were present. 

The Minuet Club held its last rehearsal yesterday at the house of 
Mrs. Clarence Pell, No. 22 East Twenty-second Street. 



226 TEE SEASON. 

Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Colgate gave a dinner-party at their house, No. 
38 East Thirty-ninth Street. 

Mrs. William Emor}'-, Jr., gave a breakfast party for Miss Gardiner, 
of Boston. 

Mrs. James H. Allen, Mrs. A. A. Andrews, Mrs. J. H. Saffen, Mrs. 
E. S. Higgins, Mrs. John Mack, Mrs. N. L. McCready, and Mrs. C. V. 
Deforest, gave receptions. 

Mrs. E. Payson, of West Thirty-sixth Street, gave a dancing party. 

The Union Boat Club gave a ball at Terrace Garden. 

The Lexington Club gave a reception at its rooms. No. 225 Lexing- 
ton Avenue. 

The last meeting of the Brooklyn Heights Dancing Class occurred 
at the Brookh'n Academy of Music. The rooms were prettily deco- 
rated with growing palms, callas and ferns, and baskets of cut flowers 
were placed in the corners of the rooms. The guests began to arrive 
at ten p.m., and were received bj' the managers, Mrs. S. B .Chittenden, 
Mrs. Stuart, Mrs. Cortlandt Dixon, Mrs. Almet Jenks, Mrs. E. H. R. 
Lyman, Mrs. Sanger, Miss Polhemus and Miss Colton. The cotillon, 
which began at eleven o'clock, was led by A. S. Carhart, who danced 
with Miss Julia Pierrepont. He was assisted by Leslie Yan Syn- 
dran, who danced with Miss Benson. Dancing continued much later 
than usual. Among those present were Miss Nichols, of Englewood, 
N. J., Miss Morrel, the Misses Allen, Mrs. Wilmerding, Miss Sanger, 
Miss White, j\L:s. and Miss Gilbert, Miss Sharp, Miss Jenks, Thorn- 
ton Hunt, Mr. Bill, Mrs. Buckingham, Dr. Haslett, William Gilbert, 
Miss Annie Pierrepont and Arthur Hatch. 

Mrs. W. B. Dickerman, of No. 42 Eemsen Street, and Mrs. Dr. 
Giliillan, also of Eemsen Street, Brooklyn, gave large receptions. 



Tuesday, January 30. 

THE TWENTY-SECOND KEGIMENT BALL, 

The members of the Twentj'-second Eegiment and Veteran Corps 
gave their annual reception at the Academy of Music. A brilliant 
and enjoyable ball was the result of the harmonious management and 
hard v.'ork of those who had charge of the entertainment. The 
tickets, this year, took the form of an invitation, which was hand- 
somely engraved by Tiffany & Co. with a camp scene and the regi- 
ment's motto, " Defendam," at the head. Theae, or rather the pres- 



TUBS DA T, JANCA R V 80. 227 

tige of the regiment, served to attract a large company to the Acad- 
emy. There were a large number of military men present in varied 
uniforms. The proscenium boxes were draj)ed with large flags, and 
brilliant lines of bunting stretched around the galleries and fell in 
graceful loops from the centre of the ceiling. Tents, cannon and 
stands of arms gave a warlike aspect to the stage. Gilmore's band of 
one hundred jDieces furnished the music. The orders of dancing had 
twenty-six selections of music, which were preceded by the overture 
" Jubel," a selection from Carmen and Ilartmann's " Grand March." 
Major-General Shaler and Colonel Porter, escorting Mayor Edson, led 
the grand promenade of military guests, v.diich followed the fourth 
dance. Supper was served in Nilsson Hall. Among those in the 
boxes were Colonel George W. Laird and staff, Major Thomas H. 
Culien, Colonel Josiah Porter and staff, Colonel Weidersham and statf, 
of the First Pennsylvania Kegiment, Colonel George H. North and stai'r, 
of the First Pennsylvania Veterans, Colonel Emmons Clark and staff, 
of the Seventh Regiment, General Shaler and staff. Colonel Crawford 
and staff, of the Seventh Regiment Veterans, General Lloyd Aspinwall, 
Chaplain T. W. Harris, of the Twenty-second Regiment Veterans, 
Colonel V/illiam Scott and staff, of the Ninth Veterans, Colonel E. O. 
Hotchkiss and staff, of the Tvv'enty-third Regiment Veterans, J. H. 
Haviland, W. S. Callender, General "Ward and staff, Captain S. M. 
Smith, Captain J. S. White, Captain James A. McMicken, Colonel 
Rodney C. Ward and staff, of the Tvrenty-third Regiment, Captain 
B. Gregory, Colonel George W. Robertson, Captain Isaac H. West, 
officers of the Old Guard, Captain Ferdinand P. Earle, Adjutant James 
G. McKenway, Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly, Captain C. M. De Mott, 
Captain J, A. Carberry, of the Ninth Regiment, Captain George Free- 
man and Colonel J. H. Wood. Among others present were Mayor 
and Mrs. Edson, Governor Waller and staff, of Connecticut, Lieu- 
tenant Watson, Miss Hart, Captain Duncan B. Harrison, the Misses 
Hayes, Miss Fosberry, Captain and Mrs. Benjamin Gregory, Commis- 
sioner John J. Gorman, Commissioner Hess, Commissioner Brennan, 
Mx. and Mrs. C. J. Robinson, Mrs. A. Jackson, Miss A. Higgins, IVIr. 
and Mrs. F. A. Lathrop, Miss L. Redder, Miss N. Paine, Miss L. Mc- 
Clelland, Miss Radley, Miss Louise Milleman, Miss Evelyn Voorhees, 
Mrs. Thomas Ryder, Mrs. C. Reed, Mrs. Henry C. Mount, Miss Cow- 
drey and Miss Annie Knight. Among the noticeable toilets was that 
of Mrs. Colonel John C. Camp, who wore a white satin dress looped 
with pearls. Mrs. Captain Samuel Bolton's dress was of cream-white 
brocade satin, made with a shirred front, crossed by pannier drape- 
ries, edged with crystal embroidered lace. Mrs. C. D. Bertine's dress 
had a front covered with narrov/ ruffles of crushed-strawberry satin, 
a back of pale lavender and side draperies of pearl brocaded in velvet 
flowers of various colors. Mrs. M. P. James wore cardinal Ottoman 
silk, with a front covered with deep flounces of point applique lace. 
Tea roses, pearls and diamonds were also worn. Mrs. F. A. Lathrop 
■wore scarlet and amber brocade, with a front of scarlet satin shirred, 



228 THE SEASON. 

a sqiiare corsage with a cluster of white ostrich tips, pearls, and dia- 
monds. 

Miss Katherine Clark Byrne, daughter of J. Ederkin Byrne, was 
married, in the evening, to James Thorne Harper, son of the late 
James Harper, at the Madison Square Presbyterian Church. The 
ceremony was performed by the Hev. Dr. Parkhurst. The church 
was decorated with flowers. The ushers were James Ferris, George 
Belcher, Wilbur Larremore, George Sherman, George Thornton, of 
Providence, and Charles March, of Orange, N. J. Vernon Simpson, 
son of Bishoj) Simpson, of Philadelphia, was the best man. The 
bridesmaids were Miss Mamie Nicholson, of Philadelphia, cousin of 
the bride. Miss Mary Purdy, Miss Jessie Coe and Miss Addie Ames. 
The bride was also attended by two young girls. Miss Annie Byrne, 
her sister, and Miss Susie Southwick, who were attired in white 
Swiss, trimmed with a profusion of Valenciennes lace. They carried 
baskets of roses tied with large bows of satin ribbon. The bride, 
who was given away by her father, wore a dress of white satin made 
with a long train bordered by a puffing of the satin. The front was- 
cut in deep points, under which were narrow plisses, and was draped 
with old family point applique lace. The long tulle veil was caught 
by a cluster of white flowers, and she carried a bouquet of Nephetos 
roses. Her ornaments were diamonds. A reception was held at the 
house of the bride's parents, No. 62 West Fifty-fourth Street, which 
was handsomely decorated. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. 
Franklin Harper, Mr. and Mrs. John Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher 
Harjjer, Philip J. Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Harper, Mr. and 
Mrs. Horatio Harper, John W. Harper, the Eev. Dr. and Mrs. Park- 
hurst, Mrs. Charles Colgate, General and Mrs. Fisk, the Eev. Dr. and 
Mrs. Philip Schaff, Mr. and Mrs. Eichard Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. 
Appleton, Mr. and Mrs. B, W. Griswold, Dr. and Mrs. Clarence 
Beebe, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Griffen, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Lewis, of 
Philadelphia, Miss Gasherie, of Brooklyn, Mr. and ^Mrs. Harmon Van 
Dreth, Mr. and Mrs. Eichard Nicholson, of Philadelphia, Mr. and 
Mrs. Frederick Constable, Lieutenant and Mrs. Swift and Mr. and 
Mrs. Sargeant. 

The Church of the Messiah was the scene, in the afternoon, of the 
wedding of Amory G. Hodges and Miss Alice M. Woodward, daughter 
of Mrs. E. T. Woodward. Many flowers were displayed. The Eev. Dr. 
Collyer read the marriage service. The ushers were George P. Sanger, 
Jr., George S. Silsbee, Henry H. Crocker, Jr., and Walter I. Jones, 
all of Boston, and A. Clifford Tower and Francis E. Appleton, both 
of this city. The best man was Edward C. Hodges, brother of the 
groom. The bridesmaids, all young girls, were the Misses Morse and 
Miss Babcock, nieces of the bride, and Miss Leonard. They wore 
very pretty dresses of white French mull, made with Greenaway 
capes, and trimmed with Valenciennes lace. The bride, who was 



TUESDAY, JANUARY 30. 229 

given away by her uncle, Mr. Morse, wore a dress of heavy white 
satin, made with a long plain train. The front was covered with 
crystal embroidery and fringe, and the long veil of point lace was 
caught by a clusteV of lilies of the valley. Her bouquet was composed 
of Mamie Morrison roses and her ornaments were diamonds. A 
reception was held until seven o'clock at the house of the bride's 
mother, No. 6 Gramercy Park. 

Lime Eock, Conn. — Miss Lucy Beach Barnum, the youngest daugh- 
ter of ex-Senator William H. Barnum, w^as married in Trinity Church 
at four P.M. to the Rev. Howard S. Clapp, of Hartford. Bishop Will- 
iams performed the ceremony, assisted by the llev. Francis T. Rus- 
sell, of St. Margaret's School, Waterbury, and the Rev, Mr. Walker, 
of Lime Rock. The ushers were Howard Mansfield and Dr. Bryce 
Delavan, of New York, William S. Nichols, of Troy, and Henry 
Bishop, of Bridgeport. The bridesmaids were ]\Iiss Lillie Barnum, 
sister of the bride, and Miss Carrie Richardson, both being dressed 
in heavy Surah satin, trimmed with swansdown. The bride's dress 
was of white Ottoman silk and white satin trimmed with pearl passe- 
menterie and point lace. She wore a tulle veil with white lilac blos- 
soms. A reception M-as held at Senator Barnum's house, " Terrace 
Lawn," where refreshments were served by Pinard. A special train 
of drawing-room cars brought a large number of guests from New 
York, 

Mrs. Pierre Lorillard gave one of her small and early dancing par- 
ties. The cream-colored interior was relieved by brilliant beds of 
flowers and elaborate decorations extended through the house, Lis- 
penard Stewart led the german, for which handsome favors were pro- 
vided. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Goelet, Mr. and 
Mrs. Columbus Iselin, Miss Marie, Mr. and Mrs. F. Newbold, Mr. and 
Mrs. Delancey Kane, Mr. and Mrs. S. V. R. Kruger, Islr. and Mrs. S. 
S. Howland, Mr. and Mrs. George Bowdoin, Benjamin Welles, Jr., 
]Mr. Redmond, Miss Pell, Miss Hoyt, Miss Potter, the Misses Carroll, 
Mr. Gracie, Mr, Hone, Mrs. Gallatin, Mr. and Mrs. William Jay, Mr. 
and Mrs. Byam K. Stevens, Charles De Rham and Miss Dana. 

A play called Four O'clock Tea, written by IMi's. Burton N. Harrison, 
was acted for a half-hour's diversion, in the eveniug, at the house of 
Howard Potter, before a small company invited by Miss Potter. Mrs. 
W. S. Andrews, Mr. Mason, Mr. Coward, Mr. Carhart, Mr. Andrews, 
Mrs. F. Work, Miss Gregory, Miss Kneeland and Miss Creighton took 
part. A dance followed. 

Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant gave a tea at her house. No. 3 East Sixty- 
third Street. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. John Sher- 
wood, Judge and Mrs. Noah Davis, E. N. Tailer, Mrs. A. T. Ronalds, 
LIrs. Gilbert Jones, the Rev. Dr. J. P. Newman and Mrs. Ii-eland. 



230 THE SEASON. 

The Fiftieth Street Whist Club, which has twenty members, was 
entertained by Mr. and Mrs. K. A. BrittoD, at No. 62 West Fiftieth 
Street. 

The ladies of Sorosis entertained their gentlemen friends by a re- 
ception with musical and literary exercises at Delmonico's. 

Large receptions were given by the Kev. Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Hoff- 
man, Mrs. A. Lament, Mrs. George Dodge, Mrs. George Kemp, Mrs. 
W. H. Pomeroy and Mrs. Charles H. Kussell. 

Mrs. Frederic G. Swan gave a dinner-party. 

Mrs. James Ward gave a lunch to twenty young ladies. 

The Mistletoe Society gave a dramatic performance at the Turf 
Club Theatre. 

J. W. Dwight, of Chicago, was given a dinner by Mr. Dayton, aboiit 
forty gentlemen being present. 



Wednesday, January 31 • 

THE PALESTINE COMMANDEBY BALL. 

The Palestine Commandery gave their annual reception, parade 
drill and ball at the Academy of Miisic. There was a large company 
present. The decorations included, beside the usual flags, bunting 
and armor, the banners of the Commander^'- and the gas-jet cross 
bearing the word " Palestine," the figure " 18," a star and the Com- 
mandery's motto. The music was furnished by the Seventh Eegi- 
ment Band and the supper was served by Mazzetti in Nilsson Hall. 
The orders of dancing were handsomely engraved with the Com- 
mandery's seal and the picture of a Crusader beheading a Paj^nim 
Knight. At 10.15 the drill began under command of Sir Eugene S. 
Emerson. The drill brought rounds of ajjplause, which continued 
until the Knights ended h^ forming their famous cross and marched 
in that form across the floor. Dancing began immediately after the 
drill. H. H. Brockway was Chairman of the Floor Committee, C. F. 
Wildley of the Kefreshment Committee, Joseph B. Eakins, of the 
Police Committee, A. S. Williams, of the House Committee, Com- 
mander Thomas B. Kand, of the Keception committee, Frederick G. 
Gedney, of the Press Committee, and E. S. Eunson, of the Committee 
of Arrangements. During the ball a dispatch was received from the 
Boston Commandery, which %vas holding a ball, and a reply was sent 
as follows : •' Warm and knightly greetings to Boston Commandery 
and her assembled guests this evening. May Boston always prosper 
and Christian knighthood flourish throughout the world. Our receio- 



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tion is a grand success." The boxes were occupied as follows : Pros- 
cenium Boxes.— D, C. Y. "Wemple ; E, T. J. Paine ; F, H. H. Brock- 
way ; G, R. C. Brown ; H, Franklin Edson ; J, Sheldon B. Sliaw ; 
N, Thomas B. Band ; O, T. F. Lees ; P, James Simpson ; Q, E. L. 
Merrifield ; R, Charles F. Wildey ; S, W. G. Staninecker. Artists' 
_Boa;e5.— Nilsson, W. H. Gedney ; Beethoven, Charles M. Truman ; 
Mozart, D. Morrison ; Meyerbe'er, B. C. Sandford ; Donizetti, C. F. 
Wildey ; La Grange, L. F. Mazzetti ; Grisi, C. D. Shepard ; Gerster, 
Charles F. Wildey ; Parepa, George St. John ; Weber, A. Hall ; Ros- 
sini, W. Straiton ; Bellini, J, A. Guiraud ; Piccolomini, J. H. Groht ; 
Verdi, J. S. Clarke ; Gounod, J. W. Reynolds ; Patti, John P. Rider ; 
Malibran, N. Streeter, Jr. ; Kellogg, George F. Johnson ; Sontag, C. 
C. Howard ; Cary, E. S. Eanson. Boxes.-l, Uriah Welch ; 2, James 
Snod^rass ; 3, James W. Gondran ; 4, J, W. Pringle ; 5, S. R. Brad- 
burn ^ 6, George H. Rich ; 7, 0. W. Buckingham ; 8. A. G. Goodall ; 
9, John F. Baldwin ; 10. Alfred Taylor and J. F. Moore ; 11, Alexan- 
der S. Williams ; 12, Mitchell Halliday ; 13, Yv\ T. Goundie ; 14, E. 
M. Levey ; 15, Theodore H. Tilton ; IG, W. 11. Gedney ; ]7. William 
R Carr ; 18. John W. Jacobus ; 19, John W. Jacobus ; 20, William 
Johnston, Jr. ; 21, Frederick G. Gedney ; 22, William Coverly ; 23, 
W. R. Woodward ; 24, H. T. Godet ; 25, Mitchell Halliday ; 26, Will- 
iam J Gage ; 27, James A. Rich ; 28, Theodore Graeven ; 29, James 
A Rich ; 30, E. L. Dodd ; 31, E. L. Dodd ; 41, W. J. Walker, 42, J. 
H. Barker.; 43, E. B. Harper ; 44, L. S. Dillenbeck ; 45, L. S. Dillen- 
beck ; 46, D. D. Tompkins ; 47, W. H. Burns ; 48, Matthew A. Horn ; 
49 M A. Horn ; 50, John Scott ; 51, Tunis H. Patterson ; 52, George 
L.'Lyon ; 53, A. L. Hyer ; 54, J. B. Eakins ; 55, T. J. Pell ; 56, J. H. 
Woods ; 57, J. H. Woods ; 59, William J. Gage, 106, John Lavme ; 
107, J. W. Ward ; 108, Charles Blake ; 109, John H. Wood ; 110 J, 
H Meeker ; 111, R. G. Eunson ; 112, Charles Milne ; 113, John Rich- 
ardson ; 114, S. A. Brown ; 115, C. F. Homer; 116, J. V. B. Green. 
The guests present were Mayor Edson, C. Haywood, ofdcers of Morton 
Commandery, E. W. Newhall, of the San Francisco Commandery, 
Colonel E. D. Hotchkiss and field officers of the Twenty-third Regi- 
ment Veterans, Colonel George W. Laird and staff, W. R. Clough, of 
Damascus Commandery, Newark, Colonel C. W. Dunston, field and 
staff of the Seventy-first Regiment, Jerome B. Broden, Cceur de Lion 
Commandery, New Brunswick, N. J., B. Francis Beheman, Grand 
Commander'^of Pennsylvania, Colonel Ward and staff of the Twenty- 
third Regiment, John Byers, C. F. Beatty and officers of Clinton 
Commandery, C. P. Pierce and officers of Constantine Commandery, 
Colonel Burdge P. McLean and officers of the Veteran Corps, Twenty- 
third Regiment, George F. Wright, of Boston, John H. Bennington, 
of St. Elmo Commandery, Brooklyn, Colonel E. M. L. Ehlers, Grand 
Inspector of the State of New York, C. M. Davison, Grand Senior 
Warden of Virginia, C. H. Ingalls, of Newark, Charles T. Cisco, of 
Maryland, Charles Pechtel, of New Jersey, Edward W. Price, Grand 
Standard Bearer of New York. 



^32 THE SEASON. 



AMATEUES AT CHICKEEING HAT.L. 

The play of T/ie Ca-pe Mail, by Clement Scott, author of Diplomacy, 
■was presented by amateurs, in the evening, before an audience of 
fashionable people which cro\Yded Chickering Hall to its limits. The 
play was produced for the benefit of St. Ann's Protestant Episcopal 
Church, of which the Eev. Dr. Thomas Gallaudet is rector. Those 
taking part were mainly the amateurs who recently acted in The Rus- 
sian Honeymoon at the Madison Square Theatre. The cast last even- 
ing was as follows : 

Surgoon-'Major Hn^h IMarsden Dr. Holbrook Curtis 

Mr.'Quicke (an old lawyer) Alexander T. oMason, 

Bartie (a butler) Mr. Coward 

Mrs. Preston (a blind old ladj) Miss Onderdonk 

Mrs. Frank Preston (a younj? widow) Mrs. James B. Potter 

Mary Preston (Mrs. Preston's dtuighter) Miss Van Aiiken 

Mason (lady's maid) Miss Gallaudet 

The scene of the play is laid in a drawing-room of a London house. 
The old lady's son, Frank Preston, an English officer, is supposed to 
be dead, rejDort having come of his being killed in a battle in the East 
Indies. His wife and sister conspire to keep the bad news from his 
mother, as she has heart disease, and they fear that she could not 
bear the bad tidings. They therefore read to her fictitious letters 
from her son on each arrival of the Cape mail ; and in order to better 
keep up the ruse they go out much in society and give the appearance 
of leading happy lives. A touching incident in the play is where Dr. 
Marsden, a comrade of the supposed dead soldier, seeks out the lat- 
ter's wife and upbraids her for attending a ball so soon after her hus- 
band's death. The blind woman overhears the excited conversation 
and will not be quieted until the wife reads to her a letter from her 
son, which is formed, sentence by sentence, and with great effort, by 
the agonized wife. The denouement comes in when the lawer Quicke 
appears with a genuine note from the soldier, who is not dead, but 
who returns after being imprisoned, and who is welcomed with a 
burst of joy by his wife and blind mother. The i3lay was set with 
pretty scenery, and the costumes were attractive. Mrs. Potter, who 
wore a becoming French gray walking suit, acted with much feeling, 
and won rounds of applause after each of the stirring emotional sit- 
uations. Mrs. Andrews was also rewarded with applause, and the 
other parts were rendered with care. Miss Yan Auken apjjeared in 
pink satin and lace, and Miss Onderdonk in black silk and a white 
cap. A nuiuber of bouquets were received by the actors. Miss 
Genevieve Stebbins then recited with much spirit the monologue 
L' Entresol. Afterward the comedietta On a Staircase, by Mrs. Burton 
N. Harrison, was presented by Mrs. W. S. Andrews and Alexander T. 
Mason, personating Mrs. Mabel Honeydew, a youthful widow from 
Hackensack, and Cornelius Barleycorn, a susceptible bachelor from 



WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31. 



233 



WestcliGstcr. The scene was the third floor landing of a New York 
apartment house. The play was received with great delight by the 
audience. Among those present were Mrs. Burton N. Harrison, Mrs. 
John Sherwood, Arthur Leary, Bayard Clarke, Jr., Miss Stevens, Mr. 
and Mrs. Adrian Iselin, Mr. George Wotherspoon, Mr. and IVIrs. 
Eemsen, Mrs. Richard Irvin, and the Rev. Dr. Gallaudet. 

The wedding of Miss Edith Wigham, daughter of Thomas Wigham, 
and Herman Clarke, took place at half past three p.m. in Calvary 
Church, the Rev. Dr. Satterlee reading the service. Arthur Clarke, 
brother of the groom, was the best man. The ushers were Edward 
Floyd-Jones, cousin of the bride, Truman Hemingway, Alexander 
Rutherford and Howland Davies. The bridesmaids were Miss Helen 
Iselin, Miss Clarke, sister of the groom, Miss Alice King, and Miss 
Philipse. They wore dresses of white crepe do chine, with the fronts 
trimmed with alternate plisses and ruffles. They also wore white 
turbans bordered with garnet velvet and trimmed with a cluster of 
red flowers. Their bouquets were of carnations and hyacinths. The 
bride's toilet was a white satin robe, edged with plisses in front and 
the front covered with crystal embroidery. The corsage was cut 
square, and trimmed with crystal embroidered lace. Her veil, of 
tulle, was held by white lilacs. Her bouquet was of the same flowers. 
The receiDtion was held at the bride's home, No. 321 Fifth Avenue. 
Among those present were the Misses Rutherford, Mr. and Mrs. Rob- 
ert Livingston, Miss Bessie Floyd-Jones, Miss E. U. Floyd-Jones, Miss 
Isabella King, Miss Gertrude Lawrence, John Lawrence, Mrs. Ru- 
dolph Schack, the Misses Livingston, Miss Alley, Mrs. Waldo, Miss 
Louisa Stevens, Mrs. Smith, Miss Marion Sharpless, Mr. Shippen, 
Duncan Elliott, Mrs. Lawrence Turnure, Miss Jean Tiirnure, Sirs. 
Remsen, the Misses Remsen, ]VIr. and ]\Irs. Schieffelin, Mrs. Marie 
and Miss Marie. 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Arnold gave a large dancing party at their 
house. No. 1261 Fifth Avenue. One set of rooms was thrown open 
for the older people who did not dance, and the ball-room was used 
for dancing after eleven p.m. At that hour supper was served. The 
rooms were decorated with bouquets and palms. The orders of 
dancing were prettily engraved with a coat of arms and printed in 
gold. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Bolmer, Mr. and 
Mrs. Frederick A. Constable, Mr. and Mrs. Weatherbee, Judge and 
Mrs. Larremore, General and Mrs. Ames, Mr. and Mrs. U. D. Eddy, 
Professor and Mrs. Short, Miss Short, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Lee, 
Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt, Miss Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. Hearn, Mr. and 
Mrs. Frank Harper, Mr. and Mrs. David Dows, Mr. and Airs. Stephen 
H. Towle, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Inman, Mr. and Mrs. John Sloan, 
the Misses Mimford, Edward L. Short, Mr. and Mrs. YvlUiam H. In- 
man, Miss Ida Alcott, Mr. and Mrs. Parr, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. 
Coombs, the Misses Walden, Miss S. B. Morris, the Rev. Dr. and 



234 THE SEASON. 

Mrs. John Hall, the Misses Hearn, the Misses Halstead, Mr, and Mrs. 
John H. WyckofE and Miss Odell. 

Mrs. Edgar S. Schieffelin, of No. 665 Fifth Avenue, entertained a 
large number of friends at a fancy-dress ball. The Minuet Club, 
composed of twenty-two members, danced the minuet before the reg- 
ular dancing began. The parlors were decorated with smilax, ropes 
of it being used to simulate curtains, and baskets of vines were 
swung from the doorways and in the windows. The costumes worn 
were all in the Louis XV. fashion. The members of the Minuet Club 
are Miss Florence Clarke, Miss Minnie Schieffelin, Miss Fanny Swan, 
Miss Etta Strong, Miss Jean Turnure, Miss De Kuyter, Miss Alice 
Turnbull, Miss Jones, Miss May Bird, Miss Glover, Miss Fannie 
Smith, Lawrence Turnure, Jr., A. S. Carhart, of Brooklyn, Bayard 
Clark, Jr., A. Hadden, Henry Chauncey, Jr., J. C. Smith, Louis 
Cheesman, Robert Livingston, Howland Pell, Charles Bininger and 
M. Wilkes. Miss Schieffelin wore a costume of maize-colored brocade 
moire antique, with petticoat of rose-colored Ottoman satin. The 
waist was cut Pompadour and finished with ruffles of old lace, and 
her hair was dressed high and powdered. Miss Turnure was attired 
in purple brocade on a silver ground, with pink satin petticoat, the 
w^hole dress being loojjed with Bon Silene roses ; a wreath of the 
same roses was placed in the hair, which was crimped and powdered. 
The corsage was low and the puffed sleeves came to the elbow. Miss 
Strong wore a dress of blue brocade which belonged to her great- 
grandmother, with a Watteau pleat of old point lace, which was her 
mother's wedding veil. The front was of white satin shirred, with 
garlands of pink roses crossing it, and in her powdered hair was a 
cluster of pink roses and a diamond star. Among the guests were 
Miss Chapman, the Misses Hewitt, Miss Warren, the Misses Iselin, 
Miss Oothout, Miss "Wilson, the Misses Pell, Miss Effie Potter, Miss 
Schermerhorn, Miss Anna Hall, Miss Lucy Work, Miss AVelles, Miss 
Lanier, Miss Lillie Marie, Miss Kernochan, the Misses Turnbull, Miss 
Ella Le Roy, Mr. and Mrs. Grenville Kane, Mr. and Mrs. August Bel- 
mont, Jr., Mr, and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. E. D. 
Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. William Kent, Mr. and Mrs. William H, Sands, 
L. Stewart, " Harry" Warren, Willis Betts, Julian Potter, Morgan 
Post, Benjamin Welles, the Messrs. AVebb, the Messrs. Kinsgford, H. 
Le Grand Cannon, Frederick Tarns, Frederick Beach, Walter Kings- 
land and Julian Bobbins. 

Mrs. Paul Thebaud gave a tea, assisted by Mrs. W. Gilbert Clark. 
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. George S. Schermerhorn, Jr., 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cauda, Mrs. Edward King, David King, Mr. 
and Mrs. Charles Coudert, Mrs. J. Nelson Tappan, Mrs. Del Monte, 
Mrs, Rhinelander, Miss Stevens, F. W. Stevens, Mrs. Navarro and 
Elliott Smith- 



THURSDAY, FEBRUARY \. 235 

The Newark Assembly, a large and fashionable ball, -was held at the 
Park Theatre, Newark, under the management of George W. Hubbell, 
Kichard Wayne Parker, Warren E. Dennis, G. Abeel Duryea, Oswald 
C. Gifford, Malcolm Campbell, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Edwin B. Will- 
iamson, William H. Bradley, Howard W. Hayes, Frederick Freling- 
huysen, A. Pennington Whitehead, Robert H. McCarter, Edward H. 
Duryee and Rowland P. Keasbey. 

Mrs. William M. Bliss gave a dinner-party at her house, No. 29 
West Twenty-fourth Street. 

IVIrs. Charles Lamson gave a reception. 

IVIrs. James M. Waterbury gave a dancing party at her house. No. 
43 Fifth Avenue. 

Mrs. Reuben Ross, of No. 669 Fifth Avenue, gave a large reception. 

Mrs. R. T. Bush, of No. 202 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, gave a 
reception to about three hundred guests from eight to eleven o'clock. 
The walls of the drawing-room were festooned with smilax and bas- 
kets of roses, and hyacinths were placed about the room. Mrs. Bush 
wore a costume of yellow silk made walking length and trimmed with 
a drapery of duchesse lace. The corsage was cut square and finished 
by a large bouquet of dark red poppies, and the sleeves, bordered by 
lace, came to the elbow. Music and danciag were enjoyed, a full 
orchestra being in attendance. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs, 
C. C. Dike, Mr. and Mrs. Demas Barnes and Miss Barnes, Mr. and 
Mrs. S. A. White, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Shearman, Mr. and Mrs. 
Edson and Miss Fannie Edson, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. 
Winchester Britton, Mr. and Mrs. Healey, J. B. Hutchinson, Mr. and 
Mrs. Cross, Mr. and Mrs. W^ G. Brett, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Brett, Mr. 
and Mrs. Reuben W\ Ropes and Miss Ropes, Mr. and Mrs. G. Stud- 
well, Mr. and Mrs. Bachelor, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Denslow, of Pough- 
keepsie, Mrs. Dr. Heath, of Hackensack, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rosam, 
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Clyde, Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Moffat, Mr. and Mrs. 
Marshall Ayres, Misses Kittie and Daisy Haven and George Haven, of 
Harlem, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Titcomb, the Misses Elliott and George 
Elliott. 

Mrs. Perret, of No. 350 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, entertained a 
dancing party in the evening. 



Thursda}^, February 1. 

:Miss Kate Shippen, daughter of Mr. W. W. Shippen, President of 
the Hoboken Ferry and Land and Improvement Comfiany, was mar- 



236 THE SEASOX 

ried, in the afternoon, at the summer residence of her parents at Sea- 
bright, N. J., to Mr. Hilborne L. Eoosevelt, son of the late AVier 
Roosevelt, of New York. Ten special cars took down over eight hun- 
dred guests. On the arrival of the train at Seabright the guests pro- 
ceeded to Mr. Shippen's cottage, where elaborate preparations had 
been made for their reception. The large summer piazza had been 
boarded in, fitted with windows and heated by stoves. At precisel}^ 
one o'clock the bridal party entered the parlor to the strains of the 
wedding march from Lohengrin, played by an orchestra stationed in 
the hall. The ceremony was performed by the Eev, Dr. Henry Mor- 
ton, of St. James's Church, Philadelphia, uncle of the bride's mother. 
The bride and bridegroom stood in an arbor of evergreens, over the 
entrance of vdiich was a true-lover's knot of red and white flowers. 
The bridesmaids, ten in number, stood five on each side during the 
ceremony, while an equal number of ushers formed a line between 
the bridal pair and the relatives, who were the only other persons 
admitted into the parlor. The bride wore a rich dress of M'hite Otto- 
man silk, with front of brocaded satin. The corsage was cut square, 
filled in and trimmed with point lace. The veil was of old point lace 
caught with diamond stars and fastened \)j a wreath of diamond 
stars. She wore a crescent of diamonds, the gift of the bridegroom, 
at her neck, and carried a bouquet of lilacs and Marechal Niel roses. 
Five of the bridesmaids, Miss Annie Shippen, sister of the bride. Miss 
Williams, Miss Bessie Shippen, of Philadelphia, cousin of the bride, 
Miss Florence Rhett and Miss Mary Suckley, cousin of the bride, 
wore novel costumes of pale blue Ottoman silk, the skirts gracefully 
draped witli demi-trains, corsage cut Pompadour, filled in with 
Breton lace and fastened at the neck by a gold bar pin studded with 
diamonds, the gift of the bride. A bunch of pale blue ostrich tips 
w^ere fastened at one side of the corsage. They also wore their tulle 
veils fastened with ostrich tips. The other five bridesmaids, Miss 
Roosevelt, cousin of the bridegroom, Miss Caroline Suckley, cousin 
of the bride, Miss Etta Shiijpen, sister of the bride. Miss Lewis and 
Miss Georgie Shippen, cousins of the bride, both of Philadelphia, 
wore costumes of pink silk identical with those above described. 
The bridegroom's best man was his brother. Dr. "West Roosevelt, and 
the ten ushers were Mr. W. N. Elbert, of Philadelphia, Mr. Eliot 
Roosevelt and Mr. Emlen Roosevelt, cousins of the bridegroom, Mr. 
Clarence H. "Wildes, Mr. Horatio J. Brewer, INIr. John F. Adam, Mr. 
De Forest "Weekes, Mr. "William Shippen, brother of the bride, Mr. 
Walter F. Crosby and Mr. Francis E. Ward, all of New York. After 
the ceremony a handsome collation was served, and the guests crowded 
forward to offer congratulations. An agreeable incident of the wed- 
ding was made known to the guests by the presence at the ceremony 
of the woman who was the nurse of Miss Shippen when she was an 
infant, and who is still in the family service. At the birth of Miss 
Shippen the nurse began to lay aside a portion of her savings in order 
with the accumulations " to buy her bairn a wedding dress." The 



THVBSDA Y, FEBR UA KY \. ^o t 

honv bcforo the trcain started was then spent in promenading tho 
beach and enjoying the sight of the ocean in midwinter. One of tho 
floral gifts was'^a representation of a Hoboken ferryboat, presented 
by the employes of the ferry company. The Amateiir Dramatic Chib 
of New York, of which Miss Shippen was a leading member, pre- 
sented her with a superb " Loving Cup" of solid silver, which was 
filled with champagne and passed around among the members of the 
club present. Some fifty of the guests went down to Seabright the 
previous night, and Harmony Hall, a building erected by the bride- 
groom, was prepared for their reception. A merry evening was passed 
in playing games and dancing. The special train left on the return 
trip at half past three o'clock, and landed the guests at Liberty Street 
at half past five. Among those present were Mrs. Dodd, Mrs. Edwin 
A. Stevens, Mrs. Archibald Alexander, JNIrs. Henry M. Alexander, 
Mrs. John J. McCook, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stevens, Mrs. F. T. Garrett- 
son, the Misses Garrettson, the Misses Kemsen, General and Mrs. 
Webb, the Misses Webb, the Misses Adam, the Misses Campbell, the 
Misses Binsse, Mrs. J. G. K. Duer, Miss Caroline Duer, Mr. and Mrs. 
Eudolph Schack, the Misses Campbell, Mrs. Du Fair, Miss Bessie Du 
Fair, Mrs. Samuel Borrowe, the Misses Floyd-Jones, the Misses Law- 
rence. ]\Irs. Charles Livingston, the Misses Livingston, Mrs. Alexan- 
der Rutherfurd, the Misses Rutherford, Mr. and Mrs. Eastman John- 
son, Miss Lemist, Miss Weekes, the Misses Inness, Miss Condit, of 
Newark, the Misses Keasbey, of Newark, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. 
IMinton, the Misses Smith, Miss Nicoll, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Crosbj^ 
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Jr., Mr. 
McKim Minton, Mr. R. Satterlee, Mr. Rhett, Miss V. Roosevelt, Miss 
Waldo, Miss Clara Livingston, the Misses Byrd, Mrs. Miller, Miss 
I^Iiller, Miss Thorne, Miss McCarter, Mr. Hillhouse, Mr. Breese, Mr. 
Robert Townsend, Mr. Isaac Iselin, Mr. Allien, Mr. Conover, Mr. 
Baker, Mr. Kinney, of Newark, Dr. and Mrs. Shippen, of Philadel- 
phia, Mr. Kissel, Mr. S. M. Roosevelt. Mrs. Schuyler, Mr. Johnson, 
Mr. Edward Floyd-Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Robison, Mr. James Town- 
send, Mr. Bean, Mr. Leavitt, Mrs. Olmstead, the Misses Leavitt, the 
Messrs. Navarro, jVIi\ J. Lawrence, Mrs. Henry M. Taber, Miss Tabcr, 
the Misses Nesbit, and Mr. William Tober. 

The wedding of Miss Florence Herrick, daughter of J. H. Herrick, 
and Joseph !M. George was attended by a large assembly, in the even- 
ing, in the Church of the Heavenly Rest. The only decoration of the 
church was a heavy gate of smilax in the aisle, the posts of which 
were capped with white roses. The Rev. Dr. R. S. Howland read tho 
services, Jefferson George, brother of the groom, was the best man. 
The ushers were Hobart Herrick, C. S. Bowne, W. L. Stow, F. T. 
Quick, J. A. Hance and Chauncey Kerr. The bridesmaids were Miss 
Herrick, Miss May Herrick, Miss Clements, Miss Bella Green, Miss 
Ethel Herrick and Miss Clare Herrick, the last two being little girls, 
who wore pale pink Surah made in Greenaway fashion and trimmed 



238 THE SEASOX. 

Avitli Valenciennes lace. They carried baskets of flowers. The other 
bridesmaids wore white tulle dresses made with trains and with drape- 
ries of gold-dotted tulle, held b}- clusters of pale pink morning-glories. 
The same flowers mingled v/ith the lace on their decoUette, sleeveless 
v.-aists of satin, and were worn in the coiffures. They carried bou- 
quets of pink roses. The bride's dress Vv'as of white satin made with 
a train and a puffed front crossed diagonally by two garlands of^ white 
roses. The bodice was made sleeveless and cut decollette and 
trimmed with point lace. Her veil was of point lace, and she wore 
diamond ornaments and carried a bouquet of white roses. A recep- 
tion was held at the bride's house, No. 215 V/est Forty-fourth Street. 

The wedding of Miss Ella Walton, daughter of F. Theodore Walton, 
the proprietor of St. James's Hotel, and Morris H. Brown, of the Erie 
Kailway Company, took place, in the evening, at the Church of the 
Holy Sipirit, at Madison Avenue and Sixty-sixth Street. The service 
was read by the Rev. Arthur Brooks. A. P. Kenan was the best man, 
and the ushers were J. T. Nicholson, A. T. Miner, Leonard Conant, 
Edward Castner, Dr. A. H. Doughty, and F. T. Walton, Jr. The 
bridesmaids were Miss Louise Sammis, Miss Annie Sammis, Miss 
Gracie Sykes and Miss Bella Gill. They wore short dresses of white 
Surah trimmed with Oriental lace. White satin formed the bride's 
dress, which had a front covered with duchesse lace and a square-cut 
corsage trimmed with the same lace. A reception was held at the 
house of Mr. Walton, No. 13 West Fifty-eighth Street, which was 
made attractive by floral decorations. The guests included many of 
the prominent officials of the Erie Bailway. 

Miss Emily Georgia Smull, daughter of Thomas Lo Van Smull, was 
married to James Kidd Corbiere, at two p.m., in the Church of the 
Holy Spirit, by the Eev. E. C. Guilbert. Seymour L. Husted, Jr., 
was the best man, and Miss Elsie Smull was the only bridesmaid. 
The bride was escorted up the aisle by her father, who gave her avvay. 
She wore a travelling dress of dark green velvet and brocaded plush, 
with a hat to match. There was no reception held. 

The third meeting of the Ladies' Assembly took place at Del- 
monico's, and was attended by about two hundred people. The ball- 
room was bare of decoration, though there were two stands of plants 
in the reception-room. Lander and the Hungarian Band furnished 
music. The company was received by Mrs. George Bowdoin, Mrs. 
Van Rensselaer Cruger, Mrs. Griswold Gray, Mrs. Lloyd Bryce and 
Mrs. J. F. Kernochan. William Parsons led the cotillon. Among 
the noticeable toilets was a pale blue satin dress, with a long train, 
low-cut corsage and short sleeves, which was covered with gold tulle, 
looped up with roses and clusters of tiny gold bells. It was worn by 
Miss Turnure. Miss Strong wore a pink satin dress with a long train 



THURSDAY, FEBRUARY \. 2^0 

and a bodice of dark green velvet. The skirt was looped np with 
clusters of grapes. 

Mrs. William E. Dodge, assisted by Mrs. Charles Dodge, received a 
very large companj^ of friends at her house in Madison Avenue, in the 
afternoon. Among those present were Mrs. W. M. Evarts, Mrs. C. 
Yanderbilt, Chief Justice Shea, Professor Patton, the Rev. Dr. Vin- 
cent, William Walter Phelps, Jesse Seligman, Albert Bierstadt, Mrs. 
di Cesnola, Miss di Cesnola, the Baroness de Thomsen, Mrs. Henry 
Day, Mrs. Samuel Sloan, Miss Sloan, Mrs. Cj'rus W. Field, Mrs. Got- 
theil, Mrs. James Harriman, Mrs. Waldo Hutchins, Mrs. George 
Hearse, ex-Governor and Mrs. Stanford, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Butler, 
Iklrs. George H. ^Morgan, Mrs. J. M. Phelps, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Sted- 
man, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Stedman, Mr. John D. Jones, Addison 
Thomas, Mrs. Robert Hoe, Mrs. C. H. Christmas, General and Mrs. 
C. B. Fisk, Mr, and Mrs. C. H. Ludington, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. 
Charles Robinson, Mrs. Hugh J. Jewett, Miss Jewett, Mrs, Rebecca 
Collins, Mrs. F. B. Lord, Miss Denny, Miss Endicott, Mrs, Marshall 
O. Roberts, President and Mrs. F. A. P. Barnard, Judge and Mrs. 
Noah Davis, Mrs. Jay Gould, Mrs. W. H. Arnoux, Mrs. George P. 
Slade, Richard Lathers, Colonel Delancey Floyd-Jones, the Rev. Dr. 
and Mrs. Booth, the Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Brooks, Dr. Llewellyn P. 
Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sage, Mrs. A. L. Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. 
Alexander Maitland, Miss McCready, IMi's. Schiefiielin and Mrs, James 
H. Stebbins. 

Mrs. W. H. Aspinwall entertained a large number of friends at a 
reception, in the evening, in her house, at No. 33 University Place. 
She was assisted by General and Mrs. Lloyd Aspinwall and Islx. and 
Mrs. Lloyd Aspinwall, Jr. 

Colonel and Mrs. J. Maidhof entertained the " D. V. V. German" 
for their daughter, Miss Marguerite Maidhof, at their house, No, 34 
East Sixtieth Street, The cotillon was led by John W. Thomson, 
dancing with Miss Maidhof. The favors were handsome. Miss 
Maidhof was attired in shrimp-colored silk, with a train with a white 
beaded front, made with square corsage and with elbow sleeves which 
were met by mousquetaire gloves. Her ornaments were diamonds 
and her bouquet was of pink roses and lilies of the valley. Mrs. 
Maidhof wore black velvet trimmed with point lace, and diamond 
ornaments. Miss Yvelin wore white tulle over white satin, with train 
and low-cut corsage, and short sleeves with pearl trimmings. Miss 
Tobey wore blue satin, with a square corsage and elbow sleeves, and 
diamond ornaments. Among those present were Miss Yvelin, Miss 
Tobey, Miss E. Van Dusen, Miss M. Schmieder, Miss Boardman, Miss 
Baldwin, the Misses Frasse, the Misses Fowler, Miss Mott, Miss N. 
Clarke, Miss Habershaw, Miss Crossley, Miss H. Van Deusen, Miss 
L:win, Miss A. Clark, Charles E, Pell, S. S, Wheeler, S, Lippincott, J. 



2 40 TEE SEASON. 

II. Emmons, W. H. W. Morris, LientenaTit W. J. Maidhof, L. Sledge, 
J. Scott, W. H. Young, Charles H. Tully, H. Clarke, F. Emmons, H. 
Buck, S. Boag, Delafield Alcott and I. Oliver Purd}', 

Mrs. James H. Breslin gave a large reception, in the afternoon, in 
the Gilsey House parlors, which were elaborately decorated for the 
occasion. Mrs. Breslin was attired in a dress having a bodice of 
crushed-strawberry velvet, trimmed with lace, and a skirt of canary 
satin, brocaded with moss roses and edged with velvet. Miss Breslin 
wore a dress of pink satin, under white tulle, which was garnished 
with Bon Silene rosebuds. The refreshment table, which was set by 
the Gilsey House, was much admired. It held an aquarium sur- 
rounded by flowers, a fountain that spouted perfumed water, and 
forest scenes where deer were grazing, and a tree was filled with quail 
prepared for eating. The salmon lay in a boat and the bass upon a 
miniature bridge over a stream. 

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Dodge, Jr., entertained the Thursday 
Ev^ening Chib at their house, part of the evening's programme being 
the showing of instantaneous photographs on a screen. 

Mr. and Mrs. John de Euyter gave a dinner-party. 

IMrs. John Heuvelman and Miss Shannon gave a reception yester- 
day at No. G3 West Fift^-third Street. 

Mrs. Charles Guidet, Mrs. J. J. Post, Mrs. George Hearn, Mrs. J. 
Kearney Eogers, and IVIrs. A, S. Hewitt gave receptions. 



Friday, February 2. 

CHILD REN's night AT THE ACADEMY. 

The seventh annual Children's Carnival took place at the Academy 
of Music, and resulted in a great deal of enjoyment for the old and 
the young children present, as well as in a handsome sum for the 
"Western Dispensary. It was after half past eight p.m. when the cur- 
tain rose and Puck's whole kingdom seemed to be let loose on the 
floor. There were lots of drollery, and Bottom, with his donkey's 
head and wagging ears, seemed to be " at the bottom of it." The 
Prince and Princess Carnival, Egon Marwig and Nellie Markellie, 
were borne in on a throne surrounded by two-legged lions with bushj^ 
yellow manes and kinkj-, long tails. The little Prince was dressed in 
lavender tights and lemon doublet trimmed with gold, and he wore a 
crown. The Princess wore, beside her diadem, a dress of cardinal 
red and pale pink, trimmed with silver. Titania, Miss Irma Asch, 
work pink tissue and silver spangles, and was drawn on a throne by 



FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 241 

peacocks. "With lier fairies in bine gauze she afterward rlanccd very 
prettily. The minuet Avas danced by some little old people in old- 
time dress, and made a very pretty sight. The siinllov>'ers with their 
big yellow heads and green bodies " broTight down the house," and 
when a little black imp darted out and slowly passed before the hun, 
Miss Esther Goldsmith, every one said : " The transit of Venus" and 
laughed. Then followed reminiscences of Carmen, Faust and Lohen- 
grin, dances by the North, South, East and Yv^est, Admiral Paul Jones 
in his good ship, Le Bon Homme liichard, surrounded bj^ sailor men 
and maidens, and last came George Washington on a real pony. A 
pretty procession of flower-girls took part in the scenes. After the 
performance there were three dances for little peoj^le, followed by a 
ball for adults. Pretty souvenir programmes were distributed. The 
boxes were occupied as follows : Proscenium Boxes. — P, Mr. and Mrs. 
Copinger ; O, Governor Cleveland ; N, James Wilson, Jr. ; F, Jesse 
Seligman ; E, Delano C. Calvin ; D, Washington E. Connor, G, Mrs. 
Ay res ; H, Old Guard officers ; I, Henry Allen ; Q, C. M. Raymond ; 
R, G. W. Beach ; S, Mrs. O'Brien. Numbered Boxes.— 1, Theodore 
Moss ; 2, J. W. Boyle ; 3, 0. W. Randall ; 4, Mrs. W. H. Neilson ; 5, 
Thomas Edison ; G, A. King ; 7, Birdscye Blakeman ; 8, Augustus 
Tavlor ; 9, I\Irs. William Rockafeller ; 10, Mrs. H. B. Plant ; 11, Mrs. 
H.*^K. Enos ; 12. Mrs. James Whitely ; 13, I^Irs. E. G. W. Worz ; 14, 
Mrs. J. E. Mastin ; 15, Dr. Jordan ; IG, Mrs. Andrew Boardman ; 17, 
Mrs. M. E. Feyh ; 18, Smith M. Weed ; 19, Mrs. E. Bradley, Jr. ; 20, 
George H. Howell ; 21, T. Buch ; 22, Lansing Lamont ; 23, Walter W. 
Watrous ; 24, Mrs. H. R. Dunham ; 25, I\Irs. H. L. Horton : 26, A. D. 
Howell ; 27, Mrs. A. Howe ; 28, E. S. Chapin ; 29, Ihs. A. King and 
I. H. King ; 30, Mrs. E. A. Boyd ; 31, Mrs. Edwin Slevin ; 40, N. J. 
Neilson ; 41, William W. Russell ; 42, Mrs. Tingue ; 43, J. N. Selig- 
man ; 44, Mrs. William A. Parke ; 45, W. N. Edwards ; 46, J. B. Bros- 
seau ; 47, Mrs. George Vanderhoff ; 48, Mrs. Theodore Ralli ; 49, Dr. 
A. J. Richardson ; 50, T. Coman ; 51, James P. Faure ; 52, F. W. 
Tuttle ; 53, Albert Hilton ; 54, Mrs. J. Coar ; 55, Mr. Tyson ; 56, H. 
J. Davison ; 58, S. V. Thomas. Artist i?oxes.— Sontag, Mrs. George 
Westinghouse, of Pittsburg ; Malibran, D. B. Iveson ; Parepa, J. K. 
Andrews ; Kellogg, Mrs. C. G. Wilson ; Patti, Madame Leon Rheims ; 
Piccolomini, Mrs. Frederick F. Beals ; La Grange, Dr. James B. Gil- 
bert ; Grisi, Howell Osborn ; Mozart, Dr. Egbert Guernsey ; Rossini, 
F. N. Howell ; Meyerbeer, J. Heron ; Bellini, Mr. Selleck ; Donizetti, 
William H. Wiley ; Verdi, H. Belden ; Gounod, Mrs. H. C. Berlin ; 
Weber, Albert Weber ; Beethoven, V\^arren Goddard ; Auber, William 
P. Shannon. 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Billings gave a reception, in the afternoon, 
which was largely attended. It was the first reception given by them 
in their house. No. 279 Madison Avenue, which was formerly occu- 
pied by Mr. Constable. The interior was decorated with plants, 
smilax and bouquets of roses, the latter having been brought from 



242 THE SEASON. 

Mr. Billings's farm at Woodstock, Vt. Mrs. J. B. Williams and Mrs. 
Charles H. Wood assisted Mrs. Billings in entertaining the company. 
Mrs. Billings was attired in black brocaded Ottoman silk, Mrs. Ward 
in black velvet and point lace, and Mrs. Williams in plain black silk. 
Refreshments and music by an orchestra supplemented the entertain- 
ment. Among those who called were Mrs. William M. Evarts, Mrs. 
John Sherwood, Mrs. Beaman, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Villard, Mrs. B. 
H. Bristow, Miss Bristow, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Bickmore, Dr. F. Sey- 
mour Haden, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Ward, the Eev. Henry M. 
Field, the Rev. and Mrs. Henry J. Van Dyke, Mr. and Mrs. Dorman 
B. Eaton, Mrs. W. E. Dodge, Jr., Mrs. G. W. Ballou, Mrs. W. Harmon 
Brovrn, Mrs. William D. Barbour, the Misses Barbour, Mr. and Mrs. 
Frederick Thomson, Mrs. Henry Leavitt, the Misses Nevius, Dr. and 
Mrs. J. S. White, Mrs. Charles Watrous, Miss Russell, Mrs. Theodore 
Wright, of Philadelphia, jMr. and Mrs. Henry Howland, Mr. and Mrs. 
Humphrey Swift, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Low, Miss Comstock, Noah 
Brooks, E. V. Smalley, R. Swain Gilford, Harry Chase and Mr. and 
Mrs. Ehrich K, Rossiter. 

Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Morgan, Jr., gave a german, which was limited 
by their parlors to about seventy persons. The cotillon was led by 
Francis Appleton dancing with Mrs. Morgan. The Hungarian band 
furnished music. Pretty favors Avere provided. Among those pres- 
ent were Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Howland, Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont, 
Jr., Miss Kernochan, Miss Waldo, F. Griswold, Mrs. W. K. Vander- 
bilt. Lady Mandeville, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Jr., Miss Bulke- 
ley, the Messrs. Rutherford, Miss Parsons, Griswold Lorillard, Miss 
Hecksher, Miss McAllister, Mrs. George Rives, Miss Mary Jones, 
Arthur Jones, J. F. D. Lanier, Miss Lanier, Miss Minnie Stone, Mr. 
and Mrs. Fernando Yznaga, Miss Remsen and the Messrs. Mortimer. 

Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, of No. 5 West Thirty-ninth Street, gave a 
children's party, in the evening, an elaborate entertainment being 
provided. Miss Chisholm, of Clinton Place, and Mrs. F. Martin, of 
Washington Square, gave dancing parties. Mrs. W. H. Wells, Mrs. 
Van Vliet, Mrs. T. W. Shannon and Mrs. G, W. Lespinasse gave re- 
ceptions. 

Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Wilman, of St. Mark's Place, New Brighton, 
gave the third of the Staten Island Sociables, entertaining a large 
number of guests. 

On the Guion steamship Alaska, lying at her pier. No. 38 North 
River, a large number of shipping merchants, customs officials and 
ladies were given a dinner by William H. Guion. After inspecting the 
elaborately furnished state-rooms, ladies' boudoir, smoking-room, 
and other parts of the vessel, and strolling over the roomy promenade 
deck, running from stem to stern, the guests were invited into the 



SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Z. 243 

main saloon and seated at two long tables. Captain Murray and Mr. 
Guion presided. Among the large number present were Collector 
Eobertson, Surveyor Graham and wife, John Kirpatrick and wife, 
Naval Ofifieor Burt, Miss Gayler, ;Miss Clauson, Miss Patrice Bouci- 
cault, John J. Barrill, Henry E. Cole, Charles B. Sabin, Alexander 
Barril, John Anderson, F. Toby, F. Booth, Philip Millspaugh, F. W. 
J. Hurst, J. T. Kandall and A. \V. Dayton. 



Saturday, February 3. 

Mes. Fkedeeick Robert gave a large reception from four to six 
p. M., at her residence. No. 22 West Twenty-sixth Street. She was as- 
sisted in receiving her guests by Mrs. D. L. Bartlett, of Baltimore, 
!Mrs. E. L. Corning, Miss Corning, and Mrs. A. M. Robert. The parlors 
were tastefully decorated with flowers, and there was music hj Landers 
and a collation by Pinard. Among the guests were Mrs. Adrian Iselin, 
the Misses Iselin, Col. and Mrs. De Lancey Kane, Mrs. William C. 
Schermerhorn, MissSchermerhorn, Mrs. William Astor, Miss Astor,Mr. 
and Mrs. Lloyd Aspinwall, Jr., Mr. and, Mrs. C. H. Berryman, Mrs. 
Lawrence Turnure, Miss Turnure, Mr. and jMi's. George Kemp, Mr. 
and Mrs. Frederick W. Stevens, Miss Stevens, Mrs. Lispenard 
Stewart, Miss Stewart, Mrs. Maturin Livingston, Miss Livingston, 
Mr. and Mrs. John Kane, Mrs. Paran Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic 
Bronson, Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Tuckerman, Mrs. John Kean and 
the Misses Kean. 

Mrs. John L. Riker gave a reception from four to seven o'clock, at 
her residence. No. 19 West Fiftj'-seventh Street. There was a basket 
of cut flowers suspended in the doorway of the front parlor, the 
chandeliers and mirrors were dressed wilh smilax, and there were 
floral pieces disposed about the parlors. Mrs. Riker received with 
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. J. J. Riker, and her daughter, Miss Riker. 
Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. James A. Roosevelt, Miss 
Roosevelt, ]\Ir. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Morgan, 
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H. Stevens, the Misses Stevens, Mr. and 
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Mr and Mrs. 
George Henry Warren, Miss Warren, Mr. and Mrs. James P. 
Kernochan, Miss Kernochan, Mrs. John Lawrence Smith, Miss 
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clews, ]Mr. and Mrs. Morris K. Jesup, 
Mrs. Daniel Torrance, Miss Torrance and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver 
Harriman. 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lenox Belknap, of No. 5 Gramercy Park, 
gave a dinner-party of eighteen. 

Mrs. William M. Vail and Miss Vail gave an afternoon tea at their 
residence, No. 77 Remsen Street, Brooklyn. Mrs. Vail and her 



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THE season: 



daughter were assisted in receiving the guests by Mrs. Charles F. 
Hoffman, Miss Hoffman, Mrs. Schieffelin, the Misses Schieft'elin, 
and Mrs J. V. Olcott. Mrs. Yail received in a black velvet dress, 
with a front of Chantilly lace. Miss Vail wore pink satin, trimmed 
with lace. The parlors were tastefnlly trimmed with roses and other 
flowers, and the suj^per was served by Pinard. Among those present 
were Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hoffman, Mrs. S. B. Chittenden. Mr. J. J. 
Pierrepont, Miss Julia Pierrepont, Miss Anna Pierrepont, Mrs. Brayton 
Ives, Mr. and Mrs William Livingston, Miss Livingston, Mrs. E. W. 
Lyman, Mayor Low, Mrs. Low, Mr. and Mrs A. A. Low, Mr. and 
Mrs. A. A. Low, Jr., Miss L. C. Low, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Benson, 
Dr. and Mrs. Henry, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan, P. J. Stranahan, 
Mrs. Eolb, MissS. Polhemus, Dr. and Mrs. Dennis, Miss Benson, Miss 
Annie Sheldon, Mr. and Mi;s. Cornell, Mrs. A. White, Mr. and Mrs. 
Keuben EojDes, Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Kissam, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel 
Sloan, Miss Sloan, Mrs. Henry Slocum, Mrs. H. K. Sheldon, Samuel 
McLean, Mrs, W. B. Hunter and the Misses Hunter. 

Mrs.W. D. Sloan gave a dinner jDarty. 

Mrs. Eobert Livingston gave a reception for Miss Natalie Baldwin. 

Mrs. Griswold, assisted by Miss Cowdin, her sister, gave a tea, at 
Ko. 14 West Twenty-first Street. Among the callers were Miss 
Grenville Kane, Mrs. Hewitt, Mr. and Mrs. Eichard Irvin, Miss 
Work, Miss Fish, Miss Bininger, Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Bulkeley and 
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Heckscher. 

Mrs. John G. Dale, of No. 55 Irving Place, gave the last of two re- 
ceptions, from three until six o'clock. About three hundred iDeojDlo 
called. The rooms were decorated with ferns and Boston rosebuds, 
and there was music. Mrs Dale received in a dress of heliotrope 
satin and Brussels lace, made with a long train. The corsage was 
square and the ornaments were necklace and bracelets of cluster pearls. 
Miss Dale wore pale blue satin with white roses and pearl ornaments. 
Assisting to receive were Mrs. Joseph Lentilhon, Miss Nina Thompson, 
the Misses Eemsen, the Misses Wotherspoon and the Misses Webb. 
Among those who called were Mr. and Mrs. Sutton, Mrs. Clarke, Miss 
Ella Leroy, Miss Daisy Lemist, Mrs. Webb, Mrs. Eemsen, Mrs. E H. 
L. Townsend, Mrs. Wotherspoon, George Wotherspoon, Sheffiekl 
Hubbard, Miss Helen Hubbard, James Livingston, Eobert Livingston, 
Miss Marie, Mr. Del Monte, Mr. Del Calvo, Mrs. Palmer, Miss Eyder, 
and J. Oakley Ehinelander. After the reception, those who received 
and about twenty-five of the guests remained for suj^per. and a very 
enjoyable and informal qvening was passed. 



MOyDAV, FEBP^UARY 5. 345 

Monday, February 5. 

THE PATKIARCHS DANCING. 

The Patriarchs' ball filled the ball-room at Delmonico's from eleven 
to three o'clock ^vith the rich effects which handsome dresses, col- 
ored lights and flowers produce at these fashionable gatherings. A 
well-sandpapered floor delighted the feet of the dancers, while the 
walls of the room were made pleasing to the eye by large plaques of 
various flowers interspersed with smilax, ferns and ivy. Callas and 
camellias were used to stud the masses of green foliage that overhung 
the mirrors, and a floral umbrella hung from the central chandelier. 
Hupper and refreshments were served as usual, and at 1.15 a.m. Will- 
iam Parsons, dancing with Mrs. W. K. Vandcrbilt, led the cotillon, 
which included about seventj'-flve couples, who danced until three 
A.M. Among those present, aside from the guests at the Brew- 
ster dinner, were Mr. and Mrs. S. V. E. Cruger, Mr. and Mrs. Philip 
Schuyler, Miss Langdon, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Howland, Mr. and Mrs. 

C. Yanderbilt, Allan T. llice. Mrs. Hayward Cutting, William Cut- 
ting, Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Cutting, J. F. D. Lanier, Miss Lanier, 
Creighton Webb, Louis Webb, the Misses Webb, Miss Emmet, Cassi- 
mir de Kham, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bend, Egerton Winthrop, Mr. 
and Mrs. James Strong, Miss Etta Strong, George Wotherspoon, the 
Misses Wotherspoon, James B. Townsend, Mrs. Maturin Livingston, 
]\Irs. B. Livingston, Kobert E. Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmerding, 
Mr. and Mrs. Granville Kane, Mrs. De Ruvtcr, Miss De Ptuyter, Mrs. 
E. L. Ludlow, Mrs. E. A. Post, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Colgate, Mr. and 
Mrs. Theodore Boosevelt, Miss Fanny Johnston, the Misses Bemsen, 
Charles Bussell Howe, H. S. Fearing, G. G. Howland, Jr., Bayard 
Clarke, Jr.-, Miss Florence Clarke, Miss Jean Turnure, Lawrence Tur- 
nure, Jr., Miss Fanny Swan, Mr, and Mrs. Yznaga, Mr. and Mrs. E. 

D. Morgan, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Schlesingcr, Pierre La Montagne, Julian 
Bobbins, Stacoy Clarke, Miss Sands, F. W. Stevens, Miss Daisy Ste- 
vens, Alexander Stevens, Miss Fanny Stevens, F. Schuchardt, Jr., 
Miss Newbold, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Fosdick, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick 
Neilson, Boyal Pbelps, the Misses Carroll, Charles De Kay, Mrs. O. 
W. Bird, Miss May Bird, J. Low Harriman, IMiss Sibyl Kane, Wood- 
bury Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Crocker, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Hoffman, Miss 
Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Miss Anna Hall, Mr. and Mrs. 
J. N. A. Griswold, J. Hooker Hamersley, Miss Heckscher, J. W, Clen- 
dennin, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, 
Miss Hewitt, :Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Forbes, Mr. and Mrs. James Water- 
bury, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Musgrave, Smith Clift, the Misses Clift, 
Bichard Peters, Frederick Beach, Henry Hoyt, and Mr. and ilrs. 
Lloyd S. Bryce. 

THE STATEN ISLAND CHARITY BALL. 

The principal incident of the social season on Staten Island took 
place at the rooms of the German Club, 'Stapleton, it being the 



246 THE SEASON. 

eighth annual charitj^ ball given in aid of the S. E. Smith Infirmary, 
The decorations were simple. Grafulla's band furnished the music, 
and sujiper was served from eleven to one o'clock. The Eece^Dtion 
Committee was headed by Erastus Brooks and included George 
Brov/n, U. S. N., George William Curtis, Thomas Drew, A. Hege- 
wisch, Charles A. Hegewisch, Louis C. Johnson, David W. Judd, Ed- 
ward King, Fitzhugh Mayo, James McNamee, Theodore McNamee, 
Louis H. Meyer, Nicholas C. Miller, W. S. Nichols, D. K. Norvell, 
John H. Pool, De Witt Stafford, S. H. Stephens, William Stursberg, 
C. H. Tompkins, Kneeland S. Townsend, John D. Vermeule, Freder- 
ick White and D. J. H. Wilcox. Lyman B. Frieze, Jr., E. F. I3irming- 
ham and Charles McNamee were at the head of the Floor Committee. 
The Managing Committee were C. C. Norvell, T. M. Kheinhard, L. 
Satterlee, J. K. Martin, Erastus Wiman and Aquila Eich. The lady 
patrons included all the prominent women on the island. The ball 
was large, enjoyable and netted a handsome sum. 

A DINNER TO INIK. BEEWSTEK. 

An elaborate dinner was given at Delmonico's by Frederick D. 
Thompson, in honor of Attorney-General and Mrs. Brewster. The 
guests assembled in the large parlor on Fifth Avenue ^t half past 
seven p.m., and were received by Mrs. Hamilton Fish and Mr. 
Thompson. At 7:45 they entered the ball-room, where the table was 
set, Mrs. Fish and the host leading. Then followed Mr. Brewster 
escorting Mrs. Paran Stevens, Hamilton Fish and Lady Mandeville, 
Ward McAllister and Mrs. De Lancey Kane and N. M. Beckwith with 
Mrs. James P. Kernochan, The table was shajjed like a letter I. In 
the middle of one side sat the host, with Mrs. Bryan K. Stevens on 
his left and Mrs. Fish on his right. Next to Mrs. Fish sat Mr. Brews- 
ter and Mrs. Paran Stevens. Opposite them sat Ward McAllister, and 
on his right Mrs. De Lancey Kane and on his left Mrs. James G. K. 
Duer. At the head of the I sat Mr. Fish with Lady Mandeville on 
his right and Mrs. Albert Gallatin on his left. Opposite them sat N. 
M. Beckwith, with Mrs. James P. Kernochan on his right hand. The 
table was handsomely set with largo beds of white lilacs, red and 
pink roses, and a small hedge of pansies and violets extended all the 
way around it. The ladies all had handsome bouquets. The menu 
was elaborate, the card bearing the host's initials. The dinner lasted 
two hours, when the company went up-stairs to take their coffee, and 
the room was prepared for the Patriarchs' ball, which all attended. 
The Marquis of Lome and President Arthur were invited, but could 
not attend. The other guests at the dinner were Peter Marie, Miss 
Marie, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Von Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Loril- 
lard, Mr. and Mrs. Eoland Eedmond, Miss Annie Parsons, C. C. Bald- 
win, Mrs. Brockholst Cutting, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Mr. 
and Mrs. George L. Eives, Thomas Maitland, Mr. and Mrs. James B. 
Potter, George Henry Warren, Miss Warren, Mr. and Mrs. George L. 



MONDA Y, FEIiR UA R Y 5. '<^ i < 

Kingsland, :Mrs;:Marsliall O. Roberts, Arthur Cadogan, Miss Thompson, 
A. S. Carhart, F. Pendletou, Miss Ella Le Hoy, Mr. and Mrs. Columbus 
Iselin, S. Nicholson Kane, De Lancey Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd 
Bryce, Miss AVelles, Benjamin Welles, Lispenard Stewart, Miss Astor, 
Center Hitchcock, Miss Fish, Randolph Robinson, ]\Ir. and Mrs. J. 
I. Kane, Miss Dana, F. Gray Griswold, ]\Iiss Beckwith, W. A. Spen- 
cer, Miss Duer, M. A. Wilkes, Miss Endicott and Miss Cothout. 
Handsome toilets were worn by all the ladies. Lady Mandeville wore 
a dress of white Ottoman silk embroidered with pearls, and made 
with a Pompadour corsage. Several diamond stars were worn in her 
coiffure. Mrs. Gallatin wore a white silk dress, with train and low- 
cut corsage, and her hair was decked with pink roses. Mrs. Fish 
wore a dress of dark brocade silk, trimmed with lace. Mrs. Paran 
Stevens was dressed in a pale lavender silk trimmed with point lace, 
and wore a tiara of diamonds and a lavender ostrich tip in her hair. 
Pansies and violets were worn in her corsage. Miss Oothout wore 
pink satin with pink ostrich tips in her hair. Mrs. Kernochan wore 
dark wine colored satin, trimmed with lace and in her hair wore 
ostrich tips to match the dress. Mrs. Byam K. Stevens wore white 
Ottoman, with a low-cut corsage studded with diamond ornaments 
and trimmed with lace. She also wore a diamond necklace, brooch 
and star. Mrs. De Lancey Kane wore palest piiik and lace, with a 
white ostrich tip in her hair. Mrs. Duer wore a heavy cream satin 
dress brocaded with apple blossoms. The corsage was sleeveless and 
Pompadour, and her ornaments were pearls and diamonds. 

THE LIEDERKEANZ BALL. 

AMien the gay procession which opened the Liederkranz Ball started 
on its way, the Academy of Music was crowded in every part. The 
proscenium and balcony boxes, and a number of extra boxes which 
had been built at the eastern end of the room, were resplendent with 
pretty women and elaborate toilets. Above the balcony boxes, the 
general gallery, from its outermost curve back to a point where it met 
the roof, presented a succession of human faces intently fixed on the 
gay scene below. The lobbies, the halls, the stairways and the ante- 
rooms of the Academy were filled, even during the opening exercises, 
with a constantlj'" moving and changing mass of humanit5\ In short, 
the thirtieth annual Liederkranz Ball was a veritable crush. About 
ten o'clock the various factors of the opening procession began to 
assemble in Nilsson Hall, which was used later in the evening as a 
supper room ; and it was evident from the display of costumes here, 
thus early, that the ball was to be one of the most beautiful in that 
respect which the society has ever given, richly-tinted silks, hand- 
some laces, flashing jewels, and wonderful ornaments of every de- 
scription, adding their attractions to the slender or substantial beauty 
of the m^Tiad of masked and mysterious forms. Promptly at half 
past ten Leibold's orchestra swung into the majestic measure of Gou- 



248 THE SEASON. 

nod's " Konigin Von Saba," and the procession slowly started on it^^ 
way. It was headed by the Knights of Prince Carnival, captained 
by Mr. Wimmel. The subjects of the monarch followed, and were 
established in their places by the master of ceremonies. Then came 
the Prince himself, borne on the shoulders of eight court jesters and 
escorted by the Floor Committee. These were succeeded by other 
delegations, representations and companies, each new instalment 
ii." ding fresh color and life to a scene already rich in both, until the 
floor bloomed like a garden. It was fully fifteen minutes before the 
procession was finished and the crowded audience had gone Avith 
rapidly succeeding exclamations of wonder and meiTiment. A gro- 
tesque dance, wherein a large deputation from the Chinese laundries, 
several hysterical darkies, some monks and friars and other repre- 
sentatives from widely separated walks of life, joined with much 
spirit and gymnastic cleverness, elicited a great deal of laughter. 

Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Jatfray and their daughter, Miss Edith Jaffraj^' 
gave a large reception at their house, No. 615 Fifth Avenue. The 
rooms were ornamented with groups of Australian palms and ferns 
in varioiis alcoves, and the mantels and hall-mirror were banked with 
Chinese primroses. Assisting to receive the company were Mrs. 
Jaffray's two married daughters, Mrs. Woodriff and Mrs. James Mc- 
Vickar, and also Miss Fanshawe, Miss Graham, Miss Emily Hall, Mrs. 
Stimson, Miss Schieffelin, Miss Colgate, Miss Eraser and Miss Tabcr. 
Mrs. Jaffray wore a dress of black velvet made with a train, the front 
being of golden and pink brocade on a black ground. It was 
trimmed with old point lace, and her ornaments were diamonds. 
Miss Jaffray wore white Ottoman silk and moire, made vdth a long 
train, the front being trimmed vrith pearl passementerie. The bod- 
ice was cut square and low, and the pearl lace sleeves came to the 
elbow, where they were met by long blue silk gloves. She carried 
three large bouquets of flowers, two being composed of Bon Silene 
roses and the other of Nephetos rosebuds. Her ornaments were 
pearls. Mrs. McVickar was attired in royal blue velvet, with a long 
train, the front being of gold and white brocade. The dress vras 
trimmed with point duchesse ]ace, and her ornaments were dia- 
monds. Mrs. Woodriff's costume vras a skirt of white embroidered 
Canton crPpe, with a bodice of ruby velvet, and she wore diamond 
jewels. About eight hundred persons called, among them Mr. and 
Mrs. J. Frederick Kcrnochan, Mr. and Mrs. Schieffelin, Mr. and Mrs. 
John Jav, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Evarts, Mr. and Mrs. D. 0. Mills, 
Mr. and' Mrs. W. K. Yanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. Sloane, Dr. and Mrs. 
Seward Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Heber Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Twombly, 
Mr. and Mrs. James Barclay, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barclay, Mr. and 
Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. 
Louis Lorillard, Mr. and Mrs. S. Tan Eensselaer Cruger, Mr. and 
lili's. George Plamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Guion, Miss Le Eoy, General 



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and Mrs. Webb, tho Misses Webb, :Mrs. Bird and Miss May Bird, :Mr. 
and Mrs. Cliarles Berrj'man and Mr. and Mrs. Fiske. 

Mrs. A. J. Johnson gave a large reception from four to seven p.m. 
at her house, No. 9 East Sixty-fourth Street. Miss Virginia H. John- 
son, Mrs. W. W. Johnson and Mrs. Emor-" assisted to receive the com- 
pany. The house was decorated, and there was music by Stub's 
orchestra. Among those present were Mrs. Henry Knickerbacker, 
Mrs. General Baxter, Mrs. D. T. Lamman, Mr. and Mrs. William H. 
Fogg, F. A. Palmer and wife, Mr. Montague, Mrs. Lucien B. Chase, 
Miss Pierce, Miss Savin, Mrs. Savin, m-s. Charles H. Eaton, Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles L. Cornish, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bostwick, Miss Sewell, 
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Van Vorst, Constant Mayer, Mrs. G. H. Clark, tho 
Misses Clark, Mrs. Dexter A. Hawkins, Mrs. R. M. Strobeigh, Miss 
Strobeigh, William Hickok, Mrs. A. C. Merriam, William G. Bates, 
.Randolph W. Townsend, T. Be Witt Townsend, Mrs. R. L. Lav»'- 
rence, Miss Spragne, Mrs. George F. Gilman, Mrs. Augustus F. 
Brown, Miss Brown, Mrs. E. Greeley Cleveland, the Misses Cleveland, 
J. G. Masten, Miss :\Iaud Van Buren, Miss May Wynkoop, Miss Sam- 
pay, Miss Anna F. Blanchi, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McxVlpin, F. Halpin, 
Mrs. Edward T. Schenck, Miss Whittemore, Miss Lillie Archer Pan- 
coast, Herman Drisler, F. Drisler, H. A. Groesbeck, Mr. and Mrs. T. 
P. T. Ralli, Miss Edith Shannon, Mrs. John Henvelman, Miss Aniiie 
Sloman, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Groot, Mrs. Sylvester L. Blood, Mids 
Cornell, Mrs. E. H. Sandford, Miss Livingston, Mrs. James Talcott^ 
Dr. Fuller- Walker, Clarence H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. V. Olcott, 
Miss Louise C. Hervy, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Corning, Miss Alice Shea, 
Miss Margaret Gouverneur Philipse, Miss Caldwell, Edwin A. Sew- 
ard, IMrs. Henry C. Seward, Mrs. John H. Flagler and ]Mi-s. Robert 
Kelly. 

Mrs. Eastman Johnson gave a tea at No. Go West Fiftieth Street, 
assisted by the Misses Carnochan, the :Misses SchiefEelin, the Misses 
Rutherfurd, Miss Mulany and Miss Chalfin. Mrs. Johnson was 
dressed in white Ottoman silk, with a front of plush. There were 
present Mrs. Walter Rutherfurd, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rutherfurd, 
Alexander Rutherford, Mr. and Mrs. Shippen, Mr. and INIrs. Robert 
A. Livingston, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Miss Armstrong, Judge and 
Mrs. Dalv, the Misses Crosby, Dr. and Mrs. Carnochan, Mr. and Mrs. 
Ehhu Vedder, the Misses Tillottson, Henry Holt, Mrs. Davenport, 
LIrs. Sherwood, Dr. and Mrs. Emmet, Mrs. Charles Ward, Mrs. Ben- 
Ali Haggin, Mrs. HeDiingway, Dr. and Mrs. Allan McLanc Hamilton. 
Mr. and :\Irs. Louis Fitzgerald, ]\Ir. and Mrs. Parke Godwin, Hubert 
Herkomer, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Hawthorne, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Sted- 
man and Mr. Cotton. 

A handsome dinner was given by Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew. 
IMrs. Hegeman, Mrs. Depew's mother, and the following guests wero 



250 THE SFASOy. 

present : Ex-Governor and Mrs. Cornell, ex-Governor and Mrs. Stan- 
ford, Collector and Mrs. W. H. Kobertson, Dr. AV. J. Banner, Judge 
and IVIrs. Bussell, General di Cesnola and Mr. and Mrs. James H. 
Stebbins. 

Mrs. S. B. Chittenden, of No. 18 Pierrepont Street, Brookljm, gave 
a ladies' luncheon. The table was decked with a profusion of 
flowers, the favors being especially pretty. They were gilded straw 
gondolas with the oars raised and crossed to form a handle, and were 
filled with Douglas and Marechal Niel rosebuds. Covers were laid 
for fourteen, the guests being Mrs. Noah Hunt Schenck, Mrs. E. S. 
Storrs, Miss Storrs, Mrs. Henry E. Pierrepont, Jr., Mrs. Henry K. 
Sheldon, Miss Smith, Miss Loquer, Mrs. Alexander E. Orr, Mrs. J. S. 
T. Stranahan, Mrs. Arthur W. Benson, ]Mrs. H. A. Anderson, Miss 
Washburn and Mrs. W. E. Colton. 

IVL's. Bradley Martin gave a dinner-party at her house. 

Mrs. G. G. Smith, LIi's. Burr Wendell, and Mrs. A. H. Baldwin 
gave receptions. 

The Chevalier G. B. Raffo, the Italian Consul-General, and his 
wife, gave a soiree at Martinelli's, the whole third floor being used 
by the comjDany. About seventy persons were present, and enjoyed 
a banquet and dancing. 



Tuesday, February 6. 

THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB. 

The twentieth anniversary of the organization of the Union League 
Clnb was celebrated by a reception, in the evening, at the club-house 
in Fifth Avenue. There was a large and brilliant gathering. The 
features of the evening were an oration by William M. Evarts, a poem 
by Eichard Henry Stoddard and addresses by John Jay, Luther E, 
Marsh and William E. Dodge, Jr. Eefreshments were served. The 
guests began to arrive early. Before eight o'clock the beautiful 
rooms of the club-house were dotted here and there with representa- 
tives of the professional, political and business life of the metropolis. 
The entrance to the main hall was marked by a collection of palms 
and ferns. This was the only decoration which had been attempted 
in the building. To the left Bernstein's orchestra was stationed, and 
jjlayed at intervals selections from popular operas. The Eeception 
Committee consisted of C. S. Smith, the Eev. Dr. C. C. Tiffany, F. A. 
Potts, James H. Stebbins, E. H. Perkins, C. N. Bliss, W. H. Eoss, 
Alexander Taylor, L. M. Bates, C. L. Tiffany, F. B. Howell, Professor 
V. Botta, James C. Carter, S. V. E. Cruger, F. D. Le Compte, William 
H. Fogg, William H. Lee, John F. Plummer, James Otis, Horace Eus- 



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sell, Daniel F. Appleton, William Dowd, Joseph Gray, William II. 
Hurlbert, William D. Sloane, Joseph H. Choate, V. M. Moore, C. G. 
Landon, L. B. Cannon and David Milliken, Jr. Before the formal 
exercises were begun in the large room adjoining the pictnre gallery, 
the company strolled through the handsome rooms, sauntered up and 
down the broad staircases, and at their leisure looked at the collec- 
tion of pictures which had been loaned for the occasion, and which 
adorned the walls of the gallery. After eight o'clock, the room set 
apart for the speaking began slowly to fill up, and in a quarter of an 
hour after that time the seats on both the floor and the stage were all 
occupied. The Hon. William M. Evarts presided. Among those on 
the platform were ex-Mayor Grace, the Ilev. Dr. C. C. Tiffany, Thomas 
C. Acton, the Rev. Kobert Collyer, Salem H. Wales, Parke Godwin 
and Charles Butler. 

THE SUPPEE. 

After the speaking the guests proceeded to the supper rooms. 
Sujiper was served from three tables, which were handsomely deco- 
rated by the club's steward, Vincent Camuvito. The first table was 
in the alcove-room, and was shaped like a letter L. It bore, besides 
large bouquets and a floral arch, a representation of the old Seven- 
teenth Street club house. There were also several military devices. 
On the floor above in the three little rooms on the south side of the 
building was a long table, the centrepiece on which showed a battle 
scene, with cannon, redoubts, gunners, etc. Above this was a slab 
of confectionery, on which rested a large salmon. Large bouquets 
and pyramids also adorned the table. In the large dining-room was 
set a long table, on which four arches of smilax rested, each bearing 
the dates of 1863-1883 in white carnations, and the letters " U. L. C' 
in pink carnations. The table bore several handsome devices, in- 
cluding a model of Bartholdi's statue of " Liberty Enlightening the 
World." The punch table bore a model of the Twentj'-sixth Street 
club-house, which, when lighted from within, was effective. The menu 
was ver\' handsomely gotten up, and bore, besides a list of the speak- 
ers and the details of the elaborate bill of fare, three engravings of 
the three houses which the club has occupied. The first. No. 26 East 
Seventeenth Street, was opened on May 12th, 1863 ; the second, at 
Madison Avenue and Twentj^-sixth Street, was opened on April 1st, 
18G8, and the present quarters of the club, at Fifth Avenue and 
Thirty-ninth Street, on March 5th, 1881. 

Miss Kate Upshur, daughter of Commodore Upshur, now com- 
mandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, was married at half past one 
o'clock to ilr. Frank Moorhead, of Pittsburg, Pa., in Grace E^iiscopal 
Chiirch, Brooklyn, by the Ilev. Dr. Davenport, of Morrisiania, assisted 
by the Rev. Dr. Snively, rector of the church. The ushers were Mr. 
George Upshur, brother of the bride, Mr. Henry Graham Browne, of 
Pittsburg, Mr. John McC. Watson, ]Mi-. Thomas Hunt, son of the 



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Minister to Russia, Mr. S. P. Tuck and Mr. Sidney Applcton, The 
best man was Mr. Marshall Chikls, of Pittsburg. The bridesmaids 
■were Miss Virginia Kearny, Miss Addie Slack, Miss Montrose Elliott 
and Miss Eose Gouverneur, a great-granddaughter of President Mun- 
roe, all of Washington. Miss Slack wore a dress of primrose j'ellow 
and Miss Elliott a dress of primrose pink Ottoman sillv, with long 
trains and square corsages. They carried bouquets of Jacqueminot 
roses. Miss Kearny and Miss Gouverneur wore dresses of white 
Ottoman silk with square corsages and demi-trains. They wore long 
tan-colored Mousquetaire gloves and carried bouquets of roses. The 
bride, who was given away by her father, wore plain white velvet 
with a very long court train, the front being of embossed velvet. The 
dress was trimmed down the sides and across the front with jaboted 
Spanish lace, and the square neck and elbow sleeves were tilled with 
the same lace. Her long tulle veil was fastened with a cluster of 
white lilacs and her corsage was ornamented with a bunch of the same 
flowers. She carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley. ]\Irs. Upshur, 
mother of the bride, wore a dress of rich black velvet, the front 
trimmed with black Spanish lace. Her ornaments v/ere diamonds. 
At the conclusion of the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at 
Commodore Upshur's residence at the Navy Yard. The table was 
handsomely decorated with baskets of ciat flowers and palms. The 
flags in the Navy Yard Avere all flying, and cannons were fired in 
honor of the event. About sixty guests were present. Dancing was 
enjoyed during the afternoon. At five o'clock the young couple left 
on a wedding tour to Washington and Florida. On their return they 
will live at Allegheny City, Pa. Among those present at the cere- 
mony and reception v>'ere Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Appleton, Admiral 
and Mrs. Le Eoy, Captain and Mrs. Harmony, Mr. S. E. Wilson, of 
Trenton, Mr. and Mrs. Holland, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Davenport, Mr. 
and Mrs. John Moorhead, Miss Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd-Jones, 
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Chittenden, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pierrepont, Jr., 
Mr. and Mrs. James S. K. Duer, Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow Lawrence, Mr. 
and Mrs. A. A. Low, the Misses Suydam, of Elizabeth, N. J., Mr. and 
Mrs. Malcolm Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. William Beekman, Mr. and 
Mrs. Henry Egleston, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Dodge, Commodore 
and ]Mrs. Kane and Major and ]\Irs. Slack. 

Miss Grace Peterman, daughter of Mr. Jefferson Peterman, was 
married at half past eight o'clock in St. James's Episcopal Church, 
Brooklyn, by the rector, Rev. Dr. Homer, to Mr. James T. Scott, Jr. 
The best man was Mr, C. W. Hogan and the ushers were Mr. F. S, 
Sherry, lJi\ W. A. Penfield, Mr. S. Clement Scott, and Mr. C. E. Car- 
son. The bridesmaids were Miss Henrietta and Miss Mollie Scott, 
sisters of the bridegi'oom. Miss Peoli and Miss Tuttle, of New York. 
The two former wore dresses of white corded silk and the two latter 
pale blue satin Merveilleux. The dresses were all made with long 
trains and square corsages filled in with tuckers of crepe lisse. They 



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253 



worn long tan-colored mousqnetairo gloves and carried bouquets of 
violets and pink roses. Their ornaments were diamonds. The bride 
wore white brocaded satin with a long train, the point trimmed with 
ruffles of duchesse lace. Her corsage was cut square, and she wore 
long white gloves. Her long tulle veil M\as fastened by a comb set 
with diamonds and a cluster of white rosebuds. She carried a bou- 
quet of Nephetos roses, and her ornaments were diamonds, the gift 
of the bridegroom. The bride's mother wore black brocade, with a 
train, point lace trimmings and diamond ornaments. The bride- 
groom's mother wore black moire silk, trimmed with chenille fringe 
and jet and duchesse lace. Her ornaments were diamonds. A recep- 
tion was held after the ceremony, at the resideDce of the bride's sis- 
ter, Mrs. F. G. Kichardson, of No. 106 Park Place. Among those 
present at the church and reception were Mr. and j\Ii-s. Joseph Fahys, 
]Mr. and Mrs. John Snedeker, Miss Annie Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Fred- 
erick D. Steele, Dr. and Mrs. Homer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith, Mr. 
and Mrs. Pinuey, Mr. and IMi's. Tuttle, jliss Swan and Mr. Frank 
Cooke. 

Miss Juliette B. Shindler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Shin- 
dler, was married at eight o'clock at the residence of her parents, No. 
52 West Fifty-sixth Street, by the Ilev. Charles H. Eaton to Mr, 
Arthur W. Kipling, of lioselle, N. J. The best man was Mr. T. C. Over- 
ton, of Brooklyn. The ushers were Mr. W. Crane, of Boselle, N. J., 
Mr. Alexander S. Gordon, Mr. W. J. Johnson, Mr. L. S. Wilson, Mr. 
E. Maclav Bull and General X. G. McCook. The bridesmaids were 
Miss Kipling and Miss McCook, of Stoubenville, O. They woro 
cream-colored Ottoman silk cut decollette, trimmed with Brctonne 
lace and pearls. They carried bourpaets of white lilacs and Bon 
Silene buds. The bride wore white satin trimmed with duchesse 
lace, plain skirt and long train. Her long veil was of duchesse lace. 
Her ornaments were diamonds and her bouquet was composed of 
white lilacs and orange-blossoms. Among those present at the cere- 
mony and following reception were Judge and Mrs. Van Vorst, Judge 
and Mrs. Noah Davis, Bishop and Mrs. Scarborough, of New Jersey, 
Mr. Cornelius V. Banta, of Koselle, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Baldwin, of 
Eoselle, and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Barlow, of Cranford, N. J. 

Miss Kate V. Whitney was married, in the evening, to Mr. William 
Beals Kendall at the Church of the Transfiguration by the Kev. Dr. 
Houghton, rector of the church. The ushers were Mr. Walter Ham- 
lin, Mr. Frederick Hatch, Mr, Wilbur, Mr. J. Holmes, Mr, J. Dimock 
and Mr. J. Mitchell. The bridesmaids v/ere Miss Whitney and Miss 
Kendall, sisters of the bride and bridegroom. Mr. Frederick Hamlin 
was best man. The bride, who was given away by her father, Mr. R. 
H, Whitney, wore white Ottoman satin, with long train and tablier 
front, covered with pearl and crystal embroidery. The bodice was 
cut square and trimmed with duchesse lace. On one side of the skirt 



254 THE SEASON. 

viere hung two great clusters of Marguerites. The tulle veil was held 
in place by a diamond pin, and she carried a bouquet of white roses. 
The bridesmaids wore white Swiss muslin with sashes of pink satin 
and they carried baskets of Bon Silene roses. The reception which 
followed the ceremony was held at the residence of IVIrs. Kendall, at 
No. 2'i West Forty-ninth Street. 

Miss Margaret Anne Corning was married at half past seven o'clock 
in the Rutgers Presbyterian Church, on Madison Avenue, to Mr. J. 
Ellsworth Hyde by the Rev, George H. Smythe. The best man was 
Mr. E. C. Smith. The ushers w^ere Mr. John Otto, Jr., of Buffalo, 
cousin of the bride, Mr. L. S. Faber, Mr. W. A. F. P. Midford and 
Mr. William Rachau. The bridesmaids were Miss Otto, of Buffalo, 
Miss Corning and Miss Laura Corning, cousins of the bride, and Miss 
Mora, cousin of the bridegroom. The bride's dress was of white 
Ottoman silk with a long train and front of brocaded velvet. The 
bodice was cut Y-shape and trimmed with duchesse lace. A cluster 
of white roses held the tulle veil. She wore diamond ornaments and 
carried a bouquet of white roses. The dresses of the two young girls, 
Miss Laura B. Corning and Miss Mora, were of white nun's veiling 
and walking length, with square corsage trimmed with white satin 
ribbons. They carried bouquets of pink rosebuds. The other two 
bridesmaids. Miss Corning and Miss Otto, wore trained dresses of 
white satin, the fronts covered with alternate plisses of satin and 
ruffles of Oriental lace. The necks were cut square and trimmed 
with lace, and they carried bouquets of pink roses. A reception to 
the relatives and intimate friends of the family was held at the resi- 
dence of the bride's uncle, ]\Ir. Edward Corning, of No 42 East 
Twenty-ninth Street. Among those joresent were ]\L.\ Hyde, Mr. 
Russell Hyde, the Misses Hyde, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Fraser, Mr. 
and Mrs. William H. Kirkland, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Darling, Mr. 
Thomas W. Gibson, Miss Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Smith, 
Mrs. Edwin Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Dart, and the Misses Smith, 
of Buffalo. 

Miss Augusta I. Norton, daughter of Mr. Frank H. Norton, was 
married, in the evening, to Mr. William C. Parraga, at Zion Church, 
corner of Madison Avenue and Thirty-eighth Street, by the Rev. Dr. 
C. C. Tiffany. The ushers were Mr. F. H. Norton, Jr.,' brother of the 
bride, Mr. R. E. Parraga and Mr. C. S. Pan-aga, cousins of the bride- 
groom, Mr. James A, Atkinson, Mr. John J. Mead and Mr. Alfred 
Bierck. Mr. R. A. Scrivener was best man. The bridesmaids were Miss 
Olivia Norton, the bride's sister, and Miss Paiilita Parraga, sister of the 
bridegroom. The bride wore white silk, m iralne, with basque panels 
and trimmings of satin-striped silk. The front was trimmed with a 
deep flounce of Spanish lace, with pearl fringe. The corsage was cut 
V-shape. She wore a long tulle veil, fastened to the coiffure by a 
cluster of white roses, and she carried a bouquet of the same flowers. 



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The bridesmaids wore wliite cashmere, walking length, with veils of 
Spanish lace. They carried bouquets of pink roses. There was no 
reception, as the bride and bridegroom started immediately for a tour 
in the South. Among the guests at the church were Mr. and Mrs. F. 
Parraga, Mrs. M. M. Parraga, Miss A. Parraga, Miss M. Parraga, and 
Mr. J. S. Parraga, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Norton, Mr. and Mrs. 
Felicia Fabrici, Mr. and Mrs. Serrano, Miss Serrano, Dr. and Mrs. 
Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Averill. 

MissGeorgie Remsen, of No. 87 Fifth Avenue, gave a ladies' lunch- 
eon. The guests, about fifty in number, were seated at small tables 
prettily decorated, and each received a bunch of roses. 

Mrs. U. S. Grant gave the second of her " at homes." 

]\Ir. and Mrs. Bradley Martin gave a large dinner-party which was 
followed by dancing. 

Mrs. George E. Blan)5hard gave a dinner-party. 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles King, of No. 386 Fifth Avenue, gave a ger- 
man at their residence. The house was decorated with ferns, palms 
and natural flowers. About fifty couples danced in the German, 
which began soon after midnight. 

Miss Mitchell gave a german in the large parlor adjoining the ball- 
room at Delmonico's, and which was handsomely decorated for the 
occasion. 

Mrs. Charles Lanier, of No. 30 East Thirty-seventh Street, gave a 
small german to her son, Mr. James F. D. Lanier, and her daughter, 
Miss Fanny Lanier, who is one of the debutantes of the season. 

Mr. and Mrs. Solon Humphreys gave a dinner at their residence at 
Bergen Point, N. J., to Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson Hockley Walsh. 
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walsh Humphreys, 
Mr. and Mrs. Teackle, Wallis Lewis and Mr. W. Strother Jones. 

Mr. and Mrs. William Bliss celebrated Shrove Tuesday by a dinner 
and musical party. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. S. V. R. 
Cruger, Mrs. Marshall 0. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. George Henry War- 
ren, Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Brockholst Cutting, Mrs. William Street, Mr. 
Winthrop, and Mr. E. S. Wells. 



256 THE iSEAisoy. . 

ASH WEI5NESOAY. 

Wednesday, February 7. 

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY CliUB. 

The Irish land questioD was discussed at a meeting of the Nine- 
teenth Century Club, in the house of Courtlandt Palmer, No. 117 
East T^yent.y-first Street. There was a large attendance of the mem- 
bers and guests, the dra^dng-rooms of the house being completely 
filled. Among other persons present were the Bev. Dr. J. H. Ey- 
lance, Mrs. John Sherwood, Bayard Tuckerman, H, E. Tremain, 
Edgar Fawcett, the Rev. George Mallory, Mr. and Mrs. John E. 
Haj^den, Frederick A. Conkling, G. W. Ballou, Richard Grant White, 
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Day, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hunt, Dwight H. 01m- 
stead, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert E. Jones, the Rev. M. R. Schermerhorn, 
Miss Kate Sanborn, Professor and Mrs. H. H. Boyesen, Dr. William 
A. Hammond, Miss Emma Lazarus, Charles Moran, Mr. Thomas F. 
Meagher, Professor Isaac Rice, ex-Judge Arfloux and Mr. and Mrs. 
Jordan L. Mott. 

Thursday, February S. 

WiLLiAiNi S. Thorn, Jr., son of the president of the Second Avenue 
Railroad Company, and Miss Josie Dingee, daughter of P. N. Dingee, 
were married at seven o'clock in the Washington Avenue Baptist 
Church, Brooklyn, by the Rev. Emory J. Haynes, the pastor of the 
church. Albert Therriot was the best man, and the groomsman was 
John Symonds. The ushers were Frederick Sybell, Arthur Sj'monds, 
Charles V. B. Howe and Theodore Weston. The bride's dress was of 
white Ottoman silk, with a front of brocade Ottoman. The corsage 
was cut square and sleeveless, and was garnished with orange blos- 
soms and lilies of the valley. She wore a tulle veil, with orange blos- 
soms, and carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies. A receiJtion 
was held at the house of the bride's father. No. 165 Clinton Avenue, 
from eight to twelve o'clock. The decorations of the house included 
a bell of white roses, a canopy of smilax, a cornucopia, a horse-shoe 
and a bank of flowers bearing the number " 25" in red carnations in 
honor of the silver wedding of the bride's parents, which occurred 
last evening. Among those present were Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Palmer, 
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Bedford, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Thorn, Mr. and 
Mrs. F. S. Street, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cox, Miss Cox, Mr. and Mrs. 
Taylor, Miss Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Blackford, ]\Iiss Von Steenburg, 
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Dingee, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Dingee, Mr. and Mrs. 
Herbert Richardson, the Misses Murphy, Miss Blackford, Miss Lottie 
Sanxay, Miss Ida Whitney, Miss Fanny Pollard, Miss Mattie Dennis, 



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257 



Miss Pauline Elliott, the Misses Brnmley, H. H. Salmon, Albert 
Whitnej', Charles Pratt, Jr., F. H. Bedford, Robert Osborn, Mr. Eei- 
mer, Miss Gill, Arthur Cox, William Clark, George Johnson and Mr. 
and Mrs. Emorj' J. Haynes. 

The Knickerbocker Sewing Class met at the house of Mrs. Bradley 
Martin. 

Mrs. Jacob Hess gave a musical reception at her home, No. 25 East 
Seventy-third Street. 

Mrs. E. A. Livingston gave a reception at her house in Harlem. 



Saturday, February 10. 

The Hon. William Maxwell Evarts was given a dinner to celebrate 
his sixty-fifth birthday, at Pinard's in East Fifteenth Street, by his 
law partners, Charles F. Southmayd and Joseph H. Choate. The 
table was handsomely set with fiftj^-two covers and adorned with large 
bouquets and candelabra. A birthday cake surrounded by sixty-nve 
wax candles was placed opposite the honored guest. The menus 
were attached to broad ribbons of heavy brocade silk of blue, red, 
buff and lavender. The name of each guest was painted on a separate 
card and attached to the ribbon. The menu bore the quotation : 
" Age cannot wither nor custom stale his infinite variety." The din- 
ner was private, and did not break up till a late hour. At Mr. Evarts 's 
right sat S. E. Lyon, and at his left Mr. Southmayd. Next to the 
latter was Judge Eapallo, and then followed Judge John Sedgwick, B. 
D. Silliman, John E. Ward, A. J. Vanderpoel, W. C. Whitney, Will- 
iam Jay, Charles E. Strong, Henry H. Anderson, E. P. Wheeler and 
Judge W. G. Choate. To the right of I\Ir. Lyon were W. M. Prichard, 
Judge Van Yorst, J. C. Carter, James Thomson, Edward C. Perkins, 
Chauncey M. Depew, "W. H. Peckham, John L. Cadwalader and S. P. 
Nash. On the opposite side of the table were Joseph H. Choate, 
Judge Noiih Davis, Edwards Pierrepont, Judge John E. Brady, Addi- 
son Brown, Judge Charles L. Benedict, George De Forrest Lord, 
Judge John F. Dillon, C. C. Beaman, Jr., P. H. Butler, A. Y/. Evarts, 
J. E. Tracv, C. H. Tweed. J. P. G. Foster, Henry J. Scudder, A. P. 
Man, John E. Parsons, Charles M._ DaCosta, Benjamin H. Bristow, 
Joshua M. Yan Cott, F. N. Bangs, Henry Day, Grosvenor P. Lowery, 
Francis C. Barlow, J. Alfred Davenport, Henry E. Howland, Henry 
D. Sedgwick, Sidney Webster and E. Eandolph Eobinson. 

Judge Eichard 0' Gorman gave a dinner-party to ten guests at the 
Lotos Club. 

Mrs. Henry Leavitt gave a tea at No. 33 West Nineteenth Street. 



^58 THE SEASON. 

]Mr. and Mrs. S. Brewer Musgrave and Mrs. H. G. Chapman gavo 
small receptions. 



Monday, February 12. 

Mes. J. A. BosTWiCK gave a dinner-party. 

The Aspen Musical Club met at the house of Mrs. James B. John- 
ston. 

Llrs. John Mack and the Misses Mack held a reception. 

Mrs. M, A. Cochran entertained the Capulet Society. 

The Lincoln Club gave a recejDtion at the Hotel Brunswick. 

The Ajame Association held a regular meeting at Pinard's. 

Mrs, Dallas B. Pratt entertained the Sewing Class. 

ISIrs. "W. "W. Story held a reception. 

Tuesday, February 13. 

The Atalanta Boat Club gave a dramatic performance, which was 
followed by dancing, in the evening, at the Lexington Avenue Opera 
House. The play acted w-as The, Snowball. Music was furnished by 
Cappa's Seventh Kegiment Band. Miss Jennie Parker played a violin 
solo and was w^armly applauded. The members of the cast all acted 
creditably and won copious applause, as well as bouquets. The 
building was filled by the audience. 

IVIr. and Mrs. James Thomson gave a dinner-party in honor of their 
son and Miss Purdy, who are engaged. 

H. S. King gave a dinner-party to twenty-four guests at Del- 
monico's. 

Mr. and Mrs. Scranton, of the Osborne, gave a children's party. 

The night was enlivened for a few by a dinner-party given by Mr. 
and Mrs. George Henry Warren, at which, however, neither host nor 
hostess were present. Mrs. Alden, Mrs. Warren's daughter, taking 
the place of the latter and young Mr. Warren that of the former. 
Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Stewart, Miss Astor, Miss 
McAllister, Miss Pell, Mr. and Mrs. Kent, Mr. Ealph Ellis, ]Mr. Harry 
Chauncey, Jr., and Mr. Thompson. 



WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAKY 1-1. 259 

Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Elkins, of No. 46 West Fifty-eighth Street, gave 
a dinner-party in the evening. Among the guests were ex-Secretary 
James G. Bhiine, ex-Postmaster General James, Mr. Augustus Sc'hell, 
ex-Mayor Grace, ex-United States Minister Welch and Mr. William C. 
Whitney. 

Mr. and Mrs. Evarts gave a dinner. 

Mr. and Mrs. Auchincloss gave a luncheon party. ^ 

Wednesday, February 14. 

Bataed Clause, Jr., and Miss Clarke entertained the Lenten Glee 
Club, at its first meeting, at their house, No. 2 East Thirtieth Street, 
in the evening. The club is similar to the glee clubs in England and 
includes some fifty young people. Angear served refreshments in the 
course of the evening. The glees sung included " All among the 
Barley," " Finland Love Song," " Spring Song,' ' " Pilgrim Chorus," 
and " Sweet and Low." Among those present were Miss Rhinelan- 
der. Miss Etta Strong, Miss Coster, Miss McKim, Miss Moore, the 
Misses Livingston, Miss McAllister, Miss Van Kensselaer, Miss New- 
bold, Miss Stevens, the Misses Ogden, Mr. Hadden, Mr. Livingston, 
Mr. Miller, Mr. Wissman, Mr. Bering,. Mr. 'Jones, A. S. Carhart, Mr. 
Oothout, Mr. Paris, Mr. Greene, Mr. Strong, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Pell, 
Mr. Coster, Mr. McKim, G. G. Howland, Jr., the Misses Clarkson, 
Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Pratt, Mr. Robbins, Mr. Barnwell and :Mr. 
Chauncey. 

A dinner-party was given by Mrs. Marshall O. Eoberts at her house 
in Fifth Avenue. 

Mr. and Mrs. James Gibbons celebrated their golden wedding at 
their house, No. 55 West Forty-seventh Street. 

Miss Le Roy entertained a number of her young lady friends at 
luncheon. 

William F. Englis gave a large reception at his house. No. 110 Kent 
Street, Greenpoint. 

Mrs. Charles H. Raymond, Miss Nettie Raymond, Mrs. Adrian 
Iselin, Jr., Mrs. Renshaw Jones, Mrs. D. A. Hawkins and Mrs. S. J. 
Penniman were among those who received their friends. 

Mr. and Mrs. S. Rindskoff gave a supper party at Delmonico's. 

Miss Terry, of West Thirty-fourth Street, gave a luncheon party for 
twenty young ladies. 



260 THE SEASON. 

Miss Pentz, of No. 115 East Sixty-first Street, entertained the 
" Ours" Societj^ E. F. Kingsbury led the german. 

The Amaranth Society produced the play of Hamlet at the Brooklyn 
Academy of Music. 

Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Pomeroy, No. 27 West Thirty-ninth Street, 
gave an elaborate dinner party on St. Valentine's Day, The tables 
•R'ere decorated with two immense baskets of flowers — one entirely of 
violets and the other of variegated tulips. Covers for eighteen were 
laid, and among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Moller. Miss Her- 
rick, Mr. Griffen Mr. Abbott, Miss Townsend, Mr. Tilden, Mr. Otis, 
Miss Fabbri. There was a dance after dinner. 

Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Shepard gave a dinner-party. 

Mrs, M, B. Schieffelin gave a reception. 

Tliursday, February 15. 

Mk. and Mes. Eichaed M. Hukt entertained the Thursday Evening 
Club, in the evening, at Pinard's. There were tableaux, under the 
supervision of F. D. Millet; readings, by F. Hopkinson Smith, and 
piano music, by Mrs. W. L. Andrews. About one hundred and 
twenty-five people were present. 

The Twilight Club, with which the twilight lasts until ten or eleven 
P.M., met for one of its regular dinners and " shop talks" at D'Or- 
ville's restaurant, on the tenth floor of the Mills Building, which is 
as near as they can get to stellar influences. The He v. Dr. Charles F. 
Deems was the principal guest of the evening. 

The Lenten Sewing Class met at the residence of Mrs. D. O. "Wother- 
spoon, No. Ill East Nineteenth Street, in the afternoon. 

The Knickerbocker Sewing Class met at the residence of Mrs. Henry 
Clews, No. 14 West Fortieth Street, in the morning. 

A young ladies' luncheon was given by Mrs. Samuel Borrowe, at 
which the freshness and profusion of the roses was only surpassed by 
the excellence and daintiness of the menu. Among the young ladies 
present were Miss Caroline Duer, Miss Marie Eouth, Miss Winthrop, 
Miss Ludlow, Miss Wothersj)oon and several others, 

Friday, February 16. 

Mk. and Mrs. J. A. Bostwick gave a german at their house. Fifth 
Avenue and Sixty-first Street. 



MOXDA }", FFI^R UA 7? F 1 9. 2 G 1 

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Scliermerhorn gave a dinner-party. 

Mr. and Mrs. John Burchell gave a dancing party at No. 708 Lex- 
ington Avenue. 

Saturday, February 17. 

Mks. Edwaed Leavitt gave the next to the last of her Saturday 
afternoon receptions at her home, No. 33 West Nineteenth Street. 
Receiving with her were Miss Fisher, of San Francisco, Mrs. Samuel 
Thorne, Miss Swift, Mrs. William Schermerhorn and Mrs. Saltus. 

Mrs. C. H. Leland gave a reception at her house, No. 1G2 Madison 
Avenue. 

A dinner-party was given by Judge Tracj', at the Florence, to live 
ladies and five gentlemen. After the dinner the party attended a 
theatre. 

Mrs. John Westervelt entertained the Saturday Night Whist Club 
at its fortnightly meeting. 

George E. Turnure and Redfield Turnure gave a young gentleman's 
dinner-party at the house of Lawrence Turnure. Among the guests 
were Mr. Le Eoy, Mr. Cook, Mr. Wing, Mr. Griswold and ]Mr. Gray. 

Dr. Hubbard W. Mitchell entertained several members of the Board 
of Education and a number of physicians at No. Ti? Madison Ave- 
nue. Among those present were A. L. Soulard, Charles Crary, H. B. 
Perkins, D. G. Yuengling, Jr., Dr. I. L. Peat, Dr. James L. Little, 
Dr. E. S. Bates, Dr. George A. Peters, Commissioner Jacob Hess and 
John A. Gilbert. 

JTIonday, February 19. 

The reading of Mr. Eiddle at the Turf Club Theatre looked like a 
party or a reception rather than a mere reading. The reader, how- 
ever, was attentively listened to and cordially applauded. 

In the afternoon Mrs. Edward Woolsey threw open her house for 
Miss Cowell, who read some agreeable selections. 

LIr, and IVIrs. William Gihon gave a large dinner. 

Mr. and Mrs. William Ehinelander Stewart gave a large dinner, 
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Leavitt gave a musicale, at which the 
fine voice of their young daughter was heard to advantage. 



262 THE SEASON. 

Mrs. Bradley Martin also gave a dinner. 

Mrs. Schieffelin and Mrs. Ernest H. Crosby lield a reception, 

Mrs. Bangs held a large reception. 

Mrs. McKibben entertained the Hawthorne Sociable, the Amateur 
Leagiie held a reception at the Lexington Avenue Opera House, and 
Mr. and Mrs. L. Townsend Howes celebrated their silver wedding. 

F. W. Seagrist and wife, of Stuyvesant Square, gave a reception in 
honor of the thirteenth anniversary of their w-edding. Among the 
many present were H. E. Khodes and wife and several members of 
the Seventh Regiment, and officers of the navy and their wives. 

Tuesday, February 20. 

A LAEGE number of people attended the wedding of Louis M. Ful- 
ton, a lawyer of this city, and Miss Margaret J. Young, daughter of 
the late Eev. Joseph Young, of Scotland, which took place at half 
13ast seven p.m., in the Collegiate Church, at Fifth Avenue and 
Twentj'-ninth Street. The ushers were Mr. Grant and ]\Ir. Harroun. 
A reception was held after the ceremony at No. 17 West Thirty-second 
Street, the house of the Eev. Dr. W. Ormiston, who performed the 
ceremony. Among the invited guests were Miss Dana, Mr. and Mrs. 
Hewitt, Mr. and Mrs. James Darrington, Miss Estron, Mrs. Shaw, 
Mrs. Ellen H. Smith, Dr. Victor Precht, Mr. and Mrs. William C. 
Spencer, Mr, and Mrs. John H. Henshaw, Miss May Fulton, Mr. and 
Mrs. James D. Hull, F. A. Wright, W. E. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. William 
Hutchinson, Miss Belle McCormack, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Sellew, Miss 
Wigley, Miss Amelia Wurmb, General Frederick T. Locke, Mrs. John 
Homer Hillick, Arthur H. Mann and F. S. Gerrish. 

Dinner-parties were given by Mr. and Mrs. William Guion, Mr. 
and Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mr. and Mrs. William Rockefeller and Mr. 
and Mrs. E. Donnell. 

Mrs. McKibben entertained the Hawthorne Social at her house, 
No. 236 West Forty-eighth Street. 

Miss Whitcomb held a reception at No. 20 Sidney Place. 

In spite of the rumor that Mr. Vanderbilt had been stricken down 
by paralysis, a number of ladies called on his wife, and found all well. 

Dr. and Mrs. Webb had just returned from a trip to Canada, and, 
it is rumored, have taken a house at Burlington, Vt., for the summer, 
near the handsome villa of Mr. Le Grand B. Cannon. 



WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 2^3 

The d.ancing clnss organized by Miss Moore, Miss Marshall and 
Miss Bostwick brought their season to a close with a german at Miss 
Moore's residence, No. 44 West Forty-eighth Street. The german 
was led by Miss Moore and Mr. La Montaigne. Among the members 
and guests present were the Misses Bostwick, De Bost, Walden, 
Livermore, Sands, Keep, Roe and Struthers, and Messrs. Morgan, 
Jaffray, Comstock, Hilger, Whitlock, Eomeyn, Marshall, La Mon- 
taigne, Walden, Struthers and Palmer. 

Mrs. John Taylor Johnson entertained the Aspen Musical Club in 
the evening. 

TFednesday, February 21. 

Mes. Dextek a. Haweins gave the last of her card receptions. 

In the evening General and Mrs. Winslow gave an elegant dinner 
to General and Mrs. Grant at the " Florence." Covers were laid for 
sixteen, and General Porter, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ballou, General and 
Madame di Cesnola, Mr. and Mrs. Thorne and Commander Gorringe 
were among the guests. 

Mrs. and Miss Evarts received their usual Wednesday visits, as did 
Mrs. J. Woodward Haven, Mrs. F. E. Halsey and LIrs. Eadcliff 
Davenport. 

The Harvard Club dijied at Delmonico's. 

The Classes of '81 and '82, Columbia College, gave dinners. Also 
the Impromptu Club, and the Company H, Seventh Regiment. 

At eleven o'clock it was evident that in point of numbers, at least, 
the annual masquerade ball of the Arion Society, at the Madison 
Square Garden, was to be as great a success as any of its predeces- 
sors. The immense floor was thronged with dancers costumed in 
every fashion of gay and fantastic dress. The decorations through 
the Garden were liberal and handsome, and there were touches of 
grotesque ornamentation here and there that added a quaint and at- 
tractive character to the scene. The western end of the Garden was 
overgrown with greenery, lighted here and there by groupings of 
flowers, set pieces and plants, that rendered the air heavy with fra- 
grance. At the eastern end the throne of Prince Carnival had been 
reared and was reached by steps covered with Turcoman drapery. 
On the sides of the throne curtains of blue and gold concealed the 
wonders of the coming procession. The great open space of the Gar- 
den abounded with a thousand twinkling jets, which glittered in the 
radiance of dozens of electric lights. 



264 THE SEASON. 



Thursday, February 22. 

The Order of the Cincinnati celebrated its one hundredth anniver- 
sary at Dehnonico's in the evening. John Schnyler presided in the 
absence of the president, Hamilton Fish. Letters of regret were read 
from President Arthur, General Sherman, Major-General Hancock 
and Mayor Edson. The toasts to ' ' Washington' ' and '' The Founders 
of the Cincinnati " v>-ere drunk in silence. General Grant responded 
to the toast of "The Army," and Commodore Upshur to that of 
"The Navy." The toast of '* New York" called forth a response 
from Controller Campbell and those of " Sister State Societies" and 
" Our Centennial " from William G. Ward and William H. Crosby. 
The room was decorated with flags and emblems of 1783 and 1883. 
The company separated shortly after midnight. The following were 
among those present : Pierre Van Cortlandt, Carroll Livingston, Alex- 
ander Hamilton, John Cochrane, Edward Wright Tapp, Alexander S. 
Yv'ebb and Eobert S. Webb. 

The first of a series of entertainments was given, in the evening, at 
the Madison Avenue Congregational Church. From the centre of the 
building was suspended a large Japanese umbrella hung with lan- 
terns. Thirty young ladies in red and white costum.es performed a 
broom drill, after which the Kev. Dr. Newman, pastor of the church, 
gave a description of the Japanese "Feast of Lanterns," which is 
held in the cemeteries of Japan once a year, the graves being deco- 
rated with lanterns and a feast spread for the dead. General Waller 
gave a description of an Indian courtship and the entertainment 
closed with illuminated portraits of celebrities and tableaus. Gil- 
more's band furnished music, and refreshments were sold in the 
vestry. Another entertainment will be given to-night. 

The Washington Light Battery, First Division N. G. S. N. Y., for- 
merly the Old Washington Gray Troop, celebrated their semi-centen- 
nial anniversary by giving a reception at the Lexington Avenue Opera 
House, A large company was present. The ball-room was deco- 
rated, and the stage set with Gatling guns, stands of arms and a tent 
with a sentinel before it. Cappa's Seventh Regiment Band furnished 
the music for the dancing, w^hich began about ten p.m., and continued 
until four a.m. Twenty -four numbers were on the tasteful order of 
dancing. Among the guests present were Major-General Shaler and 
staff, the staff of the Adjutant-General, Brigadier-General D. D. 
Wylie, Brigadier-General P. H. Briggs, Brigadier-General C. S. Bob- 
bins, Brigadier-General W. H. Brownell, Brigadier-General C. T. 
Christensen, Brigadier-General Louis Fitzgerald, Brigadier-General 
W. G. Ward, Captain Lindermann, of Buffalo, Colonel Ward, of the 
Twenty-third Eegiment, Colonel Austen, of the Thirteenth Regi- 
ment and Colonel McLeer, of the Fourteenth Regiment. 



THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 2G5 

The full-dress reception of the Ninth Regiment attracted a large 
crowd to the Madison Square Garden. The programme was a long 
one, but the audience appeared to enjoy it all, particularly the dress 
parade and review. After the review was over dancing began. 

The Veteran Corps of the Seventy-first Eegiment gave a reception 
to the ladies who are assisting it in the arrangements for the forth- 
coming fair at the Ai-mory, in Thirt^^-fifth Street. The dancing was 
continued till one o'clock, when supper was served. 

The Arcadian Club had a dinner at the Westmoreland Hotel in 
honor of " the daj^ we celebrate." Among those present were Harri- 
son Millard, Arthur Lumley, Benjamin F. Rheinhart, Lawrence Hut- 
ton, Frederick G. Gedney, Daniel D. Tilford, George W. Hows, Allan 
McDonald, Charles A. Clapp and A. P. Dunlap. 

The seventh annual dinner of the Harvard Club, of New York, took 
place at Delmonico's. About one hundred and fifty members and 
guests of the club took their seats at the six long tables arranged in tho 
ball-room at seven o'clock, after grace had been oftered by Dr. A. P. 
Peabody. At the guests' table, which was placed at right angles and 
raised above the others, sat Charles C. Beaman, president of the club, 
and the guest of the evening. At his right hand were President 
Eliot, of the universitj^ Carl Schtirz, Joseph H. Choate, Mayor Low, of 
Brooklyn, Professor James Mill Pierce and James C. Carter. At his 
left were Dr. A. P. Peabody, William M. Evarts, Theodore Lyman, 
Judge Addison Brown, H. H. Anderson and ex-Judge William G. 
Choate. Among the others present were Edward L. Parris, Dr. Gor- 
ham Bacon, J. Hampden Robb, Edward H. Kidder, Prescott Evarts, 
Henry W. Poor, Julian Hawthorne, A. A. Hayes, William M. Pritch- 
ard, James T. Kilbreth, Nathaniel L. Smith, Warren N. Goddard, 
James W Hawes, George W. Dilaway, C. A. Eunkle, H. E. Deming, 
Henry R. Hoyt, Thorndyke R. Hodges, George A Goddard, F. P. 
Jones, and R. L. Russell, of Boston, George H. Sargent, *r. Clement 
Cleveland, E. Ellery Anderson, Horatio Algers, Jr., Edward King, 
and James 0. Hoyt. 

A matinee i^erformance of the Children's Carnival was given in the 
Academy of Music for the building fund of the Western Dispensary. 
The audience filled the parquet, balcony and gallery, and nearly all 
the boxes were occupied. Mrs. Commodore Vanderbilt occupied one 
of the proscenium boxes. It was after half past two p.m. when the 
curtain went up and a succession of pretty tableaus, marches and 
dances began. All of the participants were warmly applauded, and 
many received handsome bouquets. The features of the entertain- 
ment most in keeping with the day were the minuet, which was 
danced in costume, and George Washington, who rode a very hand- 
some and well-behaved pony and was surrounded by four companies 



2Q(j THE SEASON. 

of sixteen men each of Continental soldiers in full uniform and carry- 
ing muskets. The drill was well performed, and when the troo]DS 
formed a cordon with levelled muskets around their general or repre- 
sented a battle-field, the effect was very realistic. It was nearly five 
P.M. when Professor Marwig clapped his hands for the last time and 
the curtain fell on Prince and Princess Carnival, flower girls, sol- 
diers, sailors, George Washington, pony and all. 

The annual banquet of the Washington Club in honor of Washing- 
ton's Birthday took place at the Hotel Brunswick. Ex-Congressman 
William K. Boberts, the president of the club, presided. There were 
present ex-Mayor Grace, Maurice Truy, the French Assistant Consul, 
O. B. Potter, ex-Governor Walker, Frederick A. Conkling, Commis- 
sioner James S. Coleman, General M. T. McMahon, H. McK. Twom- 
bly, ex-County Clerk Butler and about one hundred others. 

Miss Katherine Lorillard Kernochan, daughter of James P. Kerno- 
chan, and niece of Pierre Lorillard, was married to Herbert C. Pell, 
son of the late Clarence Pell, at noon, in St. Augustine's Chajoel, in 
East Houston Street, by the Eev. Olin Halleck, assistant rector of 
the church. W. H. Delancey was the best man. Mr. O'Niel, the 
sexton, was the only witness. The bride wore a tight-fitting, brown 
travelling dress. The pair started on a short wedding tour after the 
ceremony. The wedding was a surprise to the bride's family and to 
society generally. As many persons think the secrecy of the wed- 
ding was justified by circumstances, and hope that a reconciliation 
will be effected, the wedding is chronicled. 

The Knickerbocker Sewing Class met at the residence of Mrs. Pell, 
No. 9 Gramercy Park, and the Lenten Sewing Class at the house of 
Mrs. William Gihon. 

Mrs. Lawrence Turnure gave a fine dinner of twenty covers for 
her son. 

It being Washington's Birthday and a holiday, the lawn tennis 
guilds had large parties at their various rinks. This game seems 
never to lose its freshness. Many people went out of town to enjoy 
a breath of country air. Mrs. John Kean matronizing a party at 
Elizabeth, and Mrs. Grenville Winthroj) a large party at Garrison's. 

Mrs. Samuel Smith had a young rosebud company at lunch for her 
daughter. 

Mrs. Winthrop Eay held a reception. 

Mrs. James G. Beach was at home. Miss Laura Conkling gave a 
ladies' lunch, and there was much driving in the Park. 



FRIDA r, FEBRUA RF 28. 2 C 7 

The weddincj of Mr. Thomas TT. Halbert and Miss Hannah Carrier, 
daughter of Mr. Charles Currier, which occurred on the afternoon of 
Washington's Birthday, at the residence of the bride's father. No. 521 
Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, was a very enjoj^able affair. The bride 
looked handsome in a magnificent dress of dark silk. The bride's 
father gave an elegant supper, after which the happy pair started for 
Washington. The presents were numerous and useful. Among those 
at the ceremony were Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Currier, Mr. Edward 
Currier, Mr. Frank E. Currier, Mr. Charles Currier, Jr., Mr. John 
Currier, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Currier, Mr. and Mrs. Preston Sear- 
ing, Mrs. and Miss Halbert, Mr. and Mrs. H. Halbert, Mr. and Mrs. 
Hobart Park, Mr. and Mrs. James Ives, Miss Gussie and Jennie Ives, 
Mr. Fred Ives, Mr. and Mrs. C. Ives, Misses P. Keid, Ethel Wright, 
Miss Baxter and Mr. John Swett. 

A very large and elaborate luncheon of many hours' duration was 
given by Mrs. Samuel Smith. It was principally remarkable for the 
number of beautiful women who adorned the table, and among whom 
were Mrs. August Belmont, Jr., Mrs. Samuel Colgate, Miss Ada Smith, 
Miss Fanny Lanier, Miss Jean Turnure, and the Misses Emmett. 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Sheldon, of No. 193 Madison Avenue, en- 
tertained a number of guests at dinner. 



Friday, February 23. 

Mks. John C. Westervelt received a large number of calls, as did 
Mrs. Alexander Mackay Smith, Mrs. S. A. Warner and Madam Bal. 
tazzi. 

In the evening a large deputation of the Piano Club assembled at 
Mrs. Murraj^'s, No. 72 Fifth Avenue, and the attendance at the Friday 
evening lecture of the Kev. Dr. Morgan Dix was very large. The in- 
teresting and instructive views set forth by that gentleman on the 
subject of the education of women were never more needed than just 
now, when society seems to be almost in a state of disintegration. 
No sooner does one scandal die than another comes up, and the 
avidity with which they are all believed is a bad sign of the times. 

The news of Miss Kernochan's elopement was not a scandal, only 
an excitement. The " pretty Kitty" of Hadden Hall, also a beauty 
and an heiress, ran away with the man of her heart. Young Lochin- 
var has always been a favorite hero, and his bride a heroine, and who 
should blame her if she chooses to step into a church with the man 
of her choice and. marry him quietly, except that no one would see a 
child give pain to such indulgent and excellent parents as hers, even 



268 THE SEASON. 

for an honr ? Mr. Pell is a man of family, f asliion and wealth. Let 
us hope that the j^oung people will be forgiven. 

" Hearts in love use their own tongues. 
Let every eye negotiate foi' itself, 
And triiat no agent." 

Mrs. Pierre Lorillard gave a handsome dinner at her splendid 
house in Fifth Avenue. There is an originality in the entertainments 
given by this lady which always surprises and pleases. The great 
centrepiece of flowers was entirely yellow, the grand silver candelabra 
were of antique pattern, and the guests were well seated. 

Mrs. Eichard Irvin, Jr.'s, Sewing Class met at her house, No. 19 
"West Seventeenth Street, for the first time. Whatever Mrs. Irvin 
plans is sure to succeed. 

Mrs. Ayer gave a party at No. 6 West Fifty-seventh Street, and the 
Alta Social met at the Turf Club. 



Saturday, February 24. 

Mrs. Goveenoe Cornell gave a large dinner of twenty-four covers, 
at No. 616 Fifth Avenue, Mrs. Bradley Martin continued her elegant 
hospitality, and Mrs. Henry G. Chapman gave one of her Saturday 
evenings. 

Monday, February 26. 

The Ladies' Day entertainment attracted a lare number of ladies to 
the Lotos Club. The exhibition of paintings was supplemented by 
refreshments and songs by Miss Sallie Eeber, W. T. Carleton, J. H. 
Eyley and Mr. Mansfield, and recitations by Osmond Tearle. Among 
those present were Miss Mary L. Booth, Mrs. Burton N. Harrison, 
Mrs. Harriett Webb, Lieutenant and Mrs. Fiske, Mrs. Henry Bischoff, 
Jr., Mrs. J. B. Thompson, Mrs. Saportas, Miss Ella Flanders, Mrs. 
Hoyt, Mrs. Alfred K. Hills, Mrs. Purssell, Mrs. Greatorex, Mrs. S. 
Baber, Miss Charlotte Adams, Mrs. Morton, Mrs. W. Henry Smith, 
Mrs. Brennan, Mrs. Courtlandt Palmer, Mrs. S. E. Weed, of Brook- 
Ivn, Mrs. Ealph Meade, Mrs. Latan, Mrs. Abner Mellen, Mrs. Dexter 
W. Force, Mrs. J. M. French, Mrs. C. H. Chatfield, Miss De Luna, 
Mrs. De Luna, Miss Kate Eanney, Mrs. Eanney, Mrs. M. L. Carpen- 
ter, Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs. Folsom, Mrs. D. J. Johnson, Mrs. C. Bos- 
worth, Mrs. E. W. Woolsey, Mrs. Bass, Mrs. Pringle, Mrs. Gellibrane, 
Mrs. A. S. Hunter, Miss Donaldson, Miss Nattie Nelson, Miss Eequa, 
Miss Bessie Eutter, Mrs. Callender, Mrs. Smedlev, Mrs. O. B. Bunce, 
Mrs. Thomas Maddock, Mrs. W. A. Crofliut, Mrs. Gillett, Mrs. Ar- 
buckle, Mrs. Colby, Mrs. Mariotte, Miss Mariotte, Miss Seligman, 
Jtlrs. J. M. Ayer, Miss Byrd, Mrs. Franklyn Martine, Mrs. F. W. Tut- 



TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 2G9 

tie, Miss Hewlett, Mrs. Belden, Mrs. Spencer D. Schuyler, Mrs. John 
Moran, Mrs. R. Esterbrook, Mrs. C. A. Henriques, Mrs. W. M. Ollilf e, 
Mrs. Lathers, the Misses Lathers, Mrs. H. D. Burt anti Mrs Ermmio 
H. Smith. 

Mr. and Mrs. Henrj^ B. Plant gave a surprise party, in the evening, 
at their house, No, 586 Fifth Avenue. 

The Orange Gun Club dined at Pinard's. Fifteen members were 
present. 

Miss Cornell gave a reading at Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt's. 



Tuesday, February 27. 

The Congregational Club, of New York, held its monthly meeting 
at the Eossmore Hotel, in the evening, Eoswell Smith, of The Centuri/, 
presiding. Among those present were the Eev. Drs. Lyman Abbott' 
W. H. Ward, A. H. Clapp, Edward Beecher, H. C. Hayden, and Hep- 
worth, of this city, the Eev. Dr. E. W. Gilman, of Flushing, L. L, 
the Eev. Thomas Hey wood, of Elizabeth, N. J., and the Eev. Dr. H. 
M. Storrs, of Orange, N. J. After the supper, Mr. Smith called the 
members to order, and announced that several clergymen had been 
invited to speak to the club upon the distinctive features of the de- 
nominations to which they belonged. He then introduced the Eev. 
Thomas Armitage, of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, as the first 
speaker. 

Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor Johnston gave a reception, in the evening, 
at their house, which was attended by about two hundred of the 
younger people in society. Miss Johnston received the company 
with her mother. From ten to twelve the company listened to the 
Hungarian Band, conversed, and strolled through the rooms. Mrs. 
Johnston's collection of china in the art gallery, with the pretty stairl 
way leading thereto banked with flowers, and the old Italian cabinet, 
were much admired. Late in the evening, as it lacked only a day of 
Mi Careme, or Mid-Lent, some of the company ventured to dance. 
Among those present were General and Mme. di Cesnola, the Misses 
Hewitt, Miss Astor, Mr. and Mrs Lloyd Aspinwall, Jr., Mrs. W S 
Andrews, Miss Blodgett, Miss Bird, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce,' 
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Bronson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Belmont, Jr., Mr! 
and Mrs. Abner Colgate, Mr. and Mrs. Butler-Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. 
J. Coleman Drayton, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Jr., Dr. and Mrs 
Gaspar Griswold, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Howland, Mr. and Mrs. James 
Eoosevelt, the Misses Eussell, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sedgwick, Mr. 
and Mrs. W. Ehinelander Stev/art, the Misses Van Eensselaer, Mr. 
and :Mrs. Yan Eensselaer Cruger, Judge and Mrs, Howland,' the 



270 THE SEASON. 

Misses Iselin, Mr. and Mrs. Eichard Irvin, Mr. and Mrs. Bradish 
Johnson, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. John I. 
Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Grenville Kane, the Misses King, Miss Chapman, 
Miss Beckwith, Mr. and Mrs. W. Baj'ard Cutting, Miss Chauncey, the 
Misses Eemsen, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cary, T. J. Oakley Ehine- 
lander, Bellinger White, Lispenard Stewart, G. Henry "Warren, 
George Wotherspoon, W. E. Travers, Jr., and the Messrs. Whitlock. 

Mr. and Mrs. James Gore King Duer gave a dinner-party at Pi- 
nard' s in honor of the eighteenth birthday of their daughter. Miss 
Caroline Duer. The company was seated at a round table with a 
handsome centrepiece of roses, pansies and other flowers. Miss 
Duer had painted for the lady guests elegant satin sachets of various 
colors which were filled with flowers. The gentlemen's favors, of 
satin, had a small painting on each. A little dance wound up the 
festivity. There were present Mr. Stewart, Miss Ashmore, Mr. 
Francklyn, Miss King, Mr. T.uckerman, Mr. Cutting, Miss Wother- 
poon. Ward McAllister, Miss McAllister, Miss Borrowe, Mr. Thomp- 
son, Miss Campbell, Mr, Moore and Miss Bird. 

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hart and their daughter gave a large recep- 
tion, in the evening, at their house, No. 1 South Elliott Place, Brook- 
lyn, as a farewell to their friends before their departure to the South. 
The young ladies receiving the company with their parents were Mrs. 
James Foster, Jr., a married daughter. Miss Hart, Miss Adelaide 
Hart, Miss Clara Hart and Miss Laura Hart. A dancing hall, cover- 
ing the entire back yard, had been built and connected with the par- 
lors. All the rooms were handsomely decorated with stands of flow- 
ers, floral designs and smilax, while the orchestra was hidden with 
masses of ferns and plants. The hours of the reception were from 
eight to ten p.m., after which dancing was kept up until a late hour 
by the younger people. Among the guests were the Eev. Dr. Cuyler, 
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Houghtaling, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Pease, Mr. 
and Mrs. W. W. Goodrich, the Misses Goodrich, General and Mrs. 
Stewart L. Woodford, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Dauchy, Mr. and Mrs. 
Joseph Fahys, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Boynton, Mr. and Mrs. Valentine 
Snedeker, Mr. and Llrs. Edward Hall and Mr. and ]\Irs. Augustus 
Palmer. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin gave a large dinner-party. 

Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Hatch, of No. 58 West Fifty-fourth Street, gave 
a small evening party. 



WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 271 

nil CAR^J^E. 

Wednesday, February 28. 

Jesse S. Nash, son of the late Dr. David H. Nash, of Bridgeport, 
Conn., and Miss Julia de Forest Curtiss, daughter of Charles Curtiss, 
■were married, in the evening, at the house of the bride's parents, No. 
32 East Sixty-eighth Street. The ceremony was performed by the 
Eev. Dr. Charles S. Kobinson. F. A. Glass was the best man, and 
the ushers were Henry Latham and John Van Wonner. The house 
was handsomely decorated, a canopy of smilax hung over the bride 
and groom, and the parlors were hung with smilax and floral hearts, 
bows, true-love knots, etc. The bride wore a white satin dress, the 
front being laid in flounces of duchess9 lace and the court train em- 
broidered around the edge. The corsage was garnished with ostrich 
feathers, and the narrow veil of point duchesse lace was fastened with 
white ostrich tips and a diamond aigrette. The bouquet was of 
white camellias, pinks and roses. The bride's five sisters, Mrs. W. B. 
Higgings, Mrs. E. P. Persian!, Mrs. J. W. Pickford, Miss Alma L. 
Curtiss and Miss Jennie L. Curtiss, stood up with her. Many hand- 
some presents were received. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. 
Joseph H. Knapp, Judge and Mrs. Van Vorst, Judge and Mrs. Larre- 
more, Mrs. D. H. Nash, W. D. Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Bartlett, 
Mr. and Mrs. T. Bowles, Mrs. Hegeman, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Higgins, 
Mr. and Mrs. Pickford, Mrs. P. C. Calhoun, Mrs. G. Woodville Lath- 
am, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cragin, Thomas BoUes, Andrew Mills, Mrs. 
Persiani, Sylvester M. Baird, Samuel Baird, ]\Ii\ and Mrs. Allen, Mr. 
and Mrs. G. F. Gilman, George Smith, C. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Rich- 
ard C. McCormack, Mr. and Mrs. HoUenback, Benjamin Curtiss, 
Charles Curtiss, John Curtiss, and Curtiss C. Cummings. 

Mr. and Mrs. George William Ballou gave a Mi Careme dinner, at 
Delmonico's, in honor of ex-Governor and Mrs. Cornell. Tlie guests 
sat at a round table which was handsomely decorated. Ex-Governor 
Cornell sat at the right of Mrs. Ballou on one side of the table, and at 
the opposite side sat Mr. Ballou with Mrs. Cornell on his right. The 
other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Depew, General and Mrs. 
AVinslow, Mr. and Mrs. John Sherwood, Colonel and Mrs. Grant, Mr. 
and Mrs. George R. Blanchard, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Dinsmore, Mrs. 
F. A. P. Barnard, Mr. Simpson, Mrs. Hastings, and General Porter. 

The Column Cliib dined on their fifty-eighth anniversary at Pi- 
nard's. Eight members were present. Augustus Schell presided, and 
speeches were made by W, M. Evarts and others. A column orna- 
mented the table. 

Mrs. Pierre Lorillard gave a dinner for fourteen guests. 



212 THE SFASOy. 

The sewing class organized by the Misses Eemsen met at Mrs. 
Samuel Colgate's. 

Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sloane gave a large dinner-party. 

The Lenten Glee Club met at the house of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. 
Khinelander, No. 10 West Twenty-eighth Street. 

Mrs. A. L. Eoosevelt gave a small evening party at No. G West 
Fifty-seventh Street. 

Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Schuyler gave a large reception at their house, 
No. 14 East Sixty-fifth Street. 

Mrs. Eugene Kelly gave a small dinner-party. 

Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Horton and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H. SchifE gave 
dinner-parties for gentlemen. 

The Criterion Club met at No. 19 West Twenty-fourth Street. 
Mrs. Harriet Webb recited a poem and several musical selections 
were rendered by members. 

The Kemble gave an amateur dramatic performance at the Brook- 
lyn Academy of Music. 

Mr. and Mrs. George M'Kibbin celebrated their golden wedding at 
their residence, No. 46 West Fifty-first Street. They received the 
congratulations of over three hundred of their friends. There were 
present of their children two sons, a daughter, and two grandchil- 
dren. One of the bridesmaids of fifty years ago was present, and 
another sent regrets, being unable to attend. The floral decorations, 
by Hauser, were elaborate and unique. The portieres w^ere of smilax 
looped back with broad bands of roses. On one was the date 1833, 
and on the other 1883, and a golden chain of fifty links connected the 
two dates. The bride and groom received under a marriage bell of 
yellow roses suspended from an arch of smilax. In addition to the 
decorations, many beautiful floral gifts were received, all in golden 
baskets of novel design. Music was rendered by an orchestra con- 
cealed in a grove of palms. The ushers were Mr. James R. Steers, 
Jr., Mr. Frank M. Orton, Mr. Frank McD. Smith, and Prof essor A. 
Compton. Many beautiful presents were received, among which 
was the following testimonial, beautifully engrossed and framed, 
from Mr. M'Kibbin' s employes : "St. Valentine's Day, 1833-1883. 
Upon the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. George 
M'Kibbin, a committee on behalf of the one hundred and fifty em- 
ployes of the American Educational Bindery, in the city of New 
York, desire to extend their sincerest and heartiest congratulations. 



THURSDAY, MARCH 1. 273 

They further desire to express their high appreciation of Mr. M'Kib- 
bin as a comrade, an employer, and a gentleman, and join in the 
earnest wish that the remaining years of the honored and useful 
lives of Mr. and Mrs. M'Kibbin may be prolonged in i^eace and 
happiness. — E. Stannard, W. H. Holmes, J, Murray, H, Boyle, 
Louisa Littlefield, Anna Makenzie, Lizzie C. Marion, Committee." 
A poem in honor of the occasion was written by J. W. Oliver, of 
Yonkers, an intimate friend for forty-three years, copies of which 
were distributed to the guests. Among those i^resent were General 
and Mrs. Gilbert H. M'Kibbin, Mr. and Mrs. George A. M'Kibbin, of 
Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. M. S. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cornell, 
Miss Cornell, Mr. Jay Black Cornell, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Baker, Mr. 
and Mrs. Benjamin GrifHn, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cole, IMr. and Mrs. 
David B. Ivison, Mr. and Mrs. Birdseye Blakeman, Mrs. Gardiner 
Eoardman, Miss Yvelin, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. 
J. E. Seymour, of Auburn, N. Y., Rev. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. D. Craw- 
ford, of Peekskill, Mr. and Mrs. G. Holmes Crawford, the Messrs. 
Crawford, Rev. Dr. C. S. Harrower, Rev. Dr. George S. Hare and 
daughter, of Poughkeepsie, and Rev. and Mrs. J. Johns. 

Thursday, ITlarcli 1. 

TITANS AT DELMONICO'S HALL. 

High Olympus shook on Thursday night with terror at the shouts 
of " Salve ! Salve!" which rose from the symposium of the Titan 
Sons of Earth in Delmonico's high banquet hall. Fiftj' of the huge- 
limbed progeny of Terra were gathered there to do honor to their 
mother Earth. The Titan Committee of Arrangements had made 
prej^arations for more than one hundred of their brethren, but half of 
the expected number were absent. It was not announced why they 
stayed away, but it was thought that they might be taking turns at 
holding ujD the world, or were repeating the little experiment with 
Pelion and Ossa, or that possibly they had been hired by papa Jupi- 
ter to shovel clouds away from the front doorsteps of Olympus. The 
Titans who were not engaged in either of these occupations marched 
into the banquet hall at seven o'clock, led by a dusky son of Erebus 
about seven feet high, who bore aloft the Titanic beaker of the order. 
In different parts of the room there were large white statues of 
nymphs and vestal virgins, of AjdoIIo and Hercules, and of Orpheus 
and fair Venus. After an invocation had been read by the Rev. J. 
Trumbull Smith, " high-priest," beginning '• O Mater Terra, audi !" 
the Titans sat down and began their feast. This ended, a salutation 
was given by John B. Woodward, " Chief of Titans," and the song of 
" The Titan Broker" was sung by J. H. Lau. Then followed a *' cere- 
monial welcome to the guests of the order," which was received by 
David Dudley Field, the sole guest. Mr. Field praised the beauty of 
Mother Earth, and exhorted his brother Titans to remember that'she 



274 THE SEAS OK 

had married Father Heaven. The Titans said that they would not 
forget that important fact. After a song " Salve ! Mater Terra' ' was 
sung, Thomas W. Knox read a poem about Ulysses, " how the Grecian 
warrior indulged in horse-play with the Trojans, and how he waxed 
the Sirens ; his versatilities, versified in verse, compelling the histo- 
rian to try reams of paper in telling the story of his triremes." There 
were in the poem six different rhymes upon Ulysses, " this is," 
"kisses," "remiss is," "just fizzes," "where bliss is," and 
" abysses." There were many songs sung, among which was one by 
W. T. Carleton. Dr. A. E. Hammond talked about the Penal Code, 
and the first conviction on record, " when Proserf)ine was sent to-— 
ahem — for eating a pomegranate seed." Among the huge. Titanic 
toasts were the following : " Was Circe the foundress of Cincinnati? 
were men transformed make good pork ?" " Lares et Penates, or wha, 
is home without some broken china and a dad-o ?" " The steam pipest 
the Nessus shirt of New York," and " The elevated railroads, or the 
Jupiter Tonans of our city, the L-dorado of modern times ; five cents 
is enough for any man." When it seemed that enough honor had 
been j^aid to Mother Earth, and after enough time seemed to have 
been wasted in waiting for the Brother Titans who were otherwise 
engaged, the symj^osium ended and the sons of Terra separated. 

A large and brilliant company met at Mrs. Burton Harrison's to do 
honor to Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the popular novelist. Mr. 
Lathrop, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Julian Hawthorne, Mr. and Mrs. Court- 
landt Palmer, Mr. Hjalmar Boyesen, Mr. W. H. Bishop, Mr. Town- 
send, Mrs. Botta, Mrs! Sherwood, Miss Emma Lazarus, Mrs. Harrison 
— herself a clever story- writer, essayist and playwright— and many 
more people of fashion and note, gathered at No. 11 Lexington. 
Avenue. 

In the evening of this literary festival the Misses Lazarus enter- 
tained the Thursday Evening Club, and gave its members the pleas- 
ure of hearing Mr. Kiddle in the " Antigone." None of the company 
appeared to miss their knowledge of the language. IVIrs. Burnett and 
many of the members of the fashionable and literary society of New 
York were present. 

In the afternoon Mrs. David S. Egleston received, for the first time 
for several seasons. 

Mrs. J. F. Pierson also received, and Mrs. Lawrence Perkins gave 
the first of three Thursdays. 

Mrs. Khinelander, of No. 14 Washington Square, gave a large din- 
ner, principally to members of her own family, Mrs. Khinelander 
Watson, Mr. T. J. Oakley Khinelander and others of that connection. 



FRIDAY, MARCH 2. 275 

Twenty-three of the artists who occupy the upper floors of tho 
building of the Young Men's Christian Association, at Twenty-third 
Street and Fourth Avenue, held a reception in their studios on Thurs- 
day afternoon and evening. The rooms were crowded during the 
reception with the friends of the artists, and a large number of pict- 
ures were exhibited for their inspection. "William Hart showed sev- 
eral paintings of cattle. Benjamin F. Reinhart, whose studio was 
opened in the afternoon for the first time in two years, had on his 
walls, " After the Crucifixion," " Katrina Van Tassel," " Pocahontas 
and her Maidens Bringing Corn to the Settlers," " Nymphs of the 
Woods," and several small sketches ; Walter Satterlee showed a large 
canvas called " Autumn," and Jerome Thompson a number of figure 
compositions and a large landscape. Among the other artists who 
received were A. F. Tait, W. S. Macy, J. B. Bristol, Frank T. Lent, 
J. Peoli, H. A. Ferguson, George H. Story, J. E. Brevoort, E. Dainger- 
field, C. Williamson, C. H. Eaton, N. A. Moore, C. Ogilvie, L. M. 
Wiles, O. J. Lay, Lyell Carr, F. F. Martinez, G. H. McCord and J. R. 
Stiles. Among*^ the many persons present at the reception were Pro- 
fessor J. Scott, the Eev. Dr. H. C. Potter, R. H. Robertson, Mrs. Pal- 
mer, J. Welles Champney, H. P. Smith, W. H. Low, J. D. Smillie, G. 
H. Smillie, Kruseman Van Elten, E. M. Ward and Bruce Crane. 

Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Enos gave a reception for children on Thurs- 
day. 

Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Brown gave a musical reception. 

Mrs. Edward Lorimer entertained the Browning Club. 

Mr. and Mrs. V. Mamford Moore gave a dinner-party. 

Francis Moulton, of St. Louis, and Miss Annie Hornig. of Jersey 
City Heights, were married at St. John's Free Protestant Episcopal 
Church, Jersey City, at four p.m., by the Rev. E. L. Stoddard, the rec- 
tor, assisted by the Rev. G. H. Sterling. A reception was held after 
the ceremony at the house of the bride's father. A large company 
was present. 

Friday, Marcli 2. 

DiNNEE-parties were given by Mrs. J. D. Rockafeller, of the Hotel 
Brunswick, Mrs. Woodbury G. Langdon, of No. 719 Fifth Avenue, 
and Mrs. Meyer, of West Forty-seventh Street. 

Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Dunn, who were married recently at Louis- 
ville, Ky., held a reception in the evening at the Windsor Hotel. 

Mrs. E. H. Han-iman gave a dinner-party at her residence, No. 14 
East Fifty-fifth Street, at which eighteen guests were present. 



276 THE SEASON. 

Mrs. Humbert, No. 6 West Fifty-tliird Street, gave a dinner to a 
large number of young people. 

]\Ir. De Forest entertained a party of friends at dinner at Pinard' s. 

]\Ii's. Noble, daughter of tlie late Colonel Stebbins, No. 2 West Six- 
teenth Street, had twenty guests at dinner. 

Mrs. Gihon, No. 8 West Seventeenth Street, entertained fourteen 
friends at dinner. 

Mr. W. TurnbuU, No. 5 West Sixteenth Street, gave a dinner-party, 
eighteen covers. 

Mrs. John Lawrence, No. 33 West Seventeenth Street, had a dinner- 
party. 

Miss Juliette Mayer, No. 82 East Fifty-sixth Street, gave a dinner 
and reception. Covers were laid for thirty. 



Saturday, OTarcli 3. 

The members of the Knickerbocker Club exhibited their new quar- 
ters at Fifth Avenue and Thirtj^-second Street from one to five p.m., 
to about two hundred of their wives and lady friends. The rooms 
are quietly but tastefully furnished, and their arrangement is both 
novel and convenient. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. 
Frederic Bronson, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce, Mr. and Mrs. August 
Belmont, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Colgate, 
Hugo Fritsch, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Haven, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Hoff- 
man, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin, Mr. and Mrs. William Jay, Mr. and 
Mrs. De Lancey Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Benoni Lockwood, Mr. and Mrs. 
Pierre Lorillard, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. 
Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Newbold, Mr. and Mrs. Eoland Red- 
mond, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Schermerhorn, Mr. and Mrs. Byam K. Ste- 
vens, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Yanderbilt, and Mr. and Mrs. James 
M. Waterbury. 

The Metropolitan Chib gave a calico hop at Delmonico's. The 
whole second floor was used, the rooms being decorated with flowers 
and an orchestra furnishing music. About two hundred and fifty 
persons were present, being mostly members and their families. 
Supper was served down-stairs at half past twelve p.m., after which it 
was purposed to dance the minuet. Among those present were Mr. 
and Mrs. Isaac Blum, Mr. and Mrs. P. Seligman, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. 
Herrman, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Eothschild, Mr. and Mrs. E. Salinger, 
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Whitehead, F. Eussak, J. S. Isaacs, Mr. and Mi's. 



TUESDAY, MARCH 6. 



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J. S. Hart, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Eitterband, Mr. and Mrs. S. Frank, 
Mr and Mrs. N. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. S. Ladenburg, Mr. and j\Irs. 
M. A. Herts, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Hornthal and :VIi-. and Mrs. A. Lau- 
terbacli. 

The Coaching Club dined at the Manhattan Club, at the invitation 
of August Belmont. 

The members of the Liederkranz Society and their families enjoyed 
a masquerade ball at the club-house in East Fifty-eighth Street. 

Mrs. Bradley Martin gave a large dinner-party. 

Mrs. Frederick De Wolfe, in West Fifty-sixth Street, gave a dinner 
in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Tillotson, of London. Covers were laid for 
twelve. They afterward made a theatre party for the evening at 
Wallack's. 

Monday, March 5. 

Mb. and Mks. August Belmont gave a dinner-party. 

The Misses Clift gave a commerce party. 

Iklrs. F. Vanderbilt gave a reading. 

]VIrs. Edward Cooper gave a reception. 

Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury Langdon, No. 719 Fifth Avenue, gave a 
luncheon party at which there was a very beautiful floral display. 

Tuesday, March 6. 

SEVERAii hundred of the friends and members of the Lincoln 
Union, a Kepublican association of the Ninth Ward, met and danced 
in Irving Hall at the fourteenth annual ball of the society. The 
president of the society is John H. Seaman, the vice-presidents are 
Charles M. Fowler and George H. Bobbins ; the secretaries, A. S. 
Hawley and D. A. Anderson, and the treasurer, John Laird. J. R. 
Eiley was chairman of the Floor Committee, Andrew J. Campbell, 
of the Reception Committee, and Charles E. Kimmey, of the Special 
Committee. Among those present were John W. Jacobus, General 
Anson G. McCook and Charles Miller, Jr. 

The Chi Psi Alumni Association, of New York City, gathered for its 
annual dinner at the Hotel Brunswick. Twenty-seven men who are 
supposed to understand the mystery of the two Greek letters were 



278 THE SEASON. 

present, the colleges of Amherst, Columbia, Williams, Wesleyan, 
Princeton, Hamilton, Rutgers and Union being represented. The 
follo"\ving officers were elected : President, Elbridge T, Gerry ; Vice- 
Presidents, Robert Earl, David H. Cochran, Francis T. Garrettson, 
Hugh L. Cole, Frederick W. "SVhittridge ; Treasurer, Frederick D. 
Tappen ; Secretary, Samuel P. Blagden ; Register, E. A. Dike; Execu- 
tive Committee, F. G. Goodnow, E. G. Seymour, W. Roe, M. K. Per- 
kins and E. A. Dike. Among those present were Professor Seeley, A. 
T. Burchard, Justice Ambrose Monell and Silas C. Burt. 

Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Allen gave a " calico german" at their house, 
No. 122 East Fifty-fifth Street. The ladies wore ioxicj costumes of 
various colored sateen, many of the dresses being trimmed with bells. 
The " german" was led hy Oscar Richard dancing with Mrs. Allen. 
The figures included the " Serenade," in which the favors were satin- 
covered guitars for the ladies and harmonicas for the gentlemen ; the 
"padlock," in which fancy locks were the favors; the "wreath," 
" fishing" and other figures in which fishes and cologne bottles were 
used. About twenty couples were present. 

JMi's. Bradley Martin gave a dinner-party. 
Mrs. J. F. Pierson gave a reception. 

At the meeting of the Nineteenth Century Club, in the evening, in 
the house of Courtlandt Palmer, the subject of " Sociology" was pre- 
sented in a paper read by Professor W. G. Sumner, of Yale College, 
and discussed in some of its aspects afterward by Professor Boyesen, 
Isaac L. Rice and Thaddeus B. Wakeman. The presentation and 
discussion were listened to attentively by an audience that filled the 
parlors of the house, and comprised, among others, Mr. and Mrs. 
Everett P. Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. H. McK. Twombly, Mr. and Mrs. 
Dwight Townsend, the Marquis and Marquise De Lanza, Mr. and 
IVIrs. Burton N. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stebbins, Mr. and 
Mrs. George Place, the Rev. Dr. and ]\Irs. Rylance, Miss Emma Laza- 
rus, Mrs. John Sherwood, Mrs. Jordan L. Mott, Jr., Judge Arnoux, 
Julian Hawthorne, Dwight H. Olmstead and Edgar Fawcett. 

Mrs. Carow entertained the Tuesday Evening Club. 

Ex-Secretary and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, No. 251 East Seventeenth 
Street, gave a very brilliant dinner-party. 

Mr. and Mrs. John Jay, No. 191 Second Avenue, entertained a 
number of ladies and gentlemen at dinner. 

Mr. and ]\Irs. Francis R. Rives, No. 8 Washington Place, gave a 
dinner-party of fourteen covers. 



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279 



Mr. and IVIrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Xo. 6G1 Fifth Avenue, gave a 
dinner-party. 

Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Graham, No. 13 West Seventeenth Street, 
entertained a party of ladies and gentlemen at dinner. 

Mr. and Mrs. G. Morgan, No. 6 East Fortieth Street, gave a dinner- 
party. 

Wednesday, March 7. 

Wednesday opened with the lecture of Mr. Von Eltz on German 
literature, at the house of Mrs. Place. About thirty ladies were pres- 
ent and listened to an entertaining resume of the work of the Mm- 
nesinrrers who, in the delicate impersonality of their loves, seem to 
have fmaged forth the Oscar Wildes and Dante Rossettis of ^to-day. 
They were capable of " sitting up all night with a daffodil," those 
brave knights and fantastic lovers. 

In the afternoon IMr. Walter Rutherfurd gave a reception for Mr. 
and Mrs. John W. Ehninger. 

Mrs Charles F. Livermore received at No. 145 Madison Avenue, 
and I^Irs. F. R. Halsey at No. 22 West Fifty-third Street. 

Mrs. Joseph T. Low, of No. 18 East Fortieth Street, and Mrs. Rob- 
ert W. Rutherfurd also received. 

The Lenten Sewing Class met at Mrs. Spotswood Schenck's, and 
Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew gave one of their brilliant dinners. 



Tliarsday, Marcli 8. 

Miss Maey Anna Caldwell, daughter of Stephen D. Caldwell, was 
married to George Edgar Montgomery, in the evening, at the Hotel 
Bristol, at Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street. The service was 
read by the Rev. Dr. Houghton ; the Rev. R. Heber Newton, who was 
first selected, being kept at home by siclmess. About three hundred 
guests gathered in the hotel parlors at half past eight p.m. Over the 
bride and groom hung a wedding bell and around the rooms arid hall- 
ways were set plants and bouquets of flowers. Charles F. Smillie and 
Alfred B. Starev were the ushers. The best man was George Riddle, 
of Cambridge, Mass. There were no bridesmaids. The bride, who 
was given away by her father, wore a dress of cream-white satin, 
made with a very long court train. The front was composed of cream 
white Ottoman brocade and antique embroidered lace, caught up by 
a spray of orange blossoms. The pointed corsage had a Medici lufE 



280 THE SEA^.OX. 

of the same lace and a crepe lisse rnching bordered by a row of seed 
jiearls. The long tulle veil was caught by a cluster of orange blos- 
soms, and she carried a bouquet of creamy white roses and white 
lilacs. Her jewels were a pear] necklace and pendant. Among the 
guests were Mr. and Mrs, George Jones, General and Mrs. Grant, 
Mrs, Henry L. Dyer, Miss Kate Field, Professor and Mrs. Boyesen, 
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. W, S. Ellsworth, Gilbert 
Jones, the Marquis and Marquise Lanza, and Dr. and Mrs. W, A. 
Hammond, The bride and groom Vv'ent to Washington. 

Charles M, Clark and Miss Jennie D. Babcock, daughter of D. B. 
Babcock, were married, in the evening, by the Rev. George E. Vande- 
water, at the house of the bride's father, No. 108 Montague Street, 
Brooklyn. Flowers, palms and ferns decorated the rooms. Over the 
bridal pair hung a Japanese umbrella of roses and carnations. An 
altar rail was made of roses and lilies, the top bearing the initials 
*'C. B." in carnations on Marechal Niel roses. The bride wore a 
dress of white Ottoman silk, with a front of crystal and pearl cm- 
broideiy. The square corsage was filled in with pearl-beaded lace. 
The long veil of tulle was caught with lilies of the valley, and she car- 
ried a bouquet of lilies and white roses. The bridesmaids were Miss 
Alice Babcock, sister of the bride, and Miss Minnie Edgerton, a 
cousin of the bride. They wore dresses of white silk made of danc- 
ing length, trimmed with Spanish lace, and carried bouquets of Jac- 
queminot and Marechal Niel roses. The ushers were John L, Clarke, 
F, Cooke, W. Payne and F. Sherry. About two hundred guests were 
present. The bridal tour was to the South. Among those present 
were Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Clarke, parents of the groom, Miss Minnie 
Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Manchester, J. Dimock, Miss Fiske, 
IVIi's. A. B. Sheddon, Miss J. Ames, of Providence, H. Bussenschutt, 
Miss Bamber, E. Kalbfleisch, the Misses Hutchinson, Miss Lillie 
Ferris, the Misses Lyall, Miss Belle Mumford, Miss Ryder, Mr. and 
Mrs. G. F. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. J. Negus, Miss Negus, Miss Pultz, 
the Misses Pearce, Miss Jones, H. C. Bennett, Mr, and Mrs. A. W. 
Tenney, F. Wilson, William Wemple, Charles Thompson, E. A. 
Thompson, Miss Thomjoson, Mr. and Mrs. Sj^elman, Miss Jennie 
Sprowl, Mrs. Utley, General and Mrs. Slocum, Mr, and Mrs, J. W, 
Harrison, and George Townley. 

Mrs. William Astor gave a luncheon party for eighteen ladies, at 
her house, at Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street. Besides a 
handsome bouquet by each plate, the table was richly decorated with 
flowers. The guests arrived at half past one and departed at about 
half past three p.m. The company included Mrs. Coleman Drayton, 
Mrs. Adrian Iselin, Mrs. Byam K. Stevens, Mrs. James E. Eoosevelt, 
Mrs. C. Burrall Hoffman, Mrs. John D, Jones, Llrs. Franklin Delano, 
Mrs, Arthur Welman, Mrs. E. L. Cutting, Mrs. Charles Dana, Mrs. 



FEIDAY, MARCH 9. 2^1 

Frederick Sheldon, Miss Gibbs, Miss Newbold, Mrs. Ledyard, Ma- 
dame de Vangrmiese, Mrs. llobbins and Mrs. Peabody. 

Mr and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt gave a dinner at their house, No. 
6 West Fifty-seventh Street, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Hilborne 
Eoosevelt, who were recently married at Seabright, N. J. The com- 
pany included sixteen persons. 

Mrs. David S. Egleston was at home at No. 8 East Thirty-fifth 
Street,' and a large number of ladies called during the afternoon. 

Mrs. C. Lawrence Perkins and Mrs. M. Becker also held receptions. 

The staff officers of the Second Brigade dined at the Lotos Club. 
Those present were Colonel William E. Van Wyck, Lieutenant-Col- 
onel Charles E. Orvis, Majors Eugene M. Earle, David Scott and Sen- 
eca D. Powells, and Captains Albert C. Hall, Lawson B. Bell, William 
E. Webb, Andrew Gilsey, and Louis Berndt. 

Mrs. Burton N. Harrison displayed her originality and invention 
in the issue of a newspaper called the Ephemeron, which bloomed and 
died in one evening, without a subscription list, in honor of Mrs. 
Frances Hodgson Burnett, who read a little poem called *"' The Porce- 
lain Pug on the Sideboard " and one other of a sentimental character. 
Mrs. Sherwood read a paper on society. Some bits of wit were evi- 
dently from the pen of the hostess. A telegram of European news to 
the Associated Press, from the pen of J. Brander Matthews, contained 
a parody of Victor Hugo. George Parsons Lathrop read a poem 
called '• Opals." Others contributed essays, poems, and witty arti- 
cles. I^Ir. Townsend and Mr. Charles Carroll acted as editors. Miss 
Emma Lazarus sent two poems, which were read by Miss Baker. 



Friday, March 9, 

The Aspen Musical Club met at Mrs. Ptobert Gordon's. 

IMrs. Bichard Irvin, Jr.'s sewing class met at her house. 

In the evening General J. Watts De Peyster gave the eighteenth of 
his annual commemorative military dinners. These dinners begnn 
at the close of the late Avar, and have always been held on Generiil 
De Peyster s birthday. The guests this time included Major-General 
A. H. Humphrey, late Chief of Engineers United States Army ; Major- 
General Daniel E. Sickles, Major-General James B. Fry, late Provost- 
Marshal-Geueral, Major-General G. ^V. Cullum, late Chief of Staff to 
the General-in-Chief, Major General Alexander S. Webb, President of 
the College of the City of' New York, Major-General Abner Doubleday, 



282 THE SEASON. 

who commanded the First Corps of the Army of the Potomac on the 
first da}' of the battle of Gettj'sburg, Breyet Brigadier-General W. P. 
"Wainwright, Ma]or-General Nelson A. Miles, Major- General Joseph 
B. Carr, now commanding the Third Division of the National Guard 
of this State, Major-General Alexander Shaler, Major-General John 
Hartranft, late Governor of Pennsylvania, Brigadier-General Israel 
Yogdes, Brigadier-General J. F. Eodenbough, Colonel A. B. Crane, of 
the Indiana Volunteers, Colonel Johnson L. De Peyster, Sir William 
G. Johnson, Whitelaw Reid, Albert Bierstadt and Mayor J. M. Bundy. 
Informal speech-making began late in the evening, and the remarks 
of Generals Sickles, Webb and Miles were specially noticeable. 

Saturday, Rlarcli 10. 

The members of the New York Eowing Club met for their annual 
dinner at Pmard's, in East Fifteenth Street, The rooms were deco- 
rated with the flags and trophies of the club. Among those present 
were John F. Agar, Thomas G. Barry, Eobert F. Bixbv, William 
Bradford, Prescott Hall Butler, Edwin T. Doubleday, P. E. De Florez, 
Warren N. Goddard, G. L. Hobson, H. S. Eockenbaugh, H. L. Slade, 
Charles E. Tracy and C. T. Yan Santvoord. 

The dinner of the Kitten Club took place at the Hotel Brunswick. 

The Class of '78, of the College of the City of New York, held its 
eighth annual dinner on Thursday evening at Purssell's. About 
twenty members were present. 

On Friday evening " Our Dramatic Club" gave a german in De 
Garmo's Hall, in Fifth Avenue. There were thirty-two couples. The 
favors were very pretty, most of them being the handiwork of the 
young ladies of the club. Among those present were the Misses 
Hazeltine, Johnson, Brown, Dumont, Butler, Sissell, Sturtevant, Neil- 
son, Gardner, Eaymond, Kyle, Bates, Oilman, Chapin, Weidenfeld, 
Fox, Winterton, Burling and Hearn, and Messrs. Fanning, Gradby, 
Lawson, Bishop, Weaver, Day, Newbrough, King, Gardner, Williams, 
Cleighton, Condit, Weidenfeld, Skillman, Hyde, Little, Bridgman and 
Knight. The german was led by 0. B. Bridgman. Mrs. Henry C. 
Yale chaj)eroned the party. 

In the evening, Mrs. Bradley Martin gave a dinner. 

Mrs. Chapman gave an evening reception. 

Mrs. Botta entertained Mrs. Hodgson Burnett, and the reading of 
Mr. Locke Eichardson took jDlace at Chickering Hall. 



WEDXESD AY MARCH U. 283 

Monday Ittarcli 12. 

FiEST night of the opera. Madame Patti sung in Faust. 

A meeting of the Canseries Ladies' Scientific Club ^-as held in the 
afternoon at the house of Madame di Cesnola, No 107 East Fifty- 
seventh Street. There was a full attendance, and two interesting 
papers were read. ^ 

Judge and Mrs. Daly entertained a number of young people at an 
auction party" in the evening. 

c^J^^l^r ^^^^^^^ H. Ludington gave a luncheon party at her house. No 
276 Madison Avenue. 

Tuesday, March 13. 

Me. Kiddle read to a large audience of ladies at the Turf Club 
Theatre. 

Fifth Avenue was alive with carriages and the usual receptions and 
hve o clock teas went on, with church-going, sewing-societies, and 
groups of ladies talking theatricals and the endless and drearily vapid 
tattle about the Vanderbilt ball dresses. 

In the evening Mr. and Mrs. George William Ballou gave a dinner 
to Mr. and Mrs^ Evarts. Mrs. Paran Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Burnett 
Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Tailer, Miss Morris, General and Mme di 
Cesnola General Cull urn, Miss Kay, Mr. and Mrs. John Sherwood 
Mr and Mrs. Livermore, Judge Peabody, Mr. Bierstadt and Mr' 
Arthur Leary were present. 

Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts also gave a dinner in the fine dining-room 
which looks into her picture gallery. 

Mrs. Seligman gave a large theatre party in the evening, after 
Which the guests were entertained at supper at Delmonico's, the 
company sitting at eight handsomely decorated round tables in an 
upper room. After the supper the party had a dance in the ball, 
room. 

Wednesday, March 14, 

Mks. James L. Paine gave a large reception at her residence in the 
evening. She was assisted in receiving the guests by her two daugh- 
ters, Miss Naomi and Miss Amy Paine, and Ijy Miss Gussie Taylor 
Dancing commenced at ten and continued till two o'clock. Amon- 



^8^ THE SEASOM 

others present ^yerG Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Strong, Miss Content, 
Miss Jennie Onderdonk, Miss Annie Brinck, Miss Lnlu Beebe and 
Dr. A. J. Peets, of the Criterion Club, Messrs. Harry Content, Charles 
Davidson, Clifford de Mott and Marrj' S. Blake, of the Sothern, Pro- 
fessor Diamond and Dr. George Evans. 

Mr. Von Eltz read at the house of Mrs. Place a second lecture on 
the Minnesingers, and Mr. Charles Godfrey Leland read at the house 
of Mrs. NVilliam T. Blodgett a paper on Industrial Schools, interest- 
ing and instructive, to the ladies connected with the Decorative Art 
Schools. Professor Eichardson also read at Mrs. Meagher's. Mrs. 
Paran Stevens entertained a company at dinner and afterward at the 
opera ; Miss Iselin received. Miss Astor gave a bachelor party, and 
Mrs. Samuel Ward entertained the Lenten Sewing Society. 

The last meeting of the Lenten Sewing Class was held at Mrs. Gen- 
eral Webb's on "Wednesday, as it was not thought best to meet in 
Holy Week. This companj^ about twenty needles strong, has alto- 
gether improved some two or three hundred shining hours. The 
Home for Incm-ables in Eleventh Street receives the greater share of 
the benefit coming from these young ladies. About the disposition 
of the balance of production it has been less easy to decide, St. Ear- 
nabas's House being one of the institutions suggested. The matter 
enlists much interest. The work of other classes of the kind goes to 
aid various charitable movements. For instance, the society organ- 
ized by Mrs. Kichard Irvin is engaged in preparing garments for the 
fresh air beneficiaries of the coming summer. The efforts of the 
Knickerbocker Sewing Class extend to a wide range of charities. 
This, however, is a j^ermanent organization as well as an extensive 
and very active one, each lady of the society pledging herself to com- 
plete a garment a week. During Lent not less than six or seven hun- 
dred articles are given out. These gifts are distributed to the Home 
for Invention, Children's Aid Society, Helping Hand, Society for the 
Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Lord Industrial School, Water 
Street School, First Ward Night School, and St. Mary's Free Hospital. 
The class includes fifty members, under the presidency of Mrs. J. P. 
Giraud Foster. Its work will continue as usual after Easter, and 
some of the new classes, like that formed by Mrs. Irwin, are still to 
meet during the spring. With the different classes-- one of which is 
an evening class organized by Mrs. Dallas Pratt — this season of Lent 
has probablj' been more productive in work of the needle than any 
preceding it. 

Tlinrsday, marck 15. 

Miss Maeion Dwight, the daughter of John D wight, was married to 
William I. Walker, formerly of Buffalo, in the evening, at the house 
of the bride's father, No. 33 Mt. Morris Avenue. The Eev. M. Ever- 



FEIDAY, 2fARCH U. 285 

ettDvN-ight, a brother of the bride, performed the ceremony The 
house ^vas made attractive with banks of tulips and crocuses and 
masses ot palms, ihe mirrors were festooned with smilax thatched 
with passion flowers. Elegant presents were shown. The bride and 
groom will travel through the South. The bride was attended by her 

Mil%; i'i^^''''i?^''n;,^^'''^^^ ^^-«"> ^^i«« Lilian Ketchum and 
Miss Mabel Dwight. They wore dresses of satin, one being pink 
another pale blue and the third scarlet, and carried large bouquets of 
roses, ihe bride, who walked in on the arm of the groom was at- 
tired in white satin, made with a long train, the front being of bro- 
cade. Her veil of tulle was secured by a cluster of orange blossoms 
and she carried a large bouquet of white roses. Her ornaments were 
diamonds. Mrs. Dwight, mother of the bride, wore purple velvet 
made with a train, point lace, and diamond ornaments. Amon^ the 
guests were Mr. and xMrs. Winslow, of Indianapolis, Mrs. Eddy 
mother of the groom, of Ohio, the Rev. T. A. Leggett, of Staten 
Island Appraiser Ketchum, Dr. and Mrs. George Spaulding, Dr A 
fepaulding, Mrs. Hersey, Mr. and Mrs. Drummond, Mr. and Mrs e' 
Dwight-Church, Mr and Mrs. James A. Church, the Rev. Mr. Virgin' 
the Rev. DrClark, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Picirett 
of ^ew Britain, Conn.. Dr. Knight and Miss Fiske, of Worcester 
Mass Miss Griggs, of Westborough, Mass., Dr. and Mrs. Gleasoi^ 
and Mr. bullivan. 

The Thursday Evening Club was entertained, in the evening by 
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cooper at their house in Washington Squkre 
There was smgmg by Mr. Oudin and Miss McCullum, and recitals by 
Mrs, Henry Howland. '' 

Mr. Riddle gave readings, in the evening, for the entertainment of 
a specially-invited company at the house of W. C. Whitney. 

ninth Street ^"^^^^ ^^^^ ^ reception at her house, No. 44 East Seventy- 
Miss Ada Smith gave a commerce party. 
IMi-. and :Mi-s. William Evarts gave a dinner-party. 

Friday, Marcli IG. 

]\Iks. Chakles H. Waed entertained the Riano Club. 
Mr. Riddle read at Mrs. G. W. Ballou's 



286 THE SEASON. 



monday, Ularcli 19. 

The fifteenth annual dinner of Sorosis was held at Delmonico's. 
Mrs. Croly, who has jiist been elected president for the eighth time, 
read her annual address. Miss Kate Field, Miss Emily Faithfull, 
M. Louise Thomas, Virginia C. Titcomb, the Rev. Phoebe Hanaford 
and Mrs. Dr. Lozier made short speeches in all of which Dr. Dix was 
severely dealt with. Mrs. Bergholz recited an original poem entitled 
" June," and Mrs. King a poem on " Sorosis." Miss Lj'dia Jeffries 
recited " The Widow's Light," Mrs. Ella Deitz Clymer, "Patience," 
by "WTiittier, and Harriet Webb gave Adelaide Proctor's ' The Mes- 
sage. " Mrs. Louise Gage Courtney and Miss Clara C. Stutsman sang 
several songs. Among the guests were Mrs. Dr. Newman, Mrs. Lillie 
Devereux Blake, Mrs. E. Finch, Miss E. Cutts, and Mrs. Madge Mac- 
kay. An original paper on "Human Zoologj^" was read by E. A. 
Smith, which hit many jDublic men, and which was received with 
much applause. 

The New York Farmers, at the Hotel Brunswick, held their closing 
dinner for the present season. James A. Biirden jDresided. The 
guests of the evening were Thomas Sturgis, of Boston, Commissioner 
George B. Loring, James T. Gardiner, Philip Dater and Richard 
Church, of Livingston County. The following members were pres- 
ent : General U. S. Grant, James Otis, John D. Wing, D. F. Apple- 
ton, John J, Holly, Benjamin L. Swan, Samuel Thorne, F. A. Potts, 
Thomas Dickson, Samuel Sloan, J. Pierpont Morgan, Charles Lanier, 
Rutherford Stuyvesant, T. K. Sturgis, Smith Clift, F. Bronson and 
James O. Sheldon. "The Great Cattle Ranches of the Far West," 
was the subject selected for the evening's debate. The first speaker 
was Thomas Sturgis. The Wyoming Stock Growers' Association, he 
said, in which he had an interest, to-day had one hundred members, 
representing a million head of cattle worth $30,000,000. Last year it 
sent to market no less than 100,000 cattle, netting to the owners a 
profit of $10,000,000. If any animal was found diseased it was de- 
stroyed, compensation being paid to everj'' innocent holder from the 
common funds of the association. Could such a system be devised 
to supervise the export of cattle the saving to this country would be 
very great. The United States lost $6,000,000 annually by their bad 
reputation. Llr. Gardiner, Mr, Dater and General Grant also made 
remarks. 

The Veteran Corj)s of the Twenty-second Regiment had its annual 
dinner at the Hotel Brunswick. One hundred members sat down at 
the table. Among the invited guests were Horatio C. King, Colonel 
Hotchkiss and Captain McLean, of the Twenty-third Regiment. 



TJIUnSDAY, MARCH 22. 287 

Tuesday, ITlarcIi 20. 

Miss Bessie Baenett, of Brooklyn, Avas united in marriage to Mr. 
David Hyne, also of Brooklyn. The wedding took place at the resi- 
dence of her sister, Mrs. Bosa Bobinson, in Clinton Street. The 
ceremony was performed by Bev. Mr. Lyman, of the South Congrega- 
tional Church. The happy pair left the'^same evening for Wisconsin, 
where they will remain several weeks, after which a visit will be made 
to Detroit. 

Mr. Biddle read Oymheline in a masterly manner. The last time 
that this play was read on that stage, Fannj'' Kemble was the inter- 
preter, and the contrast was not unbearable. In the afternoon a few 
ladies received, but visiting was intermittent. In the evening the 
fashionable and favorite topic of the novel drew an audience to hear 
Mr. Julian Hawthorne at the Nineteenth Century Club. 



Wednesday, Marcli 21. 

Mr. Locke Kichaedson read " TemiDest" before a select circle of 
ladies at the house of Mrs, Meagher. 

Mr. D. Lydig Suydam gave an afternoon tea to Madame Nilsson. 
A young and promising singer, Miss De Laussan, sang for the prima 
donna, and received her warm plaudits. Miss De Laussan has a con- 
tralto or low mezzo-soprano voice of exquisite quality, and a great 
deal of it. She phrases naturally and well, and has an espiegterie 
which is a delicious addition to her singing. She looks like Madame 
Patti, and has youth, talent, and beauty— no poor outfit for a singer. 
Mr. Butler Johnstone, the Englishman who has lent the Baphael to 
the Museum, was j^resent. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Johnston, Mr. and 
Mrs. Burton Harrison, Mrs. David Lydig, Mrs. Judge Brady, Mrs. 
John Sherwood, Mrs. Bridgham, Mrs. Whitney, Dr. and Mrs. and 
Miss Doremus, were also at this first reception accepted by Madame 
Nilsson since her return. Those who have seen her in opera have 
noticed how well she is looking, and her cordial pleasure in meeting 
her American friends is as engaging as ever. 

Judge John F. Dillon, No. 671 Madison Avenue, gave a dinner- 
party, covers being laid for eighteen. Pmard provided a handsome 
menu. Among the guests were ex-Secretary Evarts, U. S. District 
Attorney Root, Mr. Clarence Cary, Judge Peabody, Judge Choate and 
Mr. Justice Swayne. 

Thursday, march 22. 

Nothing but church-going (and the practising of quadrilles for the 
fancy-ball) seemed to employ the gay world. 



288 



THE SEASON. 



A dinner %vas given at the Union Club by Hemy B. Hyde, in 
the evening, to welcome to New York the Honorable William Henry 
Smith, formerly Collector of the Port of Chicago, before that Secre- 
tary of State of Ohio, now General Agent of the xVssociated Press of 
this city. Among those present were John A. Stewart, Justice Noah 
Davis, Chauncey M. Depew, General Horace Porter, Erastus Wiman, 
H. M. Alexander, Marcellus Hartley, General Eckert, Oliver King, 
John Sloan and others. 



GOOD FRIDAY. 

Friday, Illarcli 23. 

The golden wedding of the Eev. S. B. Hallidaj^ the pastoral helper 
of Plymouth Church, was celebrated in the Sunday-sthool room of 
the church, in the evening, by the gift to Mr. Halliday of a pile of 
gold, amounting to about $1700. After the customary Friday night 
lecture by Mr. Beecher, about eight hundred persons gathered in the 
Sunday-school room above, where in the front sat Mr. Halliday 
and his wife. His two brothers, the Eev. David M. Hallidav, of 
Peekskill, and James E. Halliday, were also present. Mr. Beecher 
stood with the pile of gold in front of him, and made the presenta- 
tion address. He said that it had been fifty years since Mr. Halliday 
vras married, and he looked so fresh and young that he must have 
had a good wife and peace at home, which were great things. He 
had refused, with that modesty which was the besetting sin with all 
the pastors of Plymouth Church [a laugh], to allow a visit to his 
house for his golden wedding, so they had taken a better house— the 
Lord s house. By their presence it was desired to express congratu- 
lations to Mr. Halliday and thanks to him for his services to the 
church and to many persons outside of it, since 1870. It was a fort- 
unate day for Plymouth Church when it secured Mr. Halliday as 
pastoral helper, or rather pastoral associate. Many could testify to 
his fidelity and instructions, but no one could give such an account 
of his services as Mr. Beecher. It was a delicate thing to be an asso- 
ciate pastor. In this case there had been rare agreement. In appre- 
ciating ?Jr. Halliday' s services so highly, it must not be forgotten 
that his family had upheld his hands in ten thousand wavs. They 
all had served the Lord in serving Plymouth Church faithfully. Mr. 
Beecher said it would be impossible for him to do the labor of visita- 
tion, which Mr. Halliday, night and day, year in and year out, had 
done among the poor, those in distress, the sick and the bereaved. 
A labor of love was never more amply carried out. There had never 
been a film or a cloud of disagreement between them, nor a sugges- 
tion of a rebuke or a quarrel. In conclusion Mr. Beecher said that 
Mr. and Mrs. Halliday had been married for fifty years and would 
need something to get through fifty years more. Unsolicited, and 



SATURDAY, MARCH U. 289 

]ustby the mere circulation of a slight notice, about $1700 in gold 
had been brought together, which he stood there to guard. He 
Avould present it in the name of friends in Plymouth Church and con- 
gregation, and of the poor and suffering who desired not to be forgot- 
ten in this. It was the offering not of a few, but of the foremost 
representatives of the community. The money v/as the sacred memo- 
rial of love and friendship. Mr. Halliday was so much overcome that 
lie could only speak briefly, saying that if he could say what was in 
his heart he would be glad to tell how much he felt the occasion and 
this expression from the people. After singing Ijy George Werren- 
rath and Miss Clara Stutsman, coffee and cake were served, and Mr. 
and Mrs. Halliday received many hearty congratulations. 

Saturday, ITIarcIi 24. 

" Merry Purim " was celebrated, in the evening, by crowds of mas- 
queraders, who drove from house to house in omnibuses and car- 
riages. At the door of a house one of the maskers was requested to 
disclose his identity and vouch for the rest of the party. The party 
then entered, and after dancing and jesting with the company drove 
to another house. Among the houses which v/ero oj^en were tnose of 
Mr. and Mrs. H. Herrman, No. 59 West Fifty-sixth Street, Mr. and 
Mrs. Herts, of V/est Forty-fourth Street, Mr. and Mrs. King, No. 386 
Fifth Avenue, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Angel, No. 20 East Fifty-fourth 
Street, and Mr. and Mrs. Church, of East Forty-eighth Street. A 
number of people beside the maskers were invited to Mr. Herrman's 
to witness the merriment. A large pillow of flowars, with the v/ords 
"Merry Purim," stood in the parlors. There were a throng of 
maskers present, including Oscar Wilde, the Salvation Army, Benja- 
min Butler, Koscoe Conkling, Herrmann, the prestidigitator, Esmer- 
alda, Mephistopheles, John Kell3', the Irish Assassins, and an orches- 
tra of cats and dogs, w^ho carried musical instruments and hovvled 
and yowled in concert. After midnight the maskers doffed their dis- 
guises and partook of refreshments. Among the guests were 'Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles Sternbach, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer D. Schuyler, Mr. and 
Mrs. J. D. Oppenheim, Mr. Theodore Eoosevelt, Mr. Logan, Colonel 
and Mrs. Meredith, Miss Nellie Kline, Arthur Fitch, Dr. and Mrs. 
Baruch, Mr. and Mrs. Louis, A. Herrman, Mrs. H. Kosenthal, Mrs. E. 
A. Smith, John Albee, Mr. and Mrs. S. Gans, ex-Mayor Elv, Mr and 
Mrs. I. L. Falk, Miss Sarah Woolf, Daniel W. Herrman, Ihs A H 
Levy, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Haskell, Joseph Falk, Mr. and Mrs. J. 
Eothschild, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Kohn, Miss Laura Levy, Mr. and 
]Mi-s. M. Mitchell, Miss Tessie Eosenthal, Mr. S. D. Oppenheim, Mr. 
Prerara, Mr. Hitchcock, Professor Martin, Mr. M. S. Levy, and Miss 
Myra Davis. 

The sun shone, an event worthy of record in the gloomy latter half 
of March, and a matinee at the Academy and a splendid concert by 



'-^00 THE iSFASOy. 

Madame Nilsson tempted even the severe!}' self-restrained to tlie de- 
lights of music. 



Monday. Marcii 26. 

THE VANDERBILT BALL. 

The house of Mr. and Mrs. William K. Yanderbilt, at the north-west 
corner of Fifth Avenue and Fifty-second Street, was thronged with a 
hriliiant company in the evening, at the first fashionable fancy-dress 
ball which has been given in New York for a number of years. The 
ball probably equalled, if it did not excel, in beauty and general at- 
tractiveness any similar entertainment ever given in this city. Any 
dreams of splendor by a passer-by would have been more than real- 
ized could ho have caught a glimpse of the rooms inside, where beau- 
tiful women and distinguished men promenaded through the halls, 
formed groups in the various rooms, made charming pictures on the 
stairway or mingled in the waltz, quadrille or minuet. Louis Qiiinze 
and Mary Queen of Scots might almost have felt at home in the com- 
pany, unless they happened to run across too correct copies of them- 
selves. A courtier might be seen walking with a marchioness, or a 
duke with a Venetian lady, and indeed the combinations of imitated 
rank and beauty were endless where so many powdered wigs were 
graciously bowing, so many pairs of bright eyes Hashing in rivalrj' of 
the jewels of their owners, and so much talking, dancing and prom- 
enading were enjoyed. There was no excessive floral decoration to 
meet the eyes of guests as they passed in at the Fifth Avenue entrance, 
under the two watch-dogs carved in low relief, and through the double 
doors. The long, wide hall was set with palms, and in the sitting- 
room on the left were some handsome bouquets. The parlor in the 
south-west corner and the dining-room running along the west side 
of the house were used for dancing, the hard-wood Hoors being in ex- 
cellent condition. These rooms were not extensively decorated. A 
screen or canopy of smilax, ferns and plants obscured the orchestra 
balcony, nearly all the rooms on the second floor were thrown open 
for retiring-rooms and for promenading, and were set with banks and 
bouquets of flowers. It was in the dining-room that the florist was 
given a place to exercise his best skill. The walls, clear to the high 
ceiling, were densely covered v/ith masses of evergreen, closely 
thatched, including holly, hemlock branches, laurel and other plants. 
In the centre was a large group of palms, plants and bougan\illea 
flowers. The effect on entering the room was very cool and pleasing, 
as if one had stepped out of the ball-room into an evergreen forest. 
The hall and rooms adjoining were also used for refreshment rooms 
when supper was served, between twelve and one a.m. Mrs. W. K. 
Vanderbilt was assisted in receiving the company by her sister, Mrs. 
Fernando Yznaga, and Lady Mandeville, formerly Miss Yznaga. 



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Dancing began at about half past eleven p.m., and was kept up until 
a late hour. From six hundred to eight hundred people were present, 
but owing to the large rooms there was little discomfort from crowd- 
ing. The dancing was begun with the quadrilles, the participants in 
which gathered in the gj^mnasium, and marched down the broad 
winding stairwaj', making a lovely effect in their various costumes. 

THE GATHErilXO OF THE GUESTS, 

Except in the immediate vicinity of the Vanderbilt mansion, Fifth 
Avenue did not change its wonted appearance until within an hour 
of midnight, when it was thrown into commotion by the hurrying of 
hundreds of guests to the scene of the merrj'-making. Stately walls 
and drawn curtains had hidden all the pretty liutterings which it is 
safe to assume accomjoanied the preparations for the ball; and the 
avenue in the early part of the night seemed more than ordinarily 
quiet and demure, as if still wrapped in Lenten meditations. At 
Fifty-second Street there was a different picture. A great multitude 
of persons to whom, plainly, the habits of high-class society were un- 
known, began to gather in front of Mr. Yanderbilt's house soon after 
nightfall. The crowd was a good deal mixed in its composition ; 
there were young men and old, giddy girls and sedate matrons, wid- 
ows in weeds and babies in arms. The number from eight o'clock till 
eleven was certainly four hundred, and without the slightest boister- 
ousness they stood upon the sidewalk and waited in patient expecta- 
tion hour after hour for the arrival of the carriages. Their curiosity 
was boundless. They stood in front of the house and watched the 
erection of the awning which extended from the vestibule to the curb 
and at the side peered into every opening that let out a twinkling ray 
from the flood of light within. Very slight was the reward for their 
efforts. A few inches of gorgeous tapestry, glimpses of a glittering 
candelabrum, graceful shadow pictures of ferns and palms, as sharply 
defined as silhouettes, projected upon the drawn window-curtains — 
this was all that the most jjrying peeper could see. The front of the 
house was almost gloomy, but m the rear a wonderful glow of kaleid-, 
oscopic colors came from the great stained glass v/indow ; yet this 
vision had few spectators. The majority of the crowd being women, 
they were most intent on seeing what the guests were wearing, and 
no side picture could distract their attention. A little after ten 
o'clock the light from two calcium lamps was directed against the 
window from the outside, and the colors faded to the outside view 
in order that they might appear the more resplendent to those 
within. 

A squad of policemen under Sergeant "Woodruff preserved narrow 
passages through the crowd and kept the sight-seers within the bounds 
marked for them. All the advantageous places were held by women 
who maintained their rights to the acquired territory frequently by 
caustic speech and open defiance of the representatives of the law. 



2S2 THE SEASOX 

At times, when a trilling incident occurred to increase curiosity, tlie 
crowd would sway from side to side and the sidewalk would be block- 
aded. Then there would be a big giggle and a little scream, and a 
burly policeman would elbow his way through the crowd and open 
another path for pedestrians. The work of erecting the awnings con- 
tinued until nearly ten o'clock, and before it was finished it became 
noticeable that there was a growing activity in the street. Every five 
minutes a carriage would jDass. Sometimes the coachman would look 
intently at the house as he passed, and once or twice a carriage 
stopped while the coachman exchanged a word with somebody at the 
entrance of the covered walk that led to the vestibule. The anima- 
tion was contributed to by the crowd ; women became more deter- 
mined to force themselves into the front ranks, and in their eagerness 
many left the sidewalk and gathered in the street. By and by the 
rattle of wheels became more distinct, and a few investigators found 
that some of the carriages contained i)ewigged and bepowdered gen- 
tlemen of the olden time, who cast inquisitive looks through the 
windows as they rolled jiast. At twenty miniites past tnn the first 
carriage stopped with a business air in front of the awnings. The 
door was opened by a footman and out stepped a stout gentleman in 
all the glory of silk stockings, knee-breeches, cloak, sword and laces. 
Then a rustle, next a pretty silk slipper upon the carriage step, a flit- 
ting sheen of silver clocks, and then the fair damsel herself looking, 
Vvith her high head-dress plentifully bepowdered, her court dress of 
rich light silk and her flashing diamonds, like a vision from the court 
of one of the Georges. The beginning was now made, and with ever- 
increasing rapidity the carriages drove up and discharged their beau- 
tifully attired occupants, and those in the front rank of the spectators 
had passing before them a brilliant pageant of knights, nobles, ladies, 
characters from history and fiction, and pretty little creatures from 
that world immortalized for the nursery by Mother Goose. 

On entering, j)owdered footmen with knee-breeches, like the Lon- 
don '' Jeames," came forward to meet the guest, and the ladies were 
directed up a vast marble staircase whose splendid white effect W'ith 
stained glass windows everywhere, recalled Milan Cathedral. Yast- 
ness is the first imi^ression in this truly magnificent house, and 
splendor is the second impression, and luxury is the third impres- 
sion. The great state bed-room, into which the ladies were ushered, 
had a four-poster bed, hung with tapestry quite as gorgeous as any 
state bed in a royal palace in the days of the most luxurious Queen of 
France. The wood-carving, the gilding, the furniture, the hangings, 
were all regal. Out of this state bed-room opened a dressing-room 
lined with mirror, and on that mirror v/as painted branches of apple 
blossom so that it was a bewildering bower of brillianc}^ and spring. 
In this room vras a bath tub of onyx or alabaster fit for Undine to 
bathe in. The dressing-table was also a slab of onyx, and all the ap- 
pointments of silver. It is a dream of loveliness. Here sat a little 
nun, in the full dress of her order, and flitting past her were the 



JtlOXDAV, MARCH 26. . 293 

gayest costumes possible. Another large room with two little brass 
beds in the French stj'le opened out of this room. Maids in pretty 
caps and national costumes of Brittany and Sweden attended the 
ladies. These rooms all gave on a vast corridor, which, running 
through the house, opens by windows on the splendid dining room, 
which is two stories high. The end of this dining-room is a stained 
glass window of immense dimensions, representing the meeting of 
Francis I. and Henry \1II. on the Field of the Cloth of Gold. 
It had exactly the effect of another fancy ball going on in another 
room, and added infinitely to the effect of the glittering pageant 
which was going on below. A hanging gallery at one end of this 
splendid room held the musicians, lietracing our steps to the grand 
staircase again, and meeting a beautiful French marquise in white 
satin on the way, who spoke cordial words of welcome, the wanderer 
descended the stairs and found the hall below already full of knights, 
courtiers and princes, waiting for their ladies. The guests were 
shown to a Franc;ois premier salon, where stood Mr. Vanderbiit, 
dressed as the Duke de Guise, and looking well in that courtly cos- 
tume. Mrs. Vanderbiit as a Venetian lady. Lady Mandeville as a 
Princess de Croi, in black velvet and hat, both looking marvellously 
well, received the guests. The guests' names were announced by a 
servant, and it was quite necessary, as many were disguised beyond 
all recognition. This vast salon has for its chief ornaiuent a full- 
length portrait, by Madrazo, of ^Irs. W. K. Vanderbiit. It is a beau- 
tiful portrait, although hardly so good a likeness as many of his. 
Mrs. Vanderbiit is small, with a French cast of countenance, very 
pretty and distingue. Her dress of this evening included a Milan 
bonnet filled with jewels, which radiated from her face. Surely these 
old Italians were masters of costume ! 

The whole wainscotting of this beautiful apartment was brought 
from a chateau in France. On the walls hang three French Gobelin 
tapestries a century old, but in the brilliance and freshness of their 
coloring seemingly the work of yesterday. The ceiling, painted by 
Paul Baudry, represents the marriage of Cupid and Psyche. Thence 
the procession swej^t on into the grand dining hall, converted last 
night into a ball room, and the dancing began. This dining-room, 
which is of the length and width of the gymnasium above, was 
superbly illuminated. It is thirty-two feet in height. The floor and 
the ceiling are both in oak, richly panelled in similar designs. The 
lower wainscotting, seven feet in height, is of oak richly carved, 
above which is a temporary wainscotting of a peculiar gilded tapestry 
nine feet in height, and above that Caen stone which reaches the 
clerestory windows of stained glass that run all around the apartment. 
At one end of the room is a fireplace, more than twenty feet m width, 
the lower part of which is of Carlisle stone and the upper of carved 
oak, and at the opposite end of the room is a music gallerj", eighteen 
feet from the floor. This gallery is usually lighted b3^ fine steel chan- 
deliers of gas, but last night calcium lights filled the room with a sil- 



294 THE SEASON. 

very splendor, which fell with extraordinary effect on Oudinot's great 
stained-glass window. 

A COURTLY SCENE. 

As this room slowly filled up it was a courtly scene. At one end of 
it stood the man of millions, W. H. Yanderbilt, in plain evening 
dress, a simplicity much admired. He was the only person admitted 
without costume. Near him stood his handsome wife, in the i)lain 
but rich dress of a lady of the court of Marie Antoinette. There is 
no love of display in this couple. The Vanderbilts are all handsome 
people. The daughters of the old commodore were beauties in their 
day. The present ladies of the family were exceedingly well cos- 
tumed, and looked their best. Cornelius Yanderbilt is a conspicu- 
ously handsome man, and became his Louis XYI. costume. Mrs. 
Shepard as a Yenetian Dogess, Mrs. Sloan (a pretty golden-haired 
woman of the Titian tyi)e) was " Cherry Ripe," very charming ; Mrs. 
H. McK. Twombly looked admirably as the Duchess of Devonshire, 
and Mrs. Webb was brilliant as a hornet, without the sting. A family 
so good looking, and so well dressed, could start a fancy ball all by 
themselves, but there soon entered all of New York fashion, and a pleas- 
ant sprinkling of Boston. As this room grevN' crowded the company 
moved on into the grand dining room, which was the ball-room for 
the evening, where the quadrilles were danced. The '' Hobby-Horsa 
Quadrille" was the first, and a great success. The riders v>'ere almost 
too realistic, and tvv'o were thrown, but it was a glowing pi sture of 
scarlet and black. The horses were miracles of art. Mrs. L, L. How- 
land and Mr. James V. Parker led this funny scene with great elan, 
and Mr. Kichard Irvin and Mr. Griswold and a dozen others all in the 
pink of the hunting-field, sustained them. This gave the key-note to 
the ball. It was gay from this moment, and it became like a picture 
by Alvarez, or one of the more crowded canvases of Tintoretto, as the 
Eomeos, Lalla Rookhs, soldiers, monks, queens and dukes, Roman 
peasants and opera boufie people danced and promenaded. The 
second quadrille was from "Mother Goose," and the dresses were 
very welJ carried out. Mrs. C. L. Perkins, Jr., as the venerable lady 
herself, carrying a large goose, and dressed with the high hat, was 
very noticeable. Mrs. Kernochan as the old woman who rode to the 
moon, with her broomstick and her cat on her shoulder, was exceed- 
ingly pretty. ' " Mary, Maiy, quite contrary," and all the other 
friends of our childhood were gotten up with conscientious exactitude. 
This quadrille was followed by one of which the characters were taken 
from the Opera Bouffe. Beautiful young women, like Mrs, Yznaga 
and Mrs. James Brown Potter, did not hesitate to don the simple 
ginghams of Serpolette and Madame Favart, while Mr. Kingsford and 
Miss Webb became Monsieur et Madame le Diable, in red and black. 
This was more eccentric than pretty, but admirably done. 



MOXDAV, MARCH 20. 305 



THE QUADRILLES. 

In the iincertainty at n late hour of there being any gcrman 
danced, the only organized attraction of the evening ^vas the quad- 
rilles, which had been drilled so M'ell that the dancing of them was a 
decided success. Chance gave the tloor first to the *' Hobby Horse" 
or Hunting quadrille. The ladies and gentlemen in the Hunting 
quadrille vi'ere mounted on mock horses whose legs were modestly 
screened by gay colored petticoats, handsomely embroidered in gold. 
Their appe'arance was the cause of much merriment. Among the peo- 
ple in this quadrille were Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Howland, Mr. and Mrs. 
August Belmont, Jr., A. Belmont, Mr. Wadsworth, Francis Riggs, 
Mr. Parker, and Mrs. Kichard Irvin, Jr. The gentlemen wore hunt- 
ing coats of scarlet broadcloth, lined with white satin, white satin 
waistcoats, white satin knee brcp-ches trimmed with solid gold but- 
tons and embroidery, riding boots and spurs and regular riding hats. 
The ladies wore red cloth coats, v.'hite satin waistcoats with different 
colored ribbons on the left shoulder, red brown cloth skirts, silk hose, 
shoes with buckles and riding hats. Owing to much care none of the 
riders took a header. Then came the gem of the evening, the 
Dresden-China Quadrille. The young people were dressed in court 
costume of the period of Frederic the Great, all in white, men and 
women, with powdered wigs, and with the crossed sword, the Dresden 
mark, on their breasts. It was the whitest, purest thing possible 
amid all this saturnalia of color, and was danced with reserve, like a 
quadrille at court, in the presence of royalty. This effective thing 
was designed by Mrs. Chapman and drilled by her, until the lamented 
death of Mr. Chapman withdrew her from society, and it was taken 
Tip by ^Irs. James Strong. It was the culminating effect of this beau- 
tifurball. In it were Miss Etta Strong, Miss Dana, Miss Lanier, 
Miss Hilda Oelrichs, Miss Fanny Sv/an, Mr. Rutherfurd, Mr. Morti- 
mer, Mr. Fearing and Mr. Pierrepont. The ladies were attired in 
short dresses of ivory-white satin with bouffant ])anniers, low-cut cor- 
sages and short sleeves. Their hair, piled high on the back of the 
head, was powdered and decked with white ostrich plumes. Their 
ribbons and roses, stockings and slippers were all white. To corre- 
spond with their partners the gentlemen were all in immaculate white 
waistcoats, knee-breeches, hose, buckle-slippers, and powdered wigs. 
Their button-hole bouquets wore of white narcissus. Mrs. Aster's 
quadrille was, as might be expected under her management, one of 
the most attractive. Miss Astor and Miss Beckwith were in white, 
Miss Hoffman and Miss Marie in yellow, Miss Warren and Miss Hall 
m blue, and Mrs. Bryce and Miss Edith Carow m rose-colored attire. 
They carried wands tipped with stars. Their dresses were made of 
satin, of dancing length, and covered with silver gauze embroidered 
with stars. The hair was worn floMing down the back, and over the 
forehead of each of the ladies gleamed a diamond star. The gentle- 
men of the quadrille were Mr. Brj'ce, Mr. Ellis, G. H. Warren, Jr., 



296 THE SEAS OAK 

Mr. Silencer, Mr. Kingsland, Mr. Lanier, Eaj'' Miller and Lispenard 
Stewart. They wore Henry III. costumes of velvet of various dark 
colors, powdered wigs, knee-breeches and buckles, and swords at their 
sides. The Opera-Bouftie quadrille, under the direction of Mrs. 
Fernando Yznaga, consisted of sixteen dancers, all young married 
people. Mrs. \znaga, who took the character of Serpolette, in Les 
Cloches de Corneville, wore a short dress of gray linen, Vv'ith a front of 
red and gray striped, draped Vv'ith a scarlet sash ; scarlet bodice and 
little v>'hite cap. She danced with Frederick Tams, who was Grein- 
clieux, attired in the regulation fisherman's costume. Miss Smith, 
Mrs. Yznaga's sister, danced with Brockholst Cutting. She was Bou- 
lotte and he Barbe-Bleu, in a costume similar to that worn by Capoul. 
Mrs. James Brown Potter, as Madame Favart, was costumed m an 
orange red bodice and skirt, with a blue overdress, sleeves and upper 
bodice of unbleached yellow cotton, a cap of orange-red satin, and 
she carried a small mandolin covered with flowers and tied with velvet 
ribbons. She danced with Monsieur Favart, who was liichard Hunt. 
His costume was of mouse- color, with a yellow waistcoat. Mrs. 
Frank Lawrence danced in a white costume as La Petite Duchesse, 
and Irene Wilson, who danced with her, was Le Petit Due. Miss 
Bessie Webb and J. Kingsford represented respectively Madame La 
Diable and Monsieur Le Diable in costumes of black and red. Mrs. 
Clarence Car}'- Girofle, in a pink costume, danced with Mr. Kingsford 
as Mourzouk. Mrs. George L. Eives was Perichole, and Frederick O. 
Beach, v/ho danced with her, appeared as Piquillo. Mr. Pryor, who 
was costumed as Ange Pitou, danced with Miss Ella Le Eoy, who per- 
sonated Clairette in Madame Angot. The Mother Goose quadrille was 
gotten up by Mrs. C. Lawrence Perkins. The costumes, all of simple 
materia], were attractive. The sixteen who danced in this quadrille 
are as follows : Mrs. C. Lawrence Perkins as Mother Goose ; Miss 
Duncan as Mary, Mary, quite Contrarj", in a dress trimmed with 
cockle shells, blue bells and cowslips ; Miss Lamson as Little Bo- 
Peep, with a crook in her hand ; Miss Blake as Goody Two Shoes, 
Miss Thoron as Little Bed Kiding Hood, Miss Parsons as the Pretty 
Milk Maid, Miss Perkins as Jill, and Miss Fannie Perkins as Little 
Miss Muffet. The eight gentlemen in the quadrille were in squire 
costumes, only one solitary Mother Goose boy being seen, and that 
poor Jack. They were Mr. Duncan, C. Lawrence Perkins, Mr. Spen- 
cer, Julian Kane, Mr. Baldwin, Philip Allen, Mr. Leavitt and Mr. 
Northcote. 

THE MUSIC. 

The music was furnished by two bands of musicians. In the inter- 
vals between the dances and before tlie dancing began a military band 
under the direction of P. S. Gilmore played from a stand at the head 
of the flight uf stairs m the main hall. The dance music joroper came 
from a band of twenty instrumentalists stationed in a' gallery in the 
large dining-room. The band was as complete a one as was possible 



MoyDA j; MARCH 26. 29? 

— being, in fact, a small orchestra, comprising violins, violas, violon- 
cellos, double Ijasses, liutes, oboes, clariouets, bassoons, cornets, 
horns, a trombone and kettledrums. J. M. Lander was the leader, and 
in addition to the dances which have held favor with dancing parties 
this season, he performed a number of pretty pieces for the hrst time. 
Mr. Gilmore's musicians gave the musical inspiration to only one 
dance. It was the first quadrille, the " Hobby Horso," in which the 
humorous conceit of the designer required that the music should bo 
as much like that of a circus as possible. !So the blatant brass, tlio 
clashing cymbals and the rattling drum of the military band were 
brought into service. The music of the quadrilles, in which the 
dancers aj^peared in opera boulfe characters, was arranged by Mr. 
Lander, and consisted of a j^ot-pou ri of airs from the operettas of 
Offenbach and Lecocq. The selections were from La Belle Iklcne, 
La Fdle cle Mine. Angot, Les Cloches de Corneville, La Grande Duchesse, 
and Orpheus aux Enfers. Another quadrille was a lancers, the music 
arranged, by Mr. Lander from the opera of Carmen ; that of Mrs. 
Astor's quadrille had a set newly composed by Weingarten, entitled 
*' Disputation." Other pieces of dance music which were jDerformed 
for the rfirst time were some new waltzes, entitled " Stetfani" and 
** In Dulci Jubilo," by llab, a galop adapted by Mr. Lander from 
Lecocq' s " Heart and Hand," and a " Ticklish Waiter" polka by Mr. 
Lander. 

S03IE OF THOSE PEESENT. 

Among the great number present may be mentioned the following : 
j\Ir. and Mrs. Edward Kemeys, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sands, Miss 
Leavitt, J. P. Kingsford, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Hunt and the Misses 
Hunt, Miss Newbold, Mrs. Leroy, Morgan Post, Mr. and Mrs. V/illiam 
H. Fearing, Mr. and Mrs. Pardy, Mr. and Mrs. E. Harris, Mr. and 
Mrs. Brockholsfc Cutting, Mr. and Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, Edward N. 
Tailer, the Misses Carroll, of Maryland, Dr. and Mrs. Pardee, Mr. 
and Mrs. Robert Goelet, Isaac Iselin, Charles Perkins, Miss Barnard, 
Peter Marie, the Misses Mathews, jMiss Emmett. Miss Beekman, the 
. Misses Furniss, Mrs. Wellman, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Potter, Mr. and Mrs, 
Hamilton Fish, Miss Fish, Francis Riggs, Mr. de x^euville, Mr. and 
I^Irs. J. M. Waterburj', the Misses Eemsen, Mr. and Mrs. Smith Clift, 
W. A. Spencer, Miss ISlavarro, Bradley Lee, Miss Eoot, Mr. and Mrs. 
Robert Hone, Miss Grace Potter, Creighton Webb, Louis Yv'ebb, Mr. 
and Mrs. F. Neilson, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Haven, Center Hitchcock, 
Mrs. E. A. Terry, J. J. Townsend, Jr., Mr, and Mrs. John Bigelow, 
Poultney Bigelow, Pierre Lorillard, W. E. Kent, George Bolton, Miss 
Bigelow, Miss Schieffelin, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Ilowland, Mr. and Mrs, 
B, Winthrop, Arthur Turnure, Mr. and Mrs, L. Turnure, Lawrence 
Turnure, Jr., Miss Turnure, George Bend, the Misses Redmond, 
Thomas Gushing, of Boston, Miss Belle Wilson, Mrs. R. Wilson, Mrs. 
W. D. Sloane, Mrs. Hamilton McK. Twombly, Mrs. William Astor, 
Mr, and Mrs. Butler-Duncan, General William Cutting, Duke de 



298 THE SEASON. 

I\Iorny, Mr. and Mrs. Henry CIgm's, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, 
Miss Kate Bulkeley, Miss Hecksciier, John Furnam, Mrs. Dr. Peters, 
the Misses Tailer, Mr. and Mrs. Bakhvin, Gookl H. Kedmond, R. G. 
Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Chicker- 
ing, Miss Marie, Mrs. Rutherford, Miss Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. 
Minturn, Commander Oorringe, Mr. and Mrs. Kean, Ward McAllister, 
Miss McAllister, Miss Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bryce, Mr. and Mrs. 
"W. B. Wetmore, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin and Miss Iselin, the 
Misses Warren, Miss Hoffman, Mrs. Stacey Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. 
Edward Leavitt, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Depew, Mr. and Mrs. B. N. 
Harrison, Miss Piissie Breese, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Johnston, Miss 
Johnston, T. Maitland, J. R. Leroy, Miss Work, Abram S. Hewitt, 
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Newbold, Geraldyn Redmond, William Red- 
mond, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, A. L. Carhart, Samuel Fales, Ferdi- 
nand Schuschardt, Mr. Suydam, Mr. and Mrs. C. Kellogg, Arthur 
Berry, L. Delmonte, Mr. and Mrs. A. Belmont, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. J. 
Bowers Lee, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Warren, Mr. and Mrs. G. Cornell, 
Hamilton F. Webster, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Riers, General and 
Mrs. Alexander S. Webb and the Misses Webb, Miss Ada Smith, Mrs. 
Seward Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, Miss Butler-Duncan, 
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Cutting, Herbert Wadsworth, Ferdinand Yznaga, 
Miss Leary, Reginald Francklyn, Miss Agnes Binsse, James Strong 
and Mrs. Griswold Gray. 

SOME or THE COSTUMES. 

!Mrs. Vanderbilt appeared as a Venetian Princess taken from a pict- 
ure by Cabanel. The underskirt was of white and yellow brocade, 
shading from the deepest orange to the lightest canary, only the high 
lights being white. The figures of flowers and leaves were outlined 
in gold, white and iridescent beads ; light-blue satin train embroid- 
ered magnificently in gold and lined in Roman red. Almost the 
entire length of the train was caught up at one side, forming a large 
puff. The waist was of blue satin covered with gold embroidery ; 
the dress was cut square in the neck and the flowing sleeves were of 
transparent gold tissue. She wore a Venetian cap, covered with 
magnificent jewels, the most noticeable of these being a superb pea- 
cock in many colored gems. Lady Mandeville wore a dress copied 
from a picture by Vandyke of a Princess de Croy. The petticoat was 
of black satin, embroidered in jet. The body and train were of black 
velvet, ornamented with heavy jet embroidery. The dress had large 
puffed Vandyke sleeves, an immense stand-up collar of Venetian lace, 
the sleeves being turned up with the same lace. The whole was 
crowned with a black Vandyke hat and drooping plumes, turned up 
at one side and blazing with jewels. Nothing could have been more 
becoming to Lady Mandeville' s blonde beauty than this magnificent 
and sombre dress. W. K. Vanderbilt appeared as the Duke de Guise, 
wearing yellow silk tights, yellow and black trunks, a yellow doublet, 



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and a black velvet cloak embroidered in gold ^itb *^^^^^^^f^ ^,^,f/^ 
Micliael suspended on a black ribbon, and ^vlth a ^vhlte y^^}>^^!\ 
velvet shoes and buckles. This costume ^vas an exact copy o t a 
paintin'' of the Duke of Guise in W. H. Vanderbilfs art gallery. The 
costume was fairly covered xvith diamonds, emeralds and garnets 
CoiSus\''nderbilt appeared as Louis XVI.. in ^ Uaha deanu^^d 
breeches of fawn-coloid brocade, trimmed ^vlth silver point d Es- 
pa^ieand a\vaistcoat of reseda, trimmed with real silver lace. The 
Kkik^s shoes and hat were of reseda. He wore a jabot and rufttes 
S Hce and a diamond-hilted sword. Mrs. Cornelius Yanderbilt ap- 
?.p!v^d as the Electric Light, in white satin trimmed with diamonds, 
Sran^a^ificent diamond head-dress. Mrs. Yanderbilt was accom- 
mnied b? her children, daintily apparelled, one as a rose, m pink 
Fi?np with a satin overdress of green leaves, a waist of green satm, 
and a l^^ictd es^of X satin, fashioned like a bouquet-holder; 
another as S nbad the Sailor, in white satin breeches, a white 
chemisett? a fly ng jacket embroidered in gold, and Turkish shoes ; 
and a third as a little courtier, in a light-blue satm lanc-embroidered 
coat with waistcoat and breeches of white satm, hand-embroidered 
in roses and daisies. Miss Ada Smith, a sister of Mrs. Yanderbilt 
wore as a peacock, a dazzling costume of peacock-blue satin, the 
waiV composed of real peacocVs breast, with a peacock cap and fan 
Ti^l train and front of the dress were covered with the peacock 
feathers Another similar costume was worn by Mrs. Buchanan 
W^nthrop Mrs. Seward Webb, Mr. Vanderbilfs sister, wore as a 
hornet a briliant waist of yellow satin, with a brown velvet skirt and 
b?own aauze wings. This dress was paralelled by another represent- 
S'l'^vasp of pn?ple and black gold gauze, with horizontal stripes o 
Hack and velloV, and a transparent gold tissue overdress A special 
he xT-dress'was imported for this costume with antenn^ of d.xmonds. 
Yellow gloves striped with black were worn with it. Mrs. EUiott F 
Shemrd was attired as a Marquise. The tram of her dress was of 
olive bror^Te, embroidered with gold, and the front was of Nile green 
satin The corsage was of pearl-embroidered tulle, festooned with 
Told cords was cut high and square and was trimmed wih lace a 
centi'rv old The sleeves were of pearl tulle puffed over yelow satin 
and trfmmed with pearls. A high Medici collar completed the dress. 
Mrs \rSsioane wore a red satin, short-quilted skirt crossed with 
black velvet to form diamonds. The overdress was of antique bro- 
cade, embroidered with poppies ooped ^^y^J^^if'^-^^^^^V brocade 
was cut to a point and made of black velvet with a ^ est of brocade 
Poppies were embroidered around the neck and sleeves. A black 
velve cap 'vith poppies was worn. Mrs. Hamilton McK. Twomb y 
;^ attiSl m a LVt skirt of palest blue satin quilted in diamonds 
Avith larc^e gold beads on each point. A puffing of satin round tlie 
bottom was 'covered with gold fringe. The --,- -^ ^^^f, J.^^S 
brocade with large embroidered pmk roses, anu leaves embroiaerea 
ii gold knd silvel^ The waist was cut low. and the di^ess had a Wat- 



300 THE SEASOX. 

tea-a back. The elbow sleeves were of old antique lace, and a hat 
trimmed with joink and white feathers was worn. Mrs. W. 11. Van- 
derbilt appeared as a duchess in a dark-colored court dress trimmed 
with rare lace and jewels. W. H. Yanderbiit appeared in ordinary 
evening dress. Mrs. William Astor was attired in a Venetian dress 
of dark-colored velvet and satin, the velvet being embroidered in gold 
in designs of roses and the satin with pearls. The front of the lov,-- 
cut corsage v^as covered with rare jevrels. The inside of the long 
flowing sleeves was embroidered with pearls. A small standing collar 
surmounted the corsage, and the hair, which was worn flowing, was 
partly covered by a small cap fastened with plumes and an aigrette 
of diamonds. Mrs. Ghauncey M. Depew appeared as Undine. Her 
costume, one of the most elegant of the evening, v/as of pale sea- 
green satin, dancing length, and covered with white tulle drapery, on 
^yhich were many tiny silver moons, caught iip with clusters of water- 
lilies and long grasses. Her bodice of green velvet was trimmed with 
fine old round point lace, and across the front was a jardiniere of pond 
lilies and long grasses. Her hair, which was powdered with silver 
dust, was coiled under a cap of white tulle, spangled with silver stars 
and ornamented by a diamond pin and a cluster of long grasses. She 
wore a large diamond lizard and turtle, a diamond star necklace and 
bracelets and pins, all to represent dew-drops. Miss Natalie Baldwin 
as Snow and Miss Kate Bulkeley as Ice, both in white draperies, with 
snov^^flake and icicle accessories, were offset by a bright-colored 
Hungarian dress worn by Miss Heckscher. Old English court 
dresses \\'eve worn by Mr. and Mrs. George Henry Warren. Mrs. 
Luckmeyer appeared as a prosperous Chatelaine of the sixteenth 
century in gray cashmere, trimmed with bands of red velvet, a red 
velvet waist, white puflied sleeves, a large red hat and gray feathers. 
Mrs. Pierre Lorillard was simplj- magnificent as a " Phoenix." The 
decollette basque of the dress represented the beautiful bird U'ith 
breast of gorgeous red and yellow feathers, under imphion feathers,' 
the back being of the sombre plumage of the English pheasant. 
Wings of imphion feathers lined v.'ith gold embroidered crimson 
tulle, were attached to the shoulders. From the basque hung 
a short drapeiy of crim.son gold embroidered gauze, and the hat 
was of imphion and scarlet feathers. The train had a centre of 
gray velvet, bordered by crimson cashmere and black feathers, 
and embroidered near the bottom in flames of different colored 
tinsels. The front of the skirt was of pale gray silk, over which 
fell tulle of the same shade, bordered by a tinsel fringe and embroid- 
ered in flames of different colored tinsels, which reached nearly to 
the waist, throwing forth golden sparks and cinders represented by 
downy gray tufts. The jewels worn with this dress (one of Worth's) 
were magnificent diamonds and rubies. jMrs. Bradley Martin, as 
" Marie Stuart, " wore a most magnificent costume. The long trained 
skirt of ruby velvet, embroidered in gold, was looped in front over a 
silver chain, showing a skirt of silver and white brocaded satin orna- 



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mentod with white satin panels, embroidered in silver and gold. The 
bodice worn with a jewelled girdle, was made with square ueck, orna- 
mented by a high collar and with sleeves puft'ed at the top and orna- 
mented with precious stones above the net-work of pearls which cov- 
ered them. The head-dress of ruby velvet, covered with a net-work of 
pearls, held in place a veil of dainty white tulle spangled with pearls. 
Her ornaments were magnificent diamonds and rubies. Mr. Bradley 
Martin, as Louis XV., wore a suit of crushed-strawberry satin, richly 
embroidered in gold, with jabot and cult's of duchesse lace, and with 
vest of pearl gray satin embroidered in gold in a design of tiowers afid 
with buttons composed of real diamonds. Mr. Edward Luckmeyer 
wore a court costume of the time of Louis XVI. Miss S. Kutherford 
was a Spanish lady in j'ellow satin skirt trimmed with thread flounces, 
black velvet bodice trimmed in gold lace, a veil and a high tortoise- 
shell comb. Mr. B. 0. Porter, a well-known portrait painter of Bos- 
ton, appeared as King Henry Trois, in a short cape heavily embroid- 
ered in silver, the design very beautiful and unique ; the same pat- 
tern ornamented the doublet and surtout. He wore silk hose, low 
shoes and buckles. This costume was carefully prejjared and accu- 
rate as to its every detail. Mr. Dixie, of Boston, appeared as a Mos- 
lem gentleman, the costume brought from Cairo, with long, striped, 
pointed shoes and a red tarbousch, Vv'Uh a turban of cobweb mull 
muslin. Miss Seward appeared as a Norv/egian Hardmger peasant in 
a white linen apron trimmed with a v.ide band of drawn-work, a 
bodice of red cloth covered with bead work, a chemisette of white 
linen, bands of drawn-work, and a black skirt, silver jewelry and 
beads. The whole was surmounted by a wonderful cap fluted all 
over in very small pleats. This dress was imported in November last 
as a type. Miss Georgie Kemsen came as Night in black tulle cover- 
ed with stars, a band of diamond stars on her hair and a long flowing 
tulle veil covered with crescents. Miss Fannie Eemsen appeared as 
a charming Devil m bright scarlet silk trimmed with grinning skulls 
and cross bones, a Z\lephisto cap and horns. Miss Gertrude Gilbert 
came as Figarotte in the opera of Figaro, with red stockings and blue 
slippers, a yellow underskirt and blue overdress, and a tiy jacket of 
red, yellow and blue, trimmed in red balls. She wore a large rakish - 
looking hat trimmed in red balls and carried a mandoliato held by 
broad blue ribbon. Mrs. Charles Hone's costume ajDpeared as a pea- 
cock, the entire skirt covered with peacock feathers, a close-fitting 
bodice covered with the glistening breasts of peacocks and shoulder 
knots of the larger feathers, and from the shoulders rose a spreading 
peacock's fan. Her hair v/as ornamented with a peacock's head, the 
beautiful slope of the neck forming the cap. Miss M. Kutherford, as 
Brunhilda in the Nibelungen Lied, wore a soft white dress and a 
corslet helmet and gauntlets of silver mail. She carried a silver- 
hilted sword. Mrs. Hugo Fritseh, wife of the Austrian Consul-Gen- 
eral, wore a magnificent Oriental dress of white and crimson, literally 
covered with jewels, and a red velvet cap covered with diamonds. 



302 THE SEASOxY. 

Charles Peters appearctl as Henrj- IV. His coat of white satin v/as 
elaborately embroidered in gold as were the trunks worn over white 
silk tights. The white hat was trimmed with white feathers and ho 
wore a diamond necklace. Miss Bessie Clift, as " Punchinello," wore 
a waist half j'ellow and half black satin, cut square both back and 
front. The skirt was composed of blocks of black and yellow satins 
under a black and yellow drapery, with garniture of red and yellow 
roses. Mrs. Richard Peters, as the " Princess Eudoxie," wore a long 
plain trained skirt of creamy white satin with a deep border of silver 
fox. The square bodice, laced down the front was trimmed with 
the fur, and the short sleeves were of silver cloth. She wore a high 
pointed cap set with precious stones, which held in place a filmy veil. 
Three ropes of diamonds were hung from the shoulders and she wore 
three diam^ond stars at her throat. Mr. A. Fernando de Navarro, as 
the tj'pical Spanish Bull-fighter, wore an exceedingly handsome cos- 
tume^ of dark velvet, richly trimmed with gold, and around his waist 
a superb crimson sash. His brother, Alfonzo, appeared as the well- 
known Spanish student, in a rich dress of bhck velvet, the only one 
seen at the ball. His hat was of that quaint and peculiar shape worn 
by students in Spain, and on which was attached the emblematic 
spoon. Senor Barca, the Spanish Minister, wore a Court dress, and 
Mile. Barca a very rich costume imported expressly from Paris for the 
occasion. Miss Amy La Farge, as " Diana," vrore a trained skirt of 
white satin looped high on one side over a skirt covered with pearl 
and silver embroidered tulle. The train Avas embroidered in silver 
stars and crescents. The low bodice was trimmed with silver fringe 
and spangles. From the shoulders was draped a magnificent tiger's 
skin lined with red satin. She carried a bow and quiver of arrows. 
In her hair was a crescent of diamonds. This was one of I^amo- 
nette's. Miss Fish wore a costume of the time of Queen Mathilda. 
The long trained skirt was of red under a bodice of ermine. The 
high-pointed hat was worn over a long veil of soft tulle. Mrs. Ptoland 
Eedmond, as "Undine," wore pale green under green tulle looped 
up with shells. Mrs. Henry Hollins wore m her character of a 
* ' Marquise" a pink satin en traine bordered by little silver balls, and 
looped over a skirt with front of corn-colored satin covered with 
flounces of silver and bead embroidery on tulle. The waist was 
trimmed with Brussels lace, and she wore a necklace of pearls and 
diamonds. In her hair were a wreath of roses and an aigrette. Mr. 
Hollins, an " Tncroyable" costume of brown silk with vest of brocade 
embroidered in colored floss flowers. The knee breeches were of 
chamois skin, and he wore high boots. Mr. Henry Clews in a court 
dress looked very finely. The coat was of chocolate-colored satin, 
and the breeches of the same, were trimmed with buttons of real 
diamonds. The vest of old-gold brocade was trimmed with gold and 
silver braid. The hat of black felt was edged with black .eathers. 
Mr. Howland as " Prince Paul," in the Grande Duchesse, wore pink 
satin, embroidered in steel beads and real diamond buckles at his 



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knees and on his shoes. The jabot and cuffs were of filmj" lace, and 
his pink satin hat was ornamented with pink feathers and steel 
beads. This costume was one of Lamonette's. Mrs. Lorillard Spencer 
was charming as the Duchess of Devonshire, in a large, white, curly 
wig under a wide black Gainsborough hat, with long red feathers anil 
with a large white muslin fichu around her throat. Mrs. Arthur 
Wellman as " Eouge et Noir" wore a very etiective dress of red 
and black with skirt bordered by cards. Mr. Chickering wore a 
court dress, with coat of plum-colored velvet embroidered in jet, find 
lined with lavender, over a vest of pale yellov/ brocade. The plum- 
colored velvet knee breeches had diamond buckles and lace cuffs and 
jabot. Miss Blake made a charming, demure-looking Puritan 
maiden in a gray costume like those painted by Boughton. The 
Messrs. Sandford wore court costumes, one of pearl gray satin, and 
the other of pale blue, embroidered in silver and gold. They wore 
jabots and cutfs of point lace and black felt hats trimmed with edging 
of ostrich feathers. Mr. Henry McVickar appeared as Charles Sur- 
face in the School for Scamlil. Mrs. Frederick Jones, formerly Miss 
Rawle, of Philadelphia, wore a Eussian costume of red and gold. 
Miss Bessie Ivean wore a picturesque costume of the fourteenth cen- 
tur}'. Miss Nellie Howitt as a lady of " ye olden time" was in pale 
blue velvet. Miss Georgie Heckscher as an Austrian vivandiere was 
dressed in red and gold with jaunty little jacket. Harry W. McVickar 
wore a claret velvet coat as Louis XVI. The vest of pale blue satin 
was elaborately embroidered. Ho wore claret velvet breeches over 
silk stockings of the same color. Miss Belle Wilson made a beauti- 
ful Dove, in dove-colored silk looped up with little doves and low 
bodice with front covered by a dove with outspread wings. John 
Taylor Johnston wore the red silk dress of a Cardinal. Mrs. Haven 
appeared in an Elizabeth-Court dress of terra-cotta and lavender 
satin, trimmed with gold braid and worn with a goUlen girdle, terra- 
cotta slippers and head-dress of feathers, the whole being trimmed 
with point applique lace, and the buttons being brilliants. James 
M. Waterbury, court costume of white satin and cloth embroidered 
in gold ; sword encased in white satin ; white silk hose and M-hite 
buckled shoes ; powdered wig and lace ruffles. Fred Neilson, as 
Henry I., purple silk trousers, with a black velvet coat handsomely 
embroidered in gold, and lined with purple satin ; purple silk hose'; 
purple and gold vest ; gauntlet hat trimmed with ostrich plumes and 
a diamond star. Miss Agnes Booth, as a Piussian Countess, in old- 
gold silk with low neck and short sleeves, the upper bodice and 
sle3ves being of China silk. The dress was trimmed with old-gold 
striped silk and numberless jewels, and her ornaments were very 
handsome diamonds. Miss Leavitt, a Spanish Gypsy, in black velvet 
skirt and bodice with chemisette of embroidered silk glistening with 
fringe of gold sequins, as were also the tambourine and head-dress. 
Ex-Senator Wagstaff, a Western Trapper, in a costume of leather, 
with leggings, moccasins, and cap, covered with porcupine quills, and 



304 THE SFASOy. 

"U'ith pistols and bowie knives stuck in the belt. Mr, F. "Webster, a 
Spanish Muleteer, in black velvet lined and trimmed with blue satin 
and embroidered in gold, -with silken sash and shoulder knot ; a hat 
trimmed with gold and Spanish balls, leather leggins and a sword. 
Mr. Bishop, a Dragoon in scarlet cloth costume, with helmet, belt, 
sword and golden epaulets. Center Hitchcock, in a court dress of 
Louis XV., of pink satin embroidered in silver, with white brocade 
coat, pink silk clocked hose and diamond buckled shoes ; ijlumed hat 
of i^ink, silver and white. J. Kennedy Tod, a Greek "Warrior, in a 
white crepe bodice and drapery, with silver and black armor ; copper 
alloy Greek helmet, gold shield, flesh-colored tights, high san- 
dals and Greek sword. Miss Marie Ilouth as Madame Pompadour, 
in pale pink and blue satin, with an overdress cf pale blue 
flowered brocade ; cap of pink satin covered with precious stones ; 
large bouquet of Bon Silene roses ; diamonds and rubies. Miss 
Jean Turnure appeared in the same costume as that represented 
by Georg Ebers in his Egyptian Princess in a dress of white satin 
made with a long court train flowing from the waist, the bodice 
being cut low and covered M'ith ancient coins and curios. The 
long, open sleeves, flowing to the hem of the dress, were lined 
with cloth of gold. Her hair fell in one long braid, and on her head 
was a long veil of white gauze twisted about and falling down behind. 
In front it v;as caught by a golden peacock with out-spread wings, 
three gold chains passing under the chin. On her arms and ankles 
were gold and silver armlets, anklets, bangles and chains ; while dia- 
monds, emeralds, sapphires, and rubies were fastened over the dress. 
Mrs. Butler-Duncan appeared as a Lady of By-gone times in black 
satin made with a long, full train, hair high and powdered, point 
lace and diamond jewels. AVard McAllister, as the Count de la Mole, 
the lover of Marguerite de Yalois, went in search of Marguerite in a 
suit of royal purple velvet slashed with scarlet satin, trunks of the 
same, and purple silk tights. Miss Louise McAllister made a very 
piquant shepherdess in scarlet petticoat, with bouffant draperies of 
flowered chintz. The decollette bodice was of the chintz, and she car- 
ried a shejDherdess' crook. Mrs. Sandford, wife of the Belgian min- 
ister, wore a magnificent Venetian costume. Frank Sturgis and A. S. 
Carhart wore the gayly colored dress of the troubadour. Mrs. Albert 
Gallatin, as "Fruit," wore a red velvet, over v»-hich filmy tulle was 
draped, held up by bunches of ripe grapes and other autumn fruits. 
Richard Peters wore the picturesque white satin wedding dress of the 
Due de Navarre in the Huguenots. Mrs. Lawrence wore a harlequin 
costume with skirt of white satin trimmed with blocks of blue, green, 
red and yellov/. The waist was made entirely of these blocks, and 
was cut square in the neck, while the black satin hat was trimmed 
with ribbons of the different colors. Miss May Bird as " lolanthe" 
wore the simple white drapery in which that amiable faiiy was wont 
to disport herself and the i)retty silver gauze wings. Miss Amy Town- 
send looked charming in her character as the Fairy Queen in lolanthe. 



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Her short skirt was of creamy- wliitG cashmere embroidered in gold 
under a train of the same also embroidered in gold and looped high 
in front. The low corsage was entirely covered with a glittering 
golden armor, from the shoulders of which hung three heavy ropes of 
diamonds in front while from the back sprung wings of gold tissue. 
She wore a star of diamonds in her hair, a diamond necklace and 
carried a gold wand. The due de Morny wore a court dress of plum- 
colored velvet, lined with pink satin and trimmed with passementerie 
representing a myriad of dilferent precious stones. The knee- 
breeches of plum-colored vel vet had diamond buckles at the knees and 
were trimmed with the passementerie. . The waistcoat of crushed- 
strawberry satin was embroidered in gold and the hat of plum-colored 
velvet was edged with black ostrich plumes. Madame Christine Nils- 
son, as ]\Iary Stuart, Qaeen of Scots, portrayed that unfortunate 
Queen at a time of mourning in a court train of black velvet embroid- 
ered in jet. She wore a head-dress of black velvet and jet. Mr. 
Creighton Webb, as " Lohengrin," appeared in the silvery armor of 
that knight of the holy grail. The whole upper part of the suit was 
of glistening silver armor. He wore a hat with white plumes, and 
carried a shield, on which a swan was pictured. Mrs. Buchanan 
Winthrop impersonated " Pride," being dressed as a peacock in a 
costume completely covered with the rich plumage of that haughty 
bird, Mrs. J. Kennedy Tod {nee Potter), as Egypt, wore a skirt of 
blue satin, over which were draped black and gold satin. This was 
worn with an Egyptian head-dress. Buchanan y\^inthrop aj)peared 
dressed as the " Count do Brie." Mrs. Ogden Goelet wore a jaunty 
Polish equestrian costume with short living jacket. Mr. II. M. John- 
son wore a Louis XVI. costume. Mr. W. Cutting, in a Venetian cos- 
tume, took the part of Komeo. The doublet and trunks were of gar- 
net velvet embroidered m precious stones. The cloak of white 
cashmere v/as lined v.ith garnet silk, a little bag of garnet and gold 
hung from the sword belt, and the hat of garnet velvet was trimmed 
with pheasant's plumes. James Brown Potter in a suit of white satin 
and a red Hag represented a picador, Mrs, Wagstatf appsared in a 
Spanish costume with skirt of yellow satin completely covered with 
flounces of point d'Alencon lace. The waist, of yellow satin, had a 
little fly jacket of ruby velvet, trimmed with pompons of ruby silk. 
A high collar flnished the neck of the dress, and in her hair she wore 
a fillet of gold, held in place by diamond pins. Fernando Yznaga 
made a very effective "Mexican Eanchero." Mrs, Griswold Gray's 
Spanish costume had a skirt of black satin profusely trimmed with 
black Chantilly lace under a little jacket of black velvet, lined with 
yellow, trimmed with deep chenille fringe in front, bordered by sev- 
eral rows of gold braid, and trimmed with black and gold pompons. 
Mrs. Burton Norvell Harrison wore a dress of the First Empire of 
pale blue satin. The overdress and the train carried over the right 
arm were of gold gauze. The short v\'aisted bodice was cut square 
and worn with a fichu of gold-spangled tulle and with a ruff of gold 



30 (j TUB SEAS OX 

lace. The fillet of the classic head-dress was held in place with 
cameos, and pins set with the same stones held the wide belt and the 
sleeves. WiLh this costume, most perfect in all its details, were worn 
long wrinkled gloves and a necklace of cameos and diamonds. W. C. 
Whitne}' wore a very becoming black velvet costume of a Marquis of 
the old regime, with rich lace jabot and cuffs and a powdered wig, and 
Mrs. Whitney, as " Mme. Thermidor," wore a i^iquant dress of the 
Directory. E. Eandolph Eobinson wore one of the best and most 
carefully accurate costumes of the evening, a rich dark green velvet 
coat of the early empire, with a magnificent satin vest and a perfect 
cascade of lace cravat. C. C. Baldwin did honor to his baptismal 
names by coming in an elaborate Spanish costume of the sixteenth 
century as " Christopher Columbus." Miss Julia Appleton, of Bos- 
ton, wore a costume taken from a picture of a lady of Venice, and was 
artistically correct in every particular. Munro-Butler Johnstone, 
M. P., wore a dress of the time of Louis XII. of dead gold satin em- 
broidered in gold, a gray hat and white plume, as the Marshal Tri- 
vulzi, the favorite Marshal of the conqueror of Milan. Thorndiko 
Pace, of the Xorth American Eeview, went in a black dress of the cen- 
tury, with a black velvet Venetian coat. Ex-Mayor Edward Cooper 
wore a similar costume. Luther F. Ivountze as " Don Carlos" wore 
a costume noticeable for its historical correctness. The knee-breeches 
were emblazoned in gold trimmings. His coat. was of yellow satin, 
festooned with gold braid and spangles. A purple cloak, which was 
also brilliantly embroidered, hung loosely from his shoulders. His 
head was ornamented with a red cap, from which dangled a plume. 
A large Toledo blade, which is over three hundred years old, com- 
pleted the costume. Mr. Gorringe wore a very handsome costume of 
the Arab Sheik Manfoor, a blue embroidered jacket with a crimson 
sash, white turban and a beautifully embroidered burnous brought 
by him from Egypt. Mrs. Luther Kountze represented " Music" and 
her costume was of the most beautiful, costly and unique design. 
Her dress was of red satin. The underskirt was of white satin 
trimmed with five rows of black velvet. The bodice was low and 
cut square, and was adorned with gold bugles and bangles. A music 
scale containing notes in gold was worked on a black velvet strip 
across the bodice. The sleeves were trimmed with black lace. Her 
cap was of red satin handsomely trimmed with gold braiding, trian- 
gles, bells and balls. She carried a genuine Spanish mandolin in a 
graceful manner. Mrs. William Sloan represented Bo-Peep. Mrs. 
Henry Sloan, as a Witch, wore a costume of black v\ath an owl and a 
black cat perched on her left shoulder. Mr. and Mrs. Edward 
Leavitt represented a Bee and Hornet. Miss Agnes Binsse and 
Mr. Keginald Francklyn rei:)resented the well-known picture of '* Un 
Marriage sousleDirectoire." Mr. Oelrichs wore the most imin-essive 
costume of a great Sioux chief, correct in all its points. One of the 
most beautiful and historically correct costumes was worn by 
the architect of the house, Kichard M. Hunt, as Cimabue. This 



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perfectly ^^'liite dress, ^^-itli tlie oU Florentmo cap, hanging do^^n 
tlie back, from Giotto's picture, was absolutely perfect, and it 
was all made by his wife, which added to its churiu. iho thongat 
was a happy one, to come as the painter and master of architec.ts 
and painters, for Cimabue taught Giotto, and Giotto built the 
CamiKinile. Pleasant, indeed, it must have been to Mr. Hunt s 
feclin-s to stand amid his poetic thoughts now frozen into 
marble, to endure forever. This house is the realization of his 
life work ; and pleasant, indeed, is to sao wealth thus bowing to 
talent, and invoking its high assistance. Time ^^;as when rich men 
in New York built horrid houses, ignorant and ugly houses, and not 
so long ago, either. Mr. W. H. Ilurlburt, of the or/d wore a most 
correct and handsome costume, a black velvet suit, with superb old 
Venetian point lace, a long white cloak, with red ci-oss on tlie arm a 
sort of courtly religious order, the Spanish Knight^ of Calatrava 
Mrs Paran Stevens wore a state dress of Queen Elizabeth, copied 
from the picture of the Queen in the Tower of London, lie mate- 
rial of the dress was silk velvet, and the color royal purple. The 
front breadths of the dress and the stomacher were of sdver brocade 
crossed and recrossed with gold lace and studded" with precious 
stones The high ruff around the neck was of lace embroidered with 
golden flowers and bordered ^sith pearls The P^^^;P^-b«^\\f^ ;;;;^/,^f 
had silver brocade sleeves with slashes of purple, wnile on the point 
of each shoulder was a roll sprinkled with pearls The royal purple 
robe fell to the floor and trailed for over a yard It was fringed a 
foot deep with ermine, and festoons of pearls fell down the back. In 
her hand was a fur fan, white and studded with jewels in the centre. 
Mrs Bird represented the Countess Marguerite in the Huguenot^. 
Chauncev M. Depew went in an old Knickerbocker costume of rich 
black velvet, made with knee-breeches, fastening with cliamond 
buckles ; a coat lined with lavender satin and ornamented with 
buckles of solid steel ; a beautiful hand-embroidered wais coat witn 
ruffles of point lace, and a wig of white hair, puffed and tied in a 
queue He had a cocked hat and sword, pmk silk stockings and dia- 
mond-buckled shoes. Duncan Harris, as one of the Incroyaoles was 
attired in pale blue and scarlet. His trousers were of pale bhie cloth, 
his waistcoat was of blue and scarlet satin, his coat o. red brocade 
lined with scarlet satin, and he wore a scarlet satin hat. Mr. i± L>. 
Eichardson, as a Brigand, was attired in black velvet knee breeches 
trimmed with scarlet satin and gold braid, a black velvet coat lined 
with scarlet satin with gold epaulets, a black hat trimmed with bands 
of scarlet velvet and a scarlet feather. Mrs. Henry Clews appeared 
as Fire in a dress of flame-colored satin covered with leaves of bronze, 
flame-color and red, which glittered at each movement. In her 
hand she carried a torch, and her diamonds were exquisite. Mi 
Arthur Leary, in a court dress of Louis XIII., was costumed in garnet 
velvet! the jacket being lined with pale blue Siirah, and the entire 
costume be ng trimmed with lace. He wore knee-breeches, silk 



"308 THE SFASOX 

hose, buckled slioe55, a s^vorcl, and hat with lone? plumes. Miss Car- 
roll, daughter of ex- Governor Carroll, of Marjdand, jiersonated 
Frost in a white satin dress made en iraine, and embroidered in 
silver-white wheat and leaves, and trimmed with silver-white bro- 
cade and silver cord and tassels. The corsage of silver-white 
brocade had bouffant sleeves of silver}' tulle caught back with silver 
cords. Mrs. William Astor, as a Venetian lady, wore a costume 
of dark wine-colored velvet and satin, embroidered in golden roses 
and also with Eoman pearls. The long sleeves were flowing and 
lined with satin, which was embroidered in pearls, v^'hile the corsage, 
cut low, was ablaze with sapphires, diamonds, opals, and gems of 
ever}' description. The hair, worn flowing, was covered by a tiny cap 
with plumes and an aigrette of diamonds and rubies. Miss Leary 
was in a Marie Stuart court dress of black velvet and brocade, a long, 
flov^•ing black veil falling over the train, caught with diamond stars. 
The dress was trimmed y/ith fine old point lace, and she wore a clus- 
ter of Marie Stuart roses. Mr. Paul Dana went as a Hungarian. His 
trousers and coat were of black velvet, heavily embroidered with 
scarlet and gold, with military front. The cloak was of white cloth, 
trimmed with Kussian fur, and lined with scarlet satin. The doublet 
of scarlet satin was trimmed with gold braid, and the tall hat of gold 
and scarlet was ornamented by an aigrette of diamonds and rubies. 
He wore high Prussian toi^-boots and carried a sword. Isaac Iselin, 
as a Polish General, wore a dark emerald green coat embroidered in 
gold, with trousers of white cloth, and a cloak of white lined v^'ith 
Kussian fur and embroidered in ^old. High top boots with spur, an 
otter fur cap with a large white plume, a sword and belt completed 
the costume. Mrs. Charles L. Perkins^ as Lady Washington when 
she received Lafayette, wore white satin and brocade made with a 
full skirt, point lace cap and trimmings and diamond ornaments. 
Mrs. Perkins resembles many jDictures of Lady Washington. Edward 
Kemeys was dressed as a Queen's Life Guard of the year 1846. A 
scarlet cloth coat, white cloth trousers and high boots. An old-fash- 
ioned cuirass and helmet, with belt and silver-mounted sword vrere 
also worn. Mr. D. B. Lee, as an old Knickerbocker, wore a dress of 
dark wine-colored cloth, with knee-breeches, silken hose, buckled 
shoes, cocked hat and a sword. Mr. Cobb appeared as a Puritan in a 
costume of dark brown, with a long cloak flowing from the shoulders. 
Mr. Cutting, as Ptomeo, wore a costume of maroon velvet embroidered 
with gold and precious stones. His tights were of silver-gray silk, 
and his shoes fastened with diamond buckles. A white cloth cloak 
lined with maroon satin and embroidered with gold was also worn. 
John Lawrence wore a Hussar costume of white and scarlet, trimmed 
with gold braid ; a jacket of white cloth trimmed with gray Russian 
fur, with sleeves of solid gold cord ; and a scarlet hat with illumes 
and a diamond aigrette. Albert Bierstadt represented a French 
Count of the time of Francis I. Miss Emmet wore, as a Neapolitan 
fisherwoman, a red skirt covered with net-work on which hung hun- 



MOyDA j; MARCH 26. 309 

dreds of littlo fishes. At the waist bung a fisli-nct containing tiny- 
fish. Mrs. Sherwood wore a Venetian lady's costume of the sixteenth 
century, copied after one of Titian's portraits, the original being in 
the Uiiizi Gallery at Florence. She M'ore a satin petticoat trimmed 
with pearls ; a robe of cloth of gold trimmed with silver lace and 
ornaments of pearls and rubies ; a fan of red and white ostrich feath- 
ers ; the turban of gold llama with a crown of rubies and emerakis. 
Among the jewels on her bosom was a magnificent Byzantine double 
cross, a knight's cross of pearls and garnets ; also a ruby cross on 
the throat, and a pearl necklace with a pearl collar. This dress was 
one of the most picturesque and accurate of the many beautiful cos- 
tumes. Every detail was perfect. Mr. Sherwood appeared in the 
silk robe of a Queen's Counsel. Miss C. 11. Seward appeared as Snow 
in an under- di-ess of silk ; a tulle overdress covered with snowllakes 
and icicles ; snow bonnet and muff ; littlo snow-bird on one shoulder. 
Her ornaments were sapphires and diamonds. Miss Schieffelin wore 
a costume of Louis XV., a petticoat of brocade moire antique, flowered, 
pointed and with a court train of jjink Ottoman ; hair powdered and 
pink feathers and pearls. Mrs. Charles Kellogg wore an Algerian 
costume of a fine gauze underdress, a satin overskirt and an over- 
dress of Turkish scarf, a Turkish jacket richly trimmed in sequins, 
and a Turkish fez. Mrs. Theron Strong, as Queen of Ice, wore a 
long veil of tulle covered with dewdrops, and a white satin dress cov- 
ered with icicles, a comb of icicles and ornaments of diamonds, with 
silver gauze trimmings that suggested Switzerland and the glaciers. 
Miss Smith was a Marquise in white satin, magnifi.cently trimmed 
with pearls, and with pink roses, a white wig and pearl necklace. 
Another eccentric dress was that of the Comet —black and cream-col- 
ored satin, embroidered in gold, in long streaks of light, the hair 
worn loose and flowing with long streamers of gold ; a brilliant 
corona of diajnonds surrounded the head. Another eccentric dress, 
much admired, was that of Mrs. Pierson, as Goddess of the Chase, a 
short dress of green velvet with a tiger skin wrapped round the figure, 
natural ferns hanging, as a flounce, ferns and butterflies in the hair, 
and a necklace of jewelled lizards made a fresh and original "daugh- 
ter of the wild woods." She looked a very hamadryad. Then as a 
realistic, historical figure came Miss Work, as Joan of Arc, after the 
famous statue made by a Princess of France. Her white silk cuirass, 
embroidered with the fleur-de-lis, her armor, her mailed hand and 
foot, her bodice, leggings, shoes, spurs and sword, were all complete, 
and as she stood resting on her lance she was a noble statue of that 

Fairest lily in the shield of France, 
With heart of virgiii gold. 

A splendid '' Cardinal Richelieu," in the richest red moire antique, 
was presented by a young artist, Mr. Johnston, most admirably. 
Monks, friars, and ail the orders, Franciscan, Capuchins, barefooted 
and roped — appeared, confessed, bowed, and saluted. There were 



310 THE SEASON. 

not too many marquises, which Avas a pleasant surprise, and onlj'- a 
few NeaiJolitan fishermen. The dresses which usually do service at 
a fancy ball were not so common at this. The far more difficult and 
correct copies of old costumes was attempted and carried out. The 
best of these were made at home by the wearers, \^'ho took pains that 
the bodice and skirt should be cut in the old-fashioned Way, and not 
as modern clothes are cut. This sincerity had its effect, and the ball 
surpassed anything ever given in this country by far. Probably 
nothing in Europe could be finer, unless the real dukes and kings 
should wear real jewels. The beauty of the women was perhaps not 
enhanced by their costumes, for American women are always beauti- 
ful, but the beauty of the men was very much improved by the glory 
of costume. It shows us how much men lose in the ugly dress of the 
nineteenth century. The supper was served in the third storj^ in 
the gymnasium, which was made into a bower of roses and evergreens 
for the occasion. Some practical mind found out that each rose cost 
two dollars, and calculations were made as to the champagne, etc., 
etc. As well attempt to estimate the cost of Haroun al Hasehid's 
supper to the Prince of Africa! to say what Aladdin's window of 
gems and sunbeams must have cost. How impertinent ! What does 
summer cost ? What is the price of a rainbow ? AVhat will you give 
for all the roses of June ? W^ho shall limit the prodigality of the eye ? 
It can take in all this beauty and be grateful, without money and 
without price. I shall not attem^Dt to estimate the cost. It was a 
most well-ordered ball. There was no confusion, no crowd. Eight 
hundred people were present, and a thousand more would only have 
well filled the house. It was cool, and not too light. Luxurious 
arm-chairs and sofas refreshed the weary, and the many little parlors, 
and with drawing-rooms, gave these Eomeos and Juliets, who j)re- 
f erred solitude to all the " feasts of Verona," an ojaportunity to flirt 
at leisure behind their fans. There were no Greek or Roman dresses. 
No classic costumes, which was a surprise. There was some wit at- 
tempted. Mr. Hewitt declared that he had come as " King Lear," 
before he lost his wits, " with his mind, and his three daughters," 
all Cordelias, no Regan or Goneril. Miss Sallie Hewitt's costume 
was one of the handsomest of the room, a Persian lady. One gen- 
tleman said he had come " clad in a little brief authoritj'," and there 
were " Dr. Syntaxes" in spectacles and Queen's Counsels in wigs. 
The richest young married woman oiit of the Vanderbilt family was a 
market girl, and sold carrots. One of the most charming of all the 
groujjs was that of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt as the Electric Light, 
with her pretty children, one dressed as a rose. These younger mas- 
queraders had been at a fancy ball at Mrs. Iselin's in the afternoon, 
it was six of the clock when the Virginia Reel, led oft by IMi-s. Van- 
derbilt and Mr. B. F. Porter, of Boston, Avound up the festivities. 
The elderly ones had gone home early, say two and half past two, but 
the dancing set remained, and many were the odd incidents as belated 
marquises in cold pink legs stood on their own steps trying to get in, 



TUESDA Y, MARCH 27. 311 

at half past six o'clock, with the milkman hooting at them. One Ind- 
ian Chieftain, having gone to the "Oyster Bay" to get his breakfast, 
was leisurely walking up Madison Avenue at half past eight o'clock, 
when a whole school saw hiin and gave chase. Imagine the fun that 
these boys enjoved ! And so without an accident passed off the great 
ball of March 'itUh, 1883. It will not be soon repeated. It was the 
best of its kind. Everv one felt very grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Van- 
derbilt for the evening's pleasure. Nothing could have been more 
courtly more hospitable, and they must feel that their guests supple- 
mented them admirablv, both in the pains taken with costumes and 
the general hilarity and enjoyment testified by every smiling face. 

Tuesday, March 27. 

THE OPERETTA BY ME. AND MRS. JENKS. 

Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday disported themselves on the 
stage of the Brooklyn AthenKum at night, in an operetta in two acts 
calfed Robinson Crusoe. The words of the piece were written by A 
F Jenks of llemsen Street, Brooklyn, and the music was composed 
by his wife, Mrs. M. E. JcDks. The operetta was presented under the 
auspices of the Eobinson Crusoe Club for the benefit of St. John's 
Hospital, Brooklyn. The cast of characters was as follows : 

Robmson Crusoe ^•,^- ;'/;"¥ 

Coc^s Tourist •■•■■•-•• ; • • • " • •.•.•.V.-.V/.-.W.V.E^l' kII/^Kt 

The Pil-rim Father \lfs Grant 

S;^.v;-:;;.;;;;;.-;.-;;;.v.; ^"^l/Js'jcSks 

Pheuice ;a.v.--^- .V 

Chorit>4 0f Pil£?nin Fathers^. 
Chorus of Pil;,'riiu Maidens. 

The building was crowded long before the curtain rose with ladies in 
rich and elaborate costumes and gentlemen in evening dress. After 
the pretty overture had been played the curtain rose and the. buzz of 
conversation ceased. The scene on the stage represented Crusoe's 
cabin with a view of the sea in the centre and a rocky coast at the 
right. The parrot was perched on the cabin-roof and the cat stood 
in^jihe doorway, on wheels. Near the cabin M'as a beacon light in the 
guise of -a shaky street lamp with the street names on the iron frame 
that contained no glass. A red box marked " U. S. Mail" adorned 
the post. Robinson himself was discovered sitting near the sea, and 
musing sadly in light and playful puns. He plays solitaire for a time 
and takes a number of postal cards written to himself by himself 
from his own mail box. Friday is heard singing, " Way down upon 
the Swanee Ribber," and presently appears. Friday acted his part 
with such success as to draw forth roars of laughter from the audi- 
ence, and Crusoe was favored in like manner. Friday was thankful 
for his master's kindness, but he sighed for the " yam of dolce far 



31^ THE SEASOK 

nlenie, iilihowgh. lie had the soda biscuit of civilization." Penelope, 
Prunella and Pheuice had been wrecked on the island fourteen 
months before, but as they had not been introduced to him, Eobinson 
felt considerable delicacy about sjoeaking, although he had frequently 
saved their lives. Prunella had managed a school for girls. " Upon 
a tugboat they ^'eni on a picnic. But all were lost save these, the 
sole survivors." They come upon the scene and sing bright songs, 
while they discuss the horrid rules of etiquette that bars them from 
Crusoe's acquaintance. A sail is sighted, and Friday is sent to collect 
a customs tee of ten dollars from each of the passengers. He reports 
that they refuse to pay, because they have stockholders' tickets, and 
Eobinson orders them to be shown to the top gallery. The passen- 
gers file in, and prove to be the Pilgrim Fathers and Maidens bound 
for Plymouth on a Cook's excursion tour, under the lead of the 
Tourist, who sang a clever patter song about their wanderings. 
Crusoe falls in love with Priscilla, and they are engaged. But the 
Tourist swears a solemn oath that he will spoil their fine plans, be- 
cause he holds the travelling schedule, and he alone knows the 
route. Besides, a rule of the excursion says that no one can bu}' a 
ticket after the excursion starts, and that no tickets are transferable, 
while Priscilla must go with her father. Robinson's goat is shot by 
Friday just as he is about to masticate a special ticket for Crusoe, 
and all is finally set right. The chorus of Pilgrim Maidens were 
apparelled in demure Puritan costumes of gray and terra-cotta, 
crushed-strawberry and other modern shades, and wore neat little 
bonnets of the same color as their dresses. All of the principal 
actors received great numbers of baskets and bouquets of choice 
flowers, and were recalled repeatedly. 

Mrs. Pierre Lorillard gave one of a series of small dancing parties 
at her house in Fifth Avenue. About one hundred people were pres- 
ent, and dancing continued with little intermission in the pretty 
cream-tinted drawing-room from eleven p.m. until three a.m. An 
orchestra of ten pieces furnished music. The floral decorations were 
unusually beautiful. Broad panels of the choicest roses extended all 
the way around the room upon the walls. The panels were appa- 
rently supported by festoons of bouganvillea from the gas fixtures. 
Among the rare roses in the decorations were the large, pale-pink 
Bscroness de Eothschild, the slightly darker Duke de Monti^ensier, 
the pale-pink and loose-petalled Duchess of Edinburgh, the delicate 
pink and solid Captain Chrystie, the very dark red Emperor of Mor- 
occo, the dark anH velvety Prince Camille de Eohan, the Victoire 
Verdier, with carmine centre and pink edges, the Madame Victor 
Verdier, a dark-red rose ; the Paul Neyron, pink and full four inches 
across ; the Jean Liabaud, a dark, velvety rose ; and white and crested 
moss roses, all of which came from Hodgson's concern. The gentle- 
men wore Souvenir de Ami roses for boutonnieres, and the ladies 
were fui-nished with lovely bouquets. 



TUESDAY, MARCH 21. 313 

Mr. and iMrs. George I. Seney, of No. 123 Eemscn Street, Brooklyn, 
gave a large and brilliant reception, in the afternoon and evening,"^ to 
Miss Grace Tappen, daughter of F. D. Tappen, of this city, in honor 
of her engagement to George I. Seney, Jr. The house was profusely 
decorated with flowers, Ascension lilies, Morrison and Rothschild 
roses, mingling M-ith growing palms and ferns. The hours of the 
reception were from four until six and from eight until ten o'clock. 
Dancing began at half past ten with Bernstein's music. Assisting to 
receive the company were IMrs. Seney' s four married and two other 
unmarried daughters, j\Irs. A. T. Plummer, Mrs. Nelson Robinson, 
Mrs. Eli K. Robinson, Mrs. George R. Sheldon, Mrs. Robert Seney 
and the Misses Nellie and Kate Seney, who are not yet in society. 
Mrs. Seney received in a costume of red embossed velvet, trimmed 
with amber fringe and duchesse lace, with pink feathers in the hair. 
Miss Tappen wore white plush trimmed with white French lace, with 
low neck and with short sleeves. She carried a bouquet of Bon 
Silene roses and violets, and wore j^earl ornaments. Mrs. Plummer 
appeared m silver embossed plush and Valenciennes lace. ]Mrs. Nel- 
son Robinson wore claret colored satin with a cream satin front, em- 
broidered in applique tulips. Mrs. Eli K. Robinson's costume was of 
royal blue velvet, with a front of pale blue satin and French lace. 
Mrs. Sheldon wore sea-green and light pink plush, trimmed with 
Irish point. Diamonds were the ornaments worn. Mrs. Robert 
Seney was attired in white crepe de chene and French lace, and she 
had a bouquet of pink roses. Miss Nellie Seney wore a Mother Hub- 
bard dress of pale blue Surah, and Miss Kate Seney one of white 
cashmere. Nearly a thousand guests were present. Among them 
were Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Low, Mayor Low, 
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. "NMiite, Mr. and ]\Irs. John T. ]\Iartin, Dr. Storrs, 
A. B. Baylis, Dr. Spier, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Robinson, Mr. and 
Mrs. Clarence Brooks, George Parsons, Edward Burrill, Mr. and Mrs. 
A. V. Stout, ]Mi-. and ]Mrs. T. R. Rushmore, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin 
Woodruff, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Taylor, Miss Jessie Benedict, Miss 
Madge Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bell, Miss Helen Pliser, Mr. 
and Mrs. George McGourkey, Frederick Griffiths, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. 
Barnes, William Havemeyer, Howard AVainwright, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. 
Bostwick, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Mead, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dickerman, 
Mr. and Mrs. J. Spencer Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sanger, Mr. and 
Mrs. Henry K. Shelden, Judge and Mrs. Benedict, Judge Gilbert and 
the Misses Gilbert, Miss Bessie Benham, William C. Sheldon, Jr., 
Charles Bill, Miss Beulah Benham, Mrs. S. B. Chittenden, Mr. and 
Mrs. Brookman, A. S. Barnes, Mr. Haslehurst, Mr. and Mrs. Prentice, 
Mr. and Mrs. Havemeyer, Mr. and Mrs. Roebling, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. 
T. Stranahan, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kissam, C. P. Notman, Mrs. 
Marvin, ]Mr. and Mrs. Pierce and Miss Hester. 

Leon Abbett, of Jersey City, gave a fancy dress party, in the even- 
ing, in honor of the sixteenth birthday of his son, Leon Abbett, Jr. 



314 THE SEASON. 

About one hundred j'oung people were present. The invitations were 
for eight p.m. The house was decorated with flowers and many- 
striking costumes were worn. Among those present were the Misses 
Moss, Miss Lida McClave, Miss Carrie McClave, Henry Content, the 
Misses Content, Joseph Seligman, of New York, the Misses Negus, 
Edward Young, Mrs. Ege, Miss De Long, Miss Illingsworth, Miss 
Ferris, of Brooklyn, Miss Lulu Ayers, the Misses Wilkinson, Miss 
Bessie Hawkes, Edward Hawke, William Clark, the Misses Barker, 
Miss Louise Skinner, Mr, and Miss Daaicklo, and Miss Fanny Fisher, 
of New York. 

Mr. and 'Mrs. Charles A. Eobbins gave a dinner-party at No. 9 
Monroe Place, Brooklyn. 

IVIrs. Arthur Breese Lansing introduced her daughter to her friends 
at a large reception at No. 7 West Twentieth Street. 

IVIrs, James K. Franklin gave an Easter party for children in honor 
of her son Freddie. 

Mrs. Louisa Lee Schuyler, who, on account of illness, resigned the 
presidency of the State Charities Aid Association last November, a 
position that she had held for nine years, gave a reception to mem- 
bers of the association, in the evening, at her house. No. 19 West 
Thirty-first Street, to introduce Charles S. Fairchild, her successor. 
The officers of many of the visiting committees, which help bring 
about needed reforms in almshouses throughout the State, v/ere 
present. 

The Hawthorne Social met at the house of the Misses Graham, No. 
747 Lexington Avenue. 



W^ednesday, Marcli 28. 

A HANDSOME BALL IN BEOOEXYN. 

A NUMBER of ladies in Brooklyn society, living principally on the 
Heights, have organized an assembly for dancing, which resembles 
the Patriarchs' Society in this city. The ladies who issue the invita- 
tions are Mrs. William E. Carhart, Mrs. W. S. P. Prentice, Mrs. Setli 
Low, ]VL:s. S. B. Chittenden, Jr., Mrs. W. T. Lawrence, Mrs. David 
M. Morrison, Mrs. Thomas B. Bowring, Mrs. Henry J. Cullen, Jr., 
Mrs. A. Augustas Low, Mrs. Nelson Kobinson, Mrs. Watson B. Dicker- 
man, IVIrs. George K. Sheldon, Mrs. James L. Morgan, Jr., and Mrs. 
John E. Borne. An improvement on many balls is the early hour for 
assembling, which is nine p.m. The first ball (and probably the only 
one for the present season) was given at the Brooklyn Assembly 
Eooms. It attracted about four hundred people, including a consid- 



WED^^ESI)A i: MARCH 23. 315 

managers. The room ^-as further decorated by masses of mln . 
bd'ht'flo\j!'r'' s'^"" '"■'' ^"^^" was relieved b^y b'nks and b^etof 
tablicf in.l ''• ^"17- "" '^''" ^^'"'"^^^ ^>' i'i^^i-^^ at midnight, at lonnd 

german assLrd\v%"B"^T'^' ^''''"""."- ™^'^^^ Prentice led the 
and AIi; T S T if \ Lawrence Among the guests Mere Mr. 
unci Jiis. J. b. T btranahan, Mayor Low, Judge and Mrs McCne 
Judge and Mrs. Cullen, Walker Blaine, of Washin^on Henrv P 

•• ■^'^!' f ""-^^^^^ ^^«- ^- H. Williams, S. T. Peters E W Glad 
win, A S. Carhart. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hatch M-s Stewart mJ" 
and Mrs. Peters, W. Lynch Mr and j\rr<? Fli V t^ ^te^ait, Mi. 

Sn #M°' "^T'«'' H-,Marviu, the Misses Cromwell, W ^G Mer! 

bling, Mr and Mrs. Henry K. Sheldon, Judge and Mrs' Bene ct ex" 

3lrs. Prentice, of ivory satm and velvet, the velvet front bei^ 
trimmed with pearl embroider^-, which was worn with inks of Sf 

&'eTleYveTwi[h"% ''f * '^ ?• ?i^^-^^-. Jr., wore^a'c'olm: 
or gainet Yel\et, with yellow brocade front and sleeves of point lace 
the bouquet being Bon Silene and Nephetos roses Mrs AT Plum 

Dickerman wore Mermet pink Ottoman silk with brocade velvet froni 



31 G THE SEASOy. 

and point lace sleeves, and a bouquet of Eotlir,child roses, Mrs. 
Almet Jenks wore light blue Ottoman with dark blue velvet panels 
and trimmings of duchesse lace. J\lrs. Sheldon's dress of white velvet 
was trimmed with flounces of duchesse lace. A shrimp-pink satin 
dress, with a front of beaded chrysanthemums, a bouquet of violets, 
and diamond and sapphire ornaments, formed IVIrs. Nelson Kobin- 
son's costume. Mrs. Morrison wore peacock-blue satin, with a blue 
front embroidered in various colors, and carried a bouquet of Koths- 
child roses. 

Miss Pauline Petersen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Petersen, 
was married to Henry G. Barber, by the Eev. Dr. Homer,. in the even- 
ing, in St. James's Protestant Episcopal Church, Brooklyn. The 
ushers were Warren and Jacob Barber, brothers of the groom, Sidney 
Guion and Guy Clark. The bridesmaids were Miss Kate Petersen, 
sister of the bride, Miss Bertha Nicholson, Miss Carrie Barlow and 
Miss Alice Thackeray. They were dressed alike in white satin mer- 
veilleux dresses, made short, and carried baskets of roses. The 
bride's dress of white satin had a front of brocade plush trimmed 
with duchesse lace. Her tulle veil was fastened with diamonds. A 
reception was held at the house of the bride's parents. No. 278 Eyer- 
son Street. The bridal pair started on a trip to the South. Among 
the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury, of Philadelphia, the Eev. 
Father Bjemng, the Eussian Consul, W. Weletsky, Mr. and Mrs. 
Nicholson, Mrs. Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. Barlow,^the Misses Morrison, 
of New York, and Vanderbilt Barton. 

Louis Coopat and Miss Mollie B. Barrow were married, in the even- 
in", at the house of Mrs. Babbitt, the bride's sister. No. 57 West 
Twelfth Street, by the Eev. Dr. Chad wick, of the Seventh Avenue 
Methodist Episcopal Church. The best man was Mr. Bonoto and the 
only bridesmaid Miss Doubleday. The bride wore a white satin robe 
with draperies of point lace caught up with orange blossoms. A veil 
of tulle v\'as caught with a wreath of orange blossoms and flowed over 
the entire train. Miss Doubleday wore a long trained white satin 
dress and carried a bouquet of Mermet roses. The house was deco- 
rated. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. W. Arthur, Mr. and Mrs. 
B. T. Babbitt, Mr. and Miss Burgoyne, John Yan Horn, Mr. and IVIi'S. 
Doubleday, Dr. and Mrs. Spring, General Kitchen, Louis Clingenfelt. 
Mr. and ilrs. MacEvoy, Miss Bonake and Mr. Del Aboalza. 

Jarrett E. Lewis and Miss Kate M. Grove were married in the 
evening at the house of H. C. Comegj^s, No. 130 East Forty-third 
Street, by the Eev. N. D. McComas, of Philadelphia. William Mercer 
was the best man. The wedding was a quiet one. The bride's dress 
was of white Ottoman trimmed with pearls. 

Louis P. Weigman and Miss Eosa Mittnacht, daughter of Colonel 
Mittnacht, were married at the house of the bride's father in Astoria, 



THURSDAY, MARCH 29. 317 

after which they started on a tour South. The groom is a member 
of the National Petroleum and New York Hay Exchanges, a trustee 
of the Mozart Musical Union and treasurer of the Columbia Yacht 
Club. 

Allen Frear, of Chicago, and Miss Lottie Dodge were married, in 
the evening, at the house of the bride's father, in West Sixty-ninth 
Street. 

The Kensington Tennis Club gave a reception, in the evening, at the 
house of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Plummer, No. 1276 Pacific Street, Brook- 
lyn. The club has sixteen members, the President being D. T. Wal- 
den, Jr., the Vice-President, Miss Minnie Plummer, the Secretary, 
Miss Lillio Van Wyck, and the Treasurer, Eawson Wood. The orders 
of dancing had a racket engraved on one side. Among the guests 
were Elliott B. Thurber, the Misses Neale, George Neal, Miss Clowes, 
Miss Van Wyck, Miss Halley, Miss Robinson, Miss Fenton, Miss 
Short, the Misses Halstead, Albert Van Wyck, D. R. Geery, A. W. 
Congdon, Everett Clarke, Charles Short, Mr. Collins, Miss McNally, 
Miss Aggie Finlay, MissPerego, Rawson Wood and Mortimer Stevens. 

Anson Phelps Stokes gave a dinner-party for twelve guests at his 
house in East Thirty-fourth Street. 

Mrs. David Wolfe Bishop gave a reception at her house. 

The Orange Reunion gave a ball at Orange, N. J. 

Miss Sallie Markoe gave a lunch party. 



TUnrsday, ITIarcU 29. 

The last cotillon ball of the season was given at Delmonico's, about 
one hundred and fifty people being present. The ball-room was not 
decorated. Some groups of azaleas, callas and other plants gave a 
festive appearance to the waiting-rooms. Neyer's orchestra in the 
balcony and Bernstein's on a small dais in one corner furnished the 
dance music alternately. Mrs. J. G. K. Duer, Mrs. Arthur Welman 
and Mrs. Bayard Cutting were the Reception Committee. The com- 
pany began to arrive about half past ten p.m., a number of the ladies 
bringing bouquets against the precepts of the management. The 
german began soon after eleven p.m., and was led by Lisi)enard Stew- 
art, dancing with Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. The favors included 
handsomely painted sachets, tambourines, fans, banners and photo- 
graph frames made by the Women's Bureau. In one of the figures 
the ladies had bouquets and the gentlemen boutonnieres. Supper 
was served at half past twelve, after which dancing was resumed. 



318 THE SEASOK 

Among those present were Mrs. "William Astor, Miss Astor, Mr. and 
Mrs. Frederick Stevens, Mrs. A. S. Hewitt, Miss Hewitt, Miss Hoff- 
man, James Strong, Miss Strong, Edward King, Miss King, J. F. G. 
King, Miss Oothout, Austin Oothout, Poultney Bigelow, Miss Bige- 
low, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr. Harris, Miss Harris, Mr. 
and Mrs. George Henry Warren, G. H. Warren, Jr., Miss Warren, the 
Misses Sands, Franklin Abbott, Lispenard Stewart, George Wother- 
spoon. Miss Eives, Mr. and Mrs. Eichard Irvin, Jr., Mrs. Paran Ste- 
vens, Miss Parsons, Henry Parish, Jr., E. N. Tailer, Miss Swan, 
Walter Webb, ex-Judge Dickie, Miss Dickie, IMi'S. Bird, Miss May 
Bird, Ai'thur Leary, Collis Johnston, Miss Johnston, Dr. B. F. Daw- 
son, Smith Clift, Miss Hall, Mr. Chauncey, Creighton Webb, James 
M. Varnum, ]\Ir. Clarkson and F. T. Pendleton. 

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Watson gave a dinner-j)arty at their house, 
No. 671 Fifth Avenue, the guests being llx. and Mrs. Chauncey M. 
Depew, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sloan, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. McAlpine, 
Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Fiske, Mr. and Mrs. Salem H. Wales, Mr. and 
Mrs. Bishop, the Eev. Dr. and Mrs. McKay Smith, James M. McLain 
and Mr. and jMrs. Stokes. 

Elliott F. Shepard entertained his Bible class at his house, accord- 
ing to his usual custom each j'ear. A number of Oriental costumes 
were exhibited and explained by A. O. Van Lennep. The Bev. Dr. 
John Hall made an address, and Mrs. Florence Kice-Knox sang sev- 
eral ballads. About forty persons were present, 

Mrs. Samuel B. Schieffelin, Mrs. Kussell Stebbins and Miss Steb- 
bins gave the first of three receptions to be given this week at No. 8 
West Fifty-fourth Street. Among other receptions were those of 
Mrs. W. C. Dewey and Mrs. H. Chittenden, of this city, and Mrs. 
Blood, of No. 572 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn. 

Mrs. Piatt, of No. 7 East Fifty-fourth Street, gave a dancing party. 

' Mrs. IMarshall 0. Koberts gave a dinner-party, as also did Miss 
Bertha Eichardson, the latter party being for twelve young ladies. 

Miss Callender, of Brooklj-n Heights, gave a german. 

The Mimosa Society gave a performance of the School for Scandal. 

Frederick Schenck and Miss Louise Stone, daughter of Mrs. J. 
Cameron Stone, %vere married quietly at two p.m., in the house of the 
bride's mother, No. 15 West Ninth Street. 

An attractive fancy dress party for childi'en was given by Mrs. S. C. 
Gallaher, of East Fifty-seventh Street, to the friends of her daughter 



FRWA r, MA RCH 30. 319 

Marie. " Costume from Mother Goose" wjis requested by the invita- 
tions, and the youthful guests responded with an exhibition of nearly 
every variety of garb for which the famous rhyming dame has afforded 
a license. Miss Marie in person, with the orthodox conical cap, cane 
and dress of large-figured stuff a panler, made a Mother Goose of a 
very blooming and uuwrinkled sort ; and her brother Edward, as the 
Marquis of Caralias presented the distinguished company to her 
notice. Among them were no less than three kings - King xVrthur, 
Master Joseph Larocque ; King Cole, Bertie Borden ; and the King 
So Mighty and Grand, N. 11. Swaine. These were rivalled in spleii^ 
dor by the Knave of Hearts, Harris Fahnestock. Three little Mary 
quite Contrarys, Misses Helen Fahnestock, Louise Hartshorn and 
Mattie Fisk, appeared jingling their silver bells and cockle shells, all 
charming in their several ways. Miss Louise Floyd-Jones made a 
pensive and graceful Red Riding Hood. The Little Maid Hanging 
out her Clothes, Miss Adele Larocque, carried on one shoulder the 
blackbird which fortunately had not 3'et " nipped off her nose." 
Misses Eleanor Grmnell and Rosalie Nathan were pretty milkmaids ; 
Miss Rosalie Nathan, as Mary, brought her little lamb. Hapless 
Jack, Gaston Rheims, without an}^ crown (to his straw hat), con- 
ducted Jill, his sister. Miss Lily ; and Alfred Swain, as the Man of 
our Town who was so wondrous wise and jumped into a bramble 
bush, showed no trace in his elegant court costume of the damage he 
must have suffered in that adventure. Misses Therese Smith, G^racie 
Wilson, Rosalie Flagg and Madge Mott, as Little Bo-Peeps, put up 
their ribboned crooks in a corner after a time, and consoled them- 
selves for the sheep they could not find, like the others, in dancing. 
Miss Bessie Wilcox was the Pretty Maid of Primrose Hill, and Miss 
Ethel Hartshorn, a very little Miss Muffet indeed, and very far from 
alarming, though no less than three silver spiders dangled about her 
all the evening, and an entire web was embroidered upon her skirt. 
The King of Spain's daughter, in an especially noticeable Spanish 
costume, was Miss Bessie Enos. Her sistrer, Miss Natalie, as a Polish 
lady, Miss Marian Whitely as Folly, Miss Josie Kalbfleisch as a tam- 
bourine girl, and her brother Charles as a gondolier, gave added effect 
to the dress of the fabled Mother Goose period, and piquancy to the 
Court quadrilles and the fascinating german, in which all these, with 
numerous others, took part. 

Friday, IttarcU 30. 

Mr. AND Mrs. C. G. Laxdon, of No. 428 Fifth Avenue, gave a large 
reception, in the afternoon, in order to introduce their daughter-in- 
law, Mrs. Edward Hunter Landon, who with her husband has recently 
arrived from England. The couple were man-ied on January 23d, at 
Bradford, England, where the father of the bride, Mr. Grinnell, is 
the United States Consul. The parlors were fragrant with many largo 
bouquets of roses. Assisting to receive the company were the i\Iisses 



330 THE SEASON. 

Matthews, Miss Nettie Bliss, Mrs. Bloodgood, Miss Andrews, Mrs. D. 
B. Pratt, Mrs. L. T. Howes, Mrs. Chew, Miss Green, and Miss 
Lesham, Mrs. Landon wore a costume of heavy black silk ; INIrs. E. 
H. Landon was attired in her wedding dress of white brocade satin, 
and the Misses Matthews in bridesmaid dresses of i)ink satin, with 
pink ostrich tips in their hair. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. 
Wheelock, Mrs. John Bigelow, Miss Colgate, Miss Grinnell, Mrs. and 
Miss Farr, Countess de Moltke, IMr. and Mrs. William Allen Butler. 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Butler, the Misses Butler. Miss Nesbitt, Mr! 
and Mrs. George Bliss, Mrs. W. M. Bliss, O. D. Munn, Mr. and Mrs. 
John H. Davies, Mrs. L. M. Thorn, Mrs. Budd, Mrs. Preston, Mrs. 
Gordon W. Burnham, the Misses Beckwith, Mrs. F, W. von Stade, 
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Lesher, the Misses Lesher, the Misses Willis, 
Miss Ella Taylor, Mrs. Julius Catlin, Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Pell, 
Edgar Salters, Mrs. William G. Eeed, Mrs. Eussell Sage, James Lud- 
low, Dr. William Wheelock, D. Willis James, Dr. A. B. Mott, James 
Livingston, J. B. Pratt, Dr. Morton Grinnell, Mrs. George Dewitt, 
Mrs. Joseph Marie, the Marquis Lanza, A. de Navarro, Mrs. E. D, 
Eandolph, Mrs. Van Voorhis and Mrs. Malcolm Graham. 

The Casino Society celebrated its eighteenth season, by giving a ball 
at Delmonico's, about one hundred and fifty persons being present. 
The ball-room was very prettily decorated, and two large stands of 
bouquets were provided for the german. Supper was served down- 
stairs at half past twelve, and the cotillon followed, being led by Mr. 
Dreiler. Stub's orchestra of ten pieces furnished music. Among the 
gentlemen present, most of whom brought their wives or daughters, 
were H. Villard, Charles Unger, Theodore Dreier, Charles Pfizer, C. 
F. Erhart, Victor Frederick Achelis, A. Lindgens, Mr. Wiechers and 
Mr. Von Bernuth. 

Keceptions were given by Mrs. Schieff elin and Mrs. Edward Kemyss. 

Mr. and Mrs. William Ehinelander Stewart, No. 99 Madison Ave- 
nue, gave a very charming children's party. 

Miss Eussell, daughter of Mr. Charles H. Eussell, No. 417 Fifth 
Avenue, held a brilliant reception. 

Mrs. Charles Lamson, No. 11 West Twenty-first Street, entertained 
a number of ladies and gentlemen at dinner. 

Mr. and Mrs. James Harper, of East Twenty-eighth Street, gave a 
dinner-party at which covers for fourteen were laid. 

Mr. E. E. Bruggerhof and several other gentlemen gave a brilliant 
german at the Stamford (Conn.) Opera House. 



TUESDAY, APRIL 3. 321 

Mr. John Firmin gave a very i^retty dinner to Lady Mandeville, at 
Delmonico's, whence the party adjourned to see Vice Veisd, at the 
ytar Theatre. 

Saturday, Marcli 31. 

The -^'adding of Miss Flora Work, daughter of the late George H. 
Work, and A. C. Downing, Jr., took place at half past three p.m., in 
the Church of the Transfiguration, which was filled with a fashion- 
able assembly. The E.cv. E. C. Houghton read the service, E. S. 
Thomson was the best man. The ushers were Eussell D. Hyde, L. 
J. Glaenzer, George Walden, S. D. McGourkey, Morton Rogers and 
Alexander Y. Frazer. Mrs. Work, who was attired in pale yellow 
moire, trimmed with black lace, was escorted by J. W. Cleland, uncle 
of the bride. George H. Work, the bride's brother, escorted the 
bride, wdio wore a dress of satin brocade and a tulle veil fastened 
with a wreath of orange flowers. A reception was held from four to 
six P.M. at No, 50 West Thirty-ninth Street. 



Plonday, April 2. 

The ladies of the Canseries met at Mrs. Drexel's, and two or three 
papers of merit were read. This club is popular, and more fortunate 
than its rival, the Review Club, which came to an untimely end last 
week, regretted by all. In the one, the ladies are wont to hide their 
blushes behind foolscap, and read their carefully prepared ideas ; 
m the other, they essayed to talk and started subjects too large, per- 
haps, for an afternoon. It is a pity that it should cease, for it con- 
tained some brilliant women. The Causeries has received from Mr. 
Morris K. Jesup a tempting invitation to hold its last meeting for the 
season at the Museum of Natural History, in the Park, when Profes- 
sor Bickmore v/ill, with a delicate sense of the rarity of his guests, 
lecture to them on " Birds of Paradise." He did propose also but- 
terflies, but these literary ladies will be more amused by hearing of 
those rare birds which " float o'er the world and never light." 

Mrs. Peters gave a tea, at which there w^ere both butterflies and 
birds of paradise. 

Sir. Peter Marie gave a dinner to Mr. and Mrs. Sandford, of Brus- 
sels, with sixteen guests. 

Tuesday, April 3. 

A LAEGE and fashionable assembly of people attended the wedding 
of Miss Louisa Wardner Evarts, the youngest daiighter of ex-Secre- 
tary of State William M. Evarts, and Dr. Charles Davies Scudder, son 



322 TEE SEASON. 

of Henry J. Scudder, of tliis city, wliicli took place in Calvary Prot- 
estant EjDiscopal Church, at noon. Bishop Williams, of Connecticut, 
ofiQciated, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Henry Y. Satterlee, rector of the 
church. Edward M. Scudder, brother of the groom, was the best 
man, and the ushers were Sherman Evarts, Prescott Evarts, both 
brothers of the bride, C. E. Lee, and Dr. V. Y. Bowditch, of Boston, 
William E. Curtis and Dr. T. M. Cheeseman, Jr. The bridesmaids 
were Miss Jeannie Matthews, daughter of Justice Matthews, and Miss 
Cornelia Crosby, of this cit3^ They were dressed alike in trained 
dresses of white Ottoman silk, made with square-cut corsages, elbow 
sleeves and trimmings of duchesse lace. They also wore short veils 
of tulle, caught with white ostrich ti^DS, and carried large bouquets of 
Bon Silene roses, tied vvitli white satin ribbon. The bride, who was 
given away by her father, wore a robe of heavy white Ottoman satin, 
with a postillion back, a long plain train, plain front, high neck tilled 
in with lace and long sleeves. Her long veil of tulle was caught by 
orange buds, without other ornaments, and she carried a large bou- 
quet of daisies. Mrs. Evarts, the bride's mother, wore a dress of 
white gros grain silk, with a train and trimmings of jDoint lace. Miss 
Mary Evarts wore a blue silk with a front of brocade. Mrs. Beamau 
wore white silk, trimmed with Valenciennes lace, and Mrs. Scudder, 
mother of the groom, was attired in black silk with black point lace 
trimmings. A wedding breakfast was enjoyed by one hundred and fifty 
of the guests at the house of the bride's father, after the ceremony. 
Among those present were Mrs. Tweed, Mrs. Charles Beaman and 
Mrs. Perkins, all daughters of Mr. Evarts, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton 
Fish, IVIr. and Mrs. John Sherwood, Pteginald Palgrave Sherman, ex- 
Governor and Mrs. Cornell, Mr. and Mrs. Yv'illiam E. Dodge, Jr., Mr. 
and Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barnes, Mrs. 
Percy E. Pyne, Mrs. M. Taylor Pj^ne, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Choate, 
Miss Choate, IVIr. and Mrs. John A. King, James C. Carter, ]\Irs. G. C. 
Thomas, Dr. S. H. Voorhees, Bishop Doane, President Barnard, of 
Columbia College, Frederick Kingsbury, Miss Kingsbury and Miss 
Edith Kingsburj^ General Thomas Davies, Air. and JNIi's. Pritchard 
and Mrs. Thompson. 

Miss Sadie T. Winslow, the daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Samuel Wins- 
low, was married to Alfred F, Conklin, in the evening, at the home of 
the bride's parents. No. 172 Macon Street, Brooklyn, the ceremony 
being performed by the Bev, George Terbursh, a cousin of the bride, 
of Orange, N. J. William Green was the best man. Miss Flossie Win- 
slow and I^Iaster George Winslow, ten and eleven years old respec- 
tively, attended the bride, the former being dressed in j)ink silk with 
white lace trimmings. The bride wore a dress of heavy white satin 
with a Watteau train, the front being of brocade, the corsage cut 
square, and having elbow sleeves trimmed with duchesse lace. The 
jDarlors were decorated in keeping with the occasion. Among thp 
guests were Francis A. Biggs, Miss Lena Conklin, Miss Julia Conldin, 



O. J. Conklin, F, W. Conklin, Mr. and ili-s Samuel Green, Mr and Mrs. 
J. W. Green/Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Green, Mr^and Mrs G. B. ^^m«low 
Mr and ^Irs. J. W. Hobson, Charles Huff, Dr. and Mrs. E. Nott, Mr 
and Mrs. William Gerry, Mr. and I^Irs. Howard Wilcox, and Mr. and 
Mrs. William Cornish. 

The operatic entertainment for the Washington and Lee University 
came off at the Academy of Music, ^vhich was not so full as it ought 
to have been. 

Mr and Mrs. Alexander Stevens entertained Miss Iselin's dancing 
class at their beautiful house in East Sixty-eighth Street. Miss Ste- 
vens led with Mr. Schermerhorn, and there was a pretty collection of 
rosebuds. 

The Nineteenth Century Club met at Mr. PaWs and the scene 
^vas enlivened by a difference of opinion which led to hisses and 
cries of "shame." 

Mrs. J. T. Johnston gave a ladies' lunch. 

Mr and Mrs. William Astor gave a dinner-party. There ^yas music 
bv Lander's Band, and the floral decorations were elegant Those 
present were General and Mrs. Grant, Mr. and Mrs. August Be mont 
Mr. and Mrs. Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. W C. Schermerhorn, Mr^and 
Mrs Kinasland, Mr. and Mrs. Delano. Mr. and I\Irs. Coleman Dray- 
ton," Mr. and ]\Irs. de Barca, Miss Astor, Miss McAllister, Mr. and 
Mrs. Lloyd Bryce and Mr. Baring. 

Mrs C T Wetherbce, of No. 41 East Thirty-eighth Street, gave a 
musicale and readings, in the evening, at which Miss Beebe Signor 
Bellari Mme Bohter and others took part. George Riddle read 
selections from the School for Scandal and other plays Among the 
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Eobert Hoe, Jr., Mr. and Mrs D. Wyllis 
James Charles Watrous, H. Le Grand Cannon, Bayard Clarke, Jr., 
Mr and IMi's. James A. Burden, Mr. and Mrs. William Ehmelandcr 
Stewart, Miss Stewart, Creighton Webb, Miss McAllister, Commander 
Gorringc and others. 

Mrs John J. White gave a german for fifty people in honor of Miss 
White', at her house. No. 584 Fifth Avenue, in the evening. The 
german was led by James Punnett, dancing with Miss White. Iho 
favors were flowers, musical instruments, etc. 

Wednesday, April 4. 

Genebal Poefirio Diaz, ex-President of Mexico, was given a dinner 
at the Union League Club, by ex-President Grant, the number of 
guests at the table being thirty-six. The menu was one of the hand- 



324 THE SEASON. 

some^t ever gotten "up at the Union League Club. Ic ^vas bound in 
plush of various colors, and v/as about six inches square. On the 
first and last pages, j^ainted on satin, were the coats-of-arms and flags 
of Mexico and the United States, joined ; tlie second page contained 
the names of the guests in gilt ; the third page a large photograph of 
General Diaz ; the fourth was devoted to the bill of fare, and the 
fifth was occupied by a map of Mexico, or " New Spain." The flags 
of the two countries were crossed above the doors of the dining-room, 
which was on the third floor. An immense centrepiece of roses and 
callas occupied the middle of the table, and there were many other 
large bouquets. In front of General Grant, who sat with General 
Diaz on his right and IMaj^or Edson on his left, v/as a representation 
of the battles of Puebla and Molino del Ile}^ surmounted by an 
equestrian figure of the Mexican General. On the opi^osite side of 
the table was a similar representation of the battles of Gettysburg and 
Shiloh and an equestrian figure. The colors of the two countries 
were further used in the decorations. V. Camovito, the club's stew- 
ard, was given carie, Nanche in preparing the feast. The company 
formed in an adjoining parlor and marched tv'o and two to the din- 
ing-room, headed by the two generals. Those present were General 
U. S. Grant, General Porfirio Diaz, "William M. Evarts, Matias 
Eomero, Jay Gould, H. M. Alexander, Franklin Edson, Eoscoe Conk- 
ling, Romero Rubio, J. A. J. Creswell, Dr. Eduado Liceaga, General 
Canedo, C. P. Huntington, Hugh Hastings, Henry B. Hyde, Julien T. 
Davies, J. W. Foster, Isaac H. Bailey, Eussell Sage, Clarence A. 
Seward, General E. F. Beale, Algernon S. Sullivan, General Lloyd 
Aspinwall, T. Masac, Colonel F. D. Grant, General Horace Porter, 
Jose M. Eascon, J. H. Work, General J. B. Frisbie, Victor Newcomb, 
General G. M. Dodge, U. S. Grant, Jr., F. Ward, Salvador Malo, W. 
H. Hurlbert and James D. Fish. 

In the Church of the Heavenly Eest, in the evening, Miss Louise 
Dumaresque Blake, daughter of the late Dr. John Ellis Blake, was 
married to William Wadsworth Eussell, by the Eight Eev. Bishop 
John Williams, of Connecticut. The best man was Henry Sargent 
Blake, brother of the bride. Henry Van Schaickj uncle of the bride, 
gave her away. The ushers were Henry Martin, Jefferson George, 
Alfred Morris, Herbert Hyde, Edward Owens and F. Grenville Eus- 
sell. The bridesmaids were Miss Eussell, Miss Cornelia Eussell, 
Miss Gray, of Boston, Miss Knevals, Miss Grinnell and Miss Pierson. 
The church was decorated, as was also the house of the bride's 
parents. No. 26 West Nineteenth Street, where a small reception was 
held. 

A fashionable wedding took j^lace in St. George's Church, Flush- 
ing, at half past five p.m., the bride being Miss Nina Lawrence Em- 
bree, eldest daughter of Eobert C. Embree, and the groom Francis J. 
J. de Eaismes, of this city. The Eev. Dr. J. Carpenter Smith per- 



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325 



formed the ceremony, assisted by the Kev. Harold Arrowsmitli. 
Lawrence Effingham 'Embree was the best man. The ushers were 
Eobert Embree, William Humbert, Reginald Travers and F. F. 
Northrop. There were four bridesmaids— Miss Mattie de Raismes, 
Miss Edith F. Embree, Miss Lila Bergen and Miss Bessie Smedberg. 
The bride's father gave her away. A reception was held at the bride's 
home, where there were costly floral decorations. The wedding tour 
will be to the South. 

The wedding of Frederick Cavanagh and Miss Mary Maloy was 
largely attended, in the afternoon, at St. Leo's Roman Catholic Church 
in East Twentv-ninth Street, near Fifth Avenue. The ushers were 
A. Besick and J. C. Rosmick. C. Maloy, the bride's brother, was the 
best man. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Thomas J. 
Ducey, pastor of the church. There was no reception. 



Thursday, April 5. 

Mks. de Neutville gave the first of the *' costume dinners," of 
which there are to be several. All the twenty-two guests were re- 
quested to come in costumes of the Vanderbilt ball, which made a 
pretty variation on the stereotyped dinner scene. These costumes 
are too handsome and too carefully considered for banishment to 
garret trunks, and should be shown to more than one circle of 
friends. 

IVIr. Locke Richardson read The Rivals to a party at Mr. Austin 
Flint's, and although the heat within and without reminded the 
guests that summer w^as coming, the evening was agreeably spent. 
Heat at a reading is a bad thing. Mr George Riddle once read at 
Newport on a very hot day, and seeing his audience melt away, com- 
pared himself to Casabianca. 

Miss Ada Louise Fanning and Mr. D wight Miller Harris were mar- 
ried at the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, the Rev. Dr. Bridgeman 
officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. 
Fanning and the groom is a nephew of Mr. Jay Gould. The groom's 
best man was Mr. Oliver Lamson, and the ushers were Mr. William 
Fanning, Jr., brother of the bride, the groom's brother, Mr. Carlton 
Harris, Mr. Frederick H. Lee, Mr. C. J. Cornell, Jr., Mr. G. Maurice 
Popham and Mr. Howard Willetts. The bride's dress was of white 
satin made en inline and with front covered with duchesse lace. The 
ornaments were pearl and diamond earrings, the gift of the groorn, 
and a diamond pin presented by the groom's mother. Her tulle veil 
was held in place by a cluster of ostrich tips. After the wedding_a 
reception was held at the residence of the bride's parents, No. 54 
West Fifty.fifth Street. Among the guests were :Mr. a©d Mrs. Will- 



326 THE SEASON. 

iam Fannin'^ Mr Thomas Fanning, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gould and 
family Mr George Gould, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus H. Talbot, Mr. and 
Mrs. C. J. Bishop, of Boston, Mr. and Mrs. S. V . A. Hunter and fam- 
ih% Mr. and Mrs. Albert Salter, Mr. and Mrs. D. Harris and Mr. and 
Mrs. Leonard Hazeltine. 

Miss May Richardson and Mr. Eichard Van Cott were married at 
the Washington Square Presbyterian Church, in the evening, the ser- 
vice being read by the Rev. Dr. J. P. Newman, assisted by the Rev. 
Dr J. J. Reed, preacher of the church. The bride was given away 
by her father, Dr. Henry Richardson. Two little girls, the cousins 
of the groom, preceded her as she walked up the aisle follovang the 
ushers. They were Miss Fanny and Miss Ella Van Cott. They were 
dressed in cream colored and pink silks. The ushers were Mr. 
Georc^e E Erskine, Mr. James Collord, Mr. Edward F. Slayback, Mr. 
Frederick Ludlow, Mr. J. Halstead Dunn and Mr. Charles Furber. 
The bride's brother. Dr. W. H. Richardson, acted as best man. The 
bride's dress was of white silk, made with long train and front of 
brocaded satin. The basque was cut V-shape at the neck ; shewore 
a tulle veil and diamond ornaments, and carried a bouquet of lilies of 
the valley and white roses. The reception which followed the wed- 
ding was held at the residence of the bride's parents, No. 79 West 
Washington Place. The drawing-rooms were profusely trimmed with 
flowers Among the guests were Mrs. Cornelius Van Cott, mother of 
the groom, Mrs. Caroline Van Cott and Mr. and Mrs. J. Donoldson, 
grandparents of the groom, ex-Senator and Mrs. Piatt, ex-Senator 
Roscoe Conkling, Colonel Frederic Conklmg, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. 
Ludlow, Dr. and Mrs. Dorn, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Wright, Alderman 
and Mrs. Waite, Captain and Mrs. Brogan and Inspector and Mrs. 
Bj'rnes. The bride and groom started after the ceremony for a tour 
in the South. 

Vrlday, April 6. 

Geneeal Poefirio Dlvz, ex-President of Mexico, and his father-in- 
law Senor Romero Rubio, were entertained at dinner at the Union 
League Club by the officers of the New York Life Insurance Com- 
pany. A representative party of professional, commercial and busi- 
ness men had been invited to meet the distinguished strangers, and 
covers were laid for twenty-nine guests. The dinner was given in 
the room in which General Grant entertained General Diaz on 
Wednesday evening, and the same round table was used as on that 
occasion. ' The gentlemen present were General Porfirio Diaz, the 
Hon. Romero Rubio, Minister Matias Romero, A. S. Sullivan, Morns 
Franklin, Henry Clews, Consul-General Jose Navarro, General 
Estanislao Canedo, William H. Appleton, H. B. Claflin, William H. 
Beers, Loomis L.White, Rafael Chonsal, Andreas Gutt, Dr. Eduardo 
Liceaga, R. Suydam Grant, David Dows, Jose Bascon, S. S. Fisher, 



MONDAY, APFxIL 0. 327 

Edward Martin, Dr. Henry Tiick, Charles Wright, ArchibakT H. 
Y/elch, Colonel A. G. Dickinson, Alexander StiidwcU, General John 
B. Frisbie, William A. Booth, Stewart L. Woodford, and the Hon. T. 
F. Eandolph. The room M-as decorated with the flags of Mexico and 
the United States, and many floral designs adorned the table. A 
Mexican fort and an American fort, each surmounted by flowers, 
formed two set pieces. In the centre stood a pyramid of cut flowers,' 
three or four feet high, and by the side of each plate was placed a 
small basket of choice exotics. The larger baskets of cut flowers were 
afterward presented to the ladies of Seiior Ilubio's household. Tho 
menu card was of heavy bristol board backed with satin. On one 
side were the shields and flags of both nations, surmounted by an 
eagle with wide-spreading wings, painted by hand in water colors, 
and underneath was the inscription, " Dinner to General Porfirio 
Diaz and the Hon. Eomero Rubio, by the officers of the New York 
Life Insurance Company, Union League Club, April 6th, 1883." 
Then followed the list of guests. On the other side was the menu, 
surmounted by an eagle feeding its young, the emblem of the com- 
pany'. The outside was covered with red plush having a long-fringed 
edge, with a white dove and a bouquet of flowers in raised silk. °Ia 
one corner an edge of the plush was turned up, and the name of tho 
guest painted on the satin. 

The Hasty Pudding Club, of Harvard College, portrayed the ex- 
tremely uneven course of the true love of Conrad and Medora in a 
burlesque performance at the Turf Club Theatre, in the afternoon. 
The performance was given to increase the funds of the Harvard Uni- 
versity Boat Club. The theatre was crowded to its utmost capacity, 
and the audience was kept in an almost helpless state of laughter and 
applause throughout the three acts of the piece. 



Saturday, April 7. 

lyiES, Geoege W. Miller and Mrs. Denton Smith gave teas. 
The Essex Hunt met at Montclair. 

Monday, April 9. 

Ckveexce I. Rupp and Miss Mamie I. Smith, daughter of William 
Smith, were maiTied, in the evening, at the house of the bride's 
parents, No. 538 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn. The drawing-rooms 
were prettily decorated with smilax and baskets of roses, the bride 
and groom standing beneath a large marriage bell of roses and carna- 
tions. The officiating clergyman was the Eev. Mr. Heichmann, pas- 
tor of the German Luthevau Church. Tho groomsmen were David 



328 THE SEASOX. 

Smith, brother of the bride and Edward Moody. The bridesmaids 
were Miss Maggie Smith, sister of the bride, and Miss Elenor Mur- 
doch, of Blackpool, Eng. Miss Maggie Smith was attired in straw- 
colored satin, made with a long train, the front being of brocade. 
The corsage was cut square, and she carried a bouquet of Jacqueminot 
and Morrison roses. Her ornaments were diamonds. Miss Murdoch 
wore a dress of pale blue satin, with a long train, the front being of 
brocade. Her bouquet was composed of Bon Silene and Nephetos 
roses. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dress of 
white Ottoman silk, made with a long train, the front being of bro- 
cade. The corsage was pointed and filled in with point lace, and she 
carried a bouquet of Marechal Niel roses and lilies of the valley. Her 
long tulle veil was caught by a cluster of orange blossoms, and she 
wore diamond ornaments, the gift of the groom. Mrs. Smith, the 
bride's mother, wore black satin and brocade, with j)oint lace and 
diamond ornaments. The ceremony was followed by a reception, 
after which the bride and groom departed on a wedding tour to Wash- 
ington and Philadelphia. Among the guests present were Mr. and 
Mrs. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, Miss Frances Pierrepont Lev- 
ens, C. Waldron, ex-Surrogate of Saratoga County, Francis Waldron, 
of Waterford, Miss Sadie Quackenbush, of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. 
Joseph St. John, Mr. and Mrs. J. Adams, Miss Sarah Leathem, the 
Misses Davenport, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wurzler, Mrs. Ely, of Jersey 
City, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Manning, Mr. and Mrs. Mead and Mr. 
and Mrs. John Smith, of Providence. 

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Heckscher, of No. 143 Madison Avenue, gave 
a small ball at Delmonico's in honor of their daughter. The ball- 
room was not used. The parlors adjoining were decorated with a few 
roses of choice cut flowers, the floors were highly polished and danc- 
ing was enjoyed to Lander's music. Nearly one hundred guests were 
present, most of them belonging to a dancing class gotten up by Mrs. 
William Astor, Mrs. Adrian Iselin, Mrs. Henry Chapman and Mrs. 
Heckscher. The class has met during the winter at the houses of the 
different members, and its closing reception for the season was hon- 
ored by the ball, in the evening. Supper was served up-stairs at mid- 
night, after which the german began. The costumes worn were all 
very simple but i^rettj^ and the whole affair was informal. Among 
the guests present were Mrs. William Astor, Miss Carrie Astor, Mrs. 
James Strong, Miss Etta Strong, Miss Fannie Swan, Mrs. Waterburj^ 
the Misses Waterbur3^ Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Howland, Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry Beekman, the Misses Beekman, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Ste- 
vens, Miss Stevens, Miss Daisy Stevens, Miss Caroline Duer, Miss 
Lockwood, Mrs. Charles L. Perkins, the Misses Perkins, Miss Lucy 
Work, Miss Cheever, Miss Hilda Oelrichs and Miss Anna Hall. 

Mrs. Dr. John C. Peters, of No. 83 Madison Avenue, gave one of 
her afternoon teas from four until six o'clock. 



TUESDAY, APRIL 10. 329 

The Game Association met, in the evening, at Pinard's, and after a 
short business meeting sat down to an elaborate supper. About 
twenty-five were present. 

Tuesday, April 10. 

Isaac M. Cook, of this citj'-, was married to Miss I. L. Bird, at the 
home of the bride's mother, No. 45 East Sixty-fourth Street. The 
ceremony was performed at eight p.m. by the Rev. Mr. Rice, assisted 
by the Rev. Dr. Guilbcrt. The rooms were decorated with a profu- 
sion of flowers, the bride and groom standing beneath a marriage-bell 
of roses, lilies and carnations. There were no bridesmaids. The 
bride wore a dress of heavy cream-white Ottoman silk and satin, made 
with a long train and trimmed with duchesse lace. Her tulle veil ^'as 
caught by a cluster of lilies of the valley and orange blossoms, and 
she carried a bouquet of white roses. A small recej)tion followed the 
ceremony, 

Charles McDonald, of Omaha, was married, in the evening, to Miss 
Nannie Ryan, niece of Mrs. James P. Farrell. The ceremony took 
place in St. Patrick's Cathedral, and was witnessed by a large number 
of invited guests. Bishop O'Connor, of Omaha, officiated, assisted 
by the clergy of the cathedral. The ushers were John Foley, P. H. 
Keenan, N. P. Moore, Henry Barlow, Daniel A. O'Connell, and M. P. 
Eyan. John Goodman acted as best man. The two bridesmaids 
were Miss Mary E. Farrell and Miss Katie Fitzgerald. In front of 
them walked a little girl and boy. Miss Lizzie Farrell and ^Master 
James Fan-ell. The bride, who was given away by her uncle, James 
P. Farrell, was attired in white Ottoman satin and brocade. The 
train was very long, and the corsage was cut low and filled in with 
point duchesse lace. Her veil, of tulle, was caught by a wreath of 
orange blossoms, and she carried a bouquet of white roses and wore 
diamond ornaments. A reception was held at the house of the 
bride's aunt, No. 68 East Fifty-sixth Street. The rooms were beauti- 
fully decorated, and the presents which were displayed were numer- 
ous. 

Mrs. Ripley Ropes, of No. 40 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, gave a 
parlor entertainment consisting of music and recitations, in the even- 
ing, for the benefit of the Brooklyn Homeopathic Hospital. The 
rooms were decorated with vases of roses. About two hundred guests 
were present. The programme contained thirteen numbers given by 
Miss C. Yoght ; C. Frommel, H. Methfessel, H. Schroter, Clifford Put- 
nam, Dr. James L. Farle3% Frederick Steins, D. W. Robertson and 
Paul Tidden. Afterward there was a supper and dfancing. Among 
those present were Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Dike, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Ben- 
ham, Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. Sheldon, I\Ir. and Mrs. David M. Stone, 



330 THE SEASOy. 

Miss Hall, Mayor and Mrs. Setli Low, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Townsend, 
Miss Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Preston, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdi- 
nand Ward, Mr. and Mrs. A. Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Tower, Mr. 
and Mrs. A. Forman, A. Forman, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Cross, Mr. and 
Mrs. W. B. Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Stockwell, Mr. and Mrs. A. 
G. Ropes, Miss Belle Chapman, Miss Mary Chapman, Gilbert Turner, 
E. Davis, Dr. Burnham, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Putnam, Mr. and Mrs. 
Carman, W. H. Taft, Miss Washburn, Mrs. Stalbuck, Mr. and Mrs. 
Milton -Haxton, the Misses Haxton, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart L. Wood- 
ford, Mr. and Mrs. F, Candler, Colonel Partridge, the Eev. S. H. 
Camp, Colonel Ward, Miss Dora Eobinson, Miss Jennie Scott, Mr. 
and Mrs. Holliashead, Mr and Mrs. J. B. Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. 
Atwater, Dr. and Mrs. Minton, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fahys, the 
Misses Fahys, the Misses Thurston, William C. Butler, Mr. and Mrs. 
J. B. Buckingham, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hall, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. 
Charles, Mr. and Mrs. Sturges Coffin, Dr. and Mrs. E. D. Whitney, 
LIr. and Mrs. H. Whitney, Dr. and Mrs. Moffat, Mr. and ]\L:s. H. M. 
Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Durkee, and Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Houghtal- 
ing. 

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Adler-Keller, of No. 153 President Street, 
Brooklyn, celebrated their wooden wedding in the evening by a 
party to about forty friends. The invitations were on oak in golden 
letters. The rooms were decorated with flowers and smilax. Mrs. 
Adler-Keller received in her wedding dress of white silk, made with 
a long train, and trimmed with duchesse lace. She carried a bouquet 
of white roses and wore diamond ornaments. Dancing and a supper 
were enjoyed. Among the guests present were Baron Bleichsroeder, 
of Berlin, Count Bellegarde, Mr. and Mrs. Gottschalk, Mr. and Mrs. 
Pabst, the Misses Pabst, Mr. and Mrs. Franke, the Misses Bush, B. 
Frost, Miss Harrevs, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Housmann, Mr. and Mrs. A. 
Bender, Mr. and Mrs. Brachford, Mrs. J. Swaine, Mrs. S. H. Jones, 
Mr. and Mrs. Hines, Miss Morrison, Miss Fiedler, J. E. Faber, Mr. 
and Mrs. Edward Huber, Captain N. Bush, G. Mellick, Professor 
"Voght, Dr. St. Alb, Mr. Kissel and G. Schuckher. 

Mrs. Denton Smith, of No. 17 West Seventeenth Street, gave a ger- 
man at her house to some fifty guests. 

GBADUATES OF PRINCETON. 

The annual dinner of the Alumni Association of Princeton College 
brought together, at night, at Delmonico's one hundred and fifty grad- 
uates with their guests. James W. Alexander, the president of the 
association, presided, and with him at the president's table were 
President McCosh, of Princeton, on the right, and President Porter, 
of Yale, on his left. General McClellan sat next to Governor Col- 
quitt, of Georgia, and near them were the Eev. Dr. Noah Hunt 



TUESDAY, APRIL 10. 331 

Schcnck, of Brooklyn, Dr. Cattell, President of Lafayette College, ex- 
Governor Bedle, of New Jersey, Attorney-General Gwinne, of :Mary- 
land, General Horace Porter, the llcv. Dr. John E. Paxton and John 
A. Stewart, of New York, and Henry M. Flagler, whose gifts to the 
"Whig Society of the college are among the most recent benefactions. 
At other tables were Henry M. Alexander, ex-Judge Greene, the Rev. 
Henry J. Van Dyke, Jr., of this city, and Judge Magee and Judge 
Patterson, of New Jersey. At ten minutes past nine Mr. Alexander 
rapped on his table for order, and toasts and addresses followed with 
the coffee. In his brief introductory remarks the chairman was par- 
ticularly happy in a sketch of the ideal university, which he con- 
ceived to be i^laced in New Jersey, under all the conditions which 
surround Princeton College. His allusion to the attempts made by a 
committee of the alumni, of which he was a member, to introduce an 
alumni representative in the Princeton Board of Trustees, and his 
sketch of early experiments in co-education were received wdth great 
applause. 

The dinner given by ex-Mayor Grace to Charles Amie de Lesseps, 
son of the Count de Lesseps, and Vice-president of the Panama Canal 
Company, at Delmonico's, brought together a notable assemblage. 
On the right of the host was the guest of the evening, and beside him 
sat William M. Evarts. On the left of ex-Mayor Grace was General 
Grant. There were also present among others ex-Secretary of the 
Navy Richard W. Thompson, the American representative in the 
Panama Canal Company, ex Postmaster-General Thomas L. James, 
Judges Noah Davis and Pratt, Frederick 11. Coudert, Archbishop 
Corrigan and Father Dealy, John Bigelow, Collector Robertson, Jesso 
Seligman and M. von Hoffman. 

A reception was given to Dr. Wendell Holmes, by Dr. and Mrs. 
Fordyce Barker, at their residence, from four to six o'clock. A great 
number of guests were present. Mrs. John Jacob Astor assisted Mrs. 
Barker to receive. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. George 
Henry Warren, Miss Warren, General and Mrs. Grant, Colonel and 
Mrs. 'Lawrence Kip, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus W. Field, Mr. and Mrs. 
Morris K. Jesup, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Schieffelin, Miss Schieffelin, 
the Eev. Dr. and Mrs. Howard Crosby, Professor and Mrs. F. A. P. 
Barnard, Mrs. William Astor and Miss Astor, Mr. and Mrs. William 
C. Schermerhorn, General and Mrs. iMexander C. Webb, the Misses 
Webb, ]Mr. William H. Appleton, INIr. W. W. Appleton, Mr. and Mrs. 
George S. Appleton, Mr. S. G. Ward, Mr. Thorndike Ptice, Mr. and 
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Colonel Ward McAllister, Miss McAllister, Mr. 
Lispenard Stewart, Miss Stewart, j\rr. and IMrs. Sidney Webster, Mr. 
and Mrs. William ]\I. Evarts, Mr. Wilson G. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. E. 
T. Wilson, Miss Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. James P. Kernochan, Mr. and 
Mrs. James A. Eoosevelt, General and Mrs. Lloyd Aspinwall, Mr. and 
Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Delano, Mr. and 



332 THE SEASON. 

Mrs. Lawrence E. Turmire, Miss Tnrnnre, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. D. 
Lanier, Mr. and Mrs. Maturin Livingston, Miss Livingston, Colonel 
and Mrs. Delancey Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Eobert Goelet, Mr. and Mrs, 
Frederic Bronson, Dr. Willard Parker, Jr., Dr. T, Gaillard Thomas, 
Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Mr. and Mrs. John Kane, Professor 
Theodore W. D wight, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Eoosevelt, Mr. Eoyal 
Phelps, the Misses Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Potter, Mr. and 
Mrs. James B. Potter, Mrs. Henry C. Potter, the Misses Potter, Dr. 
Alfred C. Post, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin, IMr. Albert Bierstadt and 
Mr. John "W. Ehninger. 

Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor entertained Dr. Wendell Holmes at 
a dinner, in the evening. The guests present were Dr. Fordyce 
Barker, the Eev. Dr. Henry C Potter, General Francis C. Barlow, 
Mr. John E. Parsons, Mr. G. L. Schuyler, the Eev. Dr. William M. 
Taylor, Mr. Eichard M. Hunt, Mr. Clarence Seward, Mr. Henry Day, 
Judge Charles P. Daly, Mr. Whitelaw Eeid, Mr. E. M. Eobinson, 
Dr. Emmet, Mr. George William Curtis, Mr. Joseph H. Choate and 
Mr, Benjamin H, Bristow, Pinard served the dinner. 

Mrs. J, Henry Lane, of No. 131 East Twenty-iirst Street, enter- 
tained a number of ladies at lunch, the entertainment being given in 
honor of Miss Lucy Belknap, of Louisville, Ky., and of Miss Kate 
Sandhorn. Among those present were Mrs. Louis Henop, Mrs. B. H, 
Bristow, Miss Bristow, the Misses Lynch, Miss Douglas, Miss Bo- 
gert, of Brooklyn, Mrs. Hoag, Mrs. Dudley Field, Miss Eobinson, Mrs. 
Eobert Kelly, Mrs. Mortimer Porter, Mrs. Charles Watrous, the 
Misses Gordon, Mrs. Courtlandt Palmer and Miss Thomas. Clark 
was the caterer. 

Very enjoyable was the party given by Mrs. E. F. Coe, in honor of 
her daughter. Miss Lena A. Coe, at her home, No. 6GS Fifth Avenue. 
The evening began with some charming musical selections, at the 
close of which dancing began and was kept up until a late hour. A 
collation was served by Clark. Among the guests present vrere ex- 
Mayor and Mrs. Grace, Miss Grace, Miss Amelia Eietzel, Mr. Eaphael 
Joseffy, Mr. Theodore Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Coe, ex-Gov- 
ernor and Mrs. Sheppard, Mr. Blauvelt, Mr. and Mrs, Burt, Dr. and 
Mrs. Main, Mr. and ]\Irs. Justin Bliss, Miss Bliss, Dr. and Mrs. Lei- 
big, Mr. and Mrs. J, C. Hogelin, Dr. Beach, Dr. William B. Hurd, Dr. 
Niles, Mr. Bergner, Mr. Thomas Kerr and ]\Ir. Herman Eietzel. 

Wednesday, April 11. 

Me. a>-d j\Irs. William j\I. Evaets gave a large reception, in the 
afternoon and evening, in honor of their daughter and son-in-law, Dr. 
and Mrs. Charles D. Scudder, who have just returned from their 
bridal tour, at their home, No, 231 Second Avenue, The hours were 



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11. 333 

from four to six in the afternoon and from eiglit until eleven in the 
evening. About fifteen hundred people called. The drawing-rooms 
and parlors, as well as the hallways, were decorated with tiowers. 
Mrs. Evarts, Mrs. Charles Beaman, Miss Evarts and Mrs. Scudder 
received the guests. Mrs. Scudder wore her bridal dress, of white 
Ottoman silk, made with a long plain train, and trimmed with duch- 
esse lace. Her ornaments were diamonds, and she carried a large 
bouquet of pink roses. Mrs. Evarts was attired in white gros-grain 
silk made with a court train. She wore diamond ornaments. Mrs. 
Beaman's toilet was of cream-colored satin and brocade, made with a 
long court train, and trimmed with round point lace. Her jewels 
■were diamonds, and she carried a bouquet of Spanish roses. Miss 
Evarts M'ore pale blue Ottoman silk, with duchesse lace trimmings 
and i^earl ornaments. Among those who called were ex-Governor and 
Mrs. Cornell, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Mrs. John Jacob Astor, 
Miss Astor, Frederick Kingbury, the Misses Kingbury, Mrs. John 
Sherwood, Mrs. Percy E. Pyne, Mrs. George William Ballou, Mrs. G. 
C. Thomas, Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew, 
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Dodge, President Barnard, of Columbia Col- 
lege, Miss Oelrichs, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barnes, John A. King, Dr. 
Holbrook Curtis, William E. Curtis, Miss Jennie Matthews, Miss Cor- 
nelia Crosby, Dr. V. Y. Bowditch, Edward Scudder, Dr. T. M. Cheese- 
man, Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard, Mrs. M. Taylor Pyne and Eeginald 
Holbrook. 

The last german of the '' Anonime" dancing class for the season 
Was given at the house of Mr. Walker, No. 31 Lafayette Avenue, 
Brooklyn. It was led by Francis Walker, who introduced many new 
and novel figures. Among those present were Hermann Bussen- 
schutt, Miss Peckert, Edward Haviland, Miss Bussing, William Spell- 
man, Miss Beale, Dewolf Dimock, Miss Myers, Edw^ard Vernon, Miss 
Annin, David Rait, Miss Mumford, Edward Oatman. Miss Merriam, 
Edward Hatch, Miss Hatch, George Johnson Miss Blackford, Henry 
Goodrich, Miss Massey, N. T. Thayer, Miss AVilliams, William Little, 
Miss Dixon, Mr. Ivins, Miss Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Scrymser, 
Mr. Miller, Miss Marston, Mr. Sturges, Miss Merimer, Edward Hard- 



Miss Minnie Belle Cornell, daughter of Joseph Cornell, was married 
at eight o'clock to Edwin Young, of Alban}', son of Coe F. Young, of 
Honesdale, Penn. The ceremony took place at the residence of the 
bride's parents. No. 26 West Fortj'-ninth Street, the drawing-rooms 
being elaborately decorated wath flowers for the occasion. The man- 
tels were banked with Ascension lilies and Eothschild roses, and the 
young couple stood beneath two branching palm trees. The ofiiciat- 
ing clergyman w^as the Eev. Dr. Eoderick Terry, of the South Ee- 
formed Church. Samuel J. Cornell, brother of the bride, was the best 
man. The ushers were Dr. H. Holbrook Curtis, Dr. William G. 



334 



THE SB A soy. 



Thompson, G. M. Lewis, Henry E. Gregor}^ Eobert B. Kerr, Joseph 
Dickson and "William F. Upson, of Cleveiand, Ohio. Miss Mamie 
Young, sister of the groom, v^'as the bridesmaid. She walked in on 
the arm of one of the ushers, the other six leading. She was attired 
in a dress of sea-foam silk, made with a short round train, the corsage 
being pointed and made without sleeves. The front of the dress was 
trimmed with sea-foam bead passementerie and seed pearls, and she 
carried a large bouquet of pale pink roses. The bride, who was 
given away by her father, wore a robe of hea-sy white satin made with 
a long French train. The corsage w^as cut square, and the elbow 
sleeves were met by long white mousquetaire gloves. The whole 
dress was trimmed with duchesse and round point lace, the tulle veil 
being fastened by a wreath of orange blossoms. Mrs. Cornell, the 
bride's mother, wore a dress of rose-colored Ottoman silk, and 
trimmed with Duchesse lace. Her ornaments were diamonds. Mrs. 
Young, the mother of the groom, wore black velvet made with a Wat- 
teau train, the front being of moii'e, with point lace at the neck and 
sleeves and diamond ornaments. A reception followed the ceremony 
at which there were about three hundred guests. Among thosa 
present were Miss Alida Van Deusen and Grant Van Deusen, of Pion- 
dout, N. Y., A. Y. De Witt, of Albany, Elias Stanton, W. J. Fielding, 
of New Britain, Conn., Mr. and Mrs. Sinotte de Loiselle, William H. 
Hazzard, Jr., Mr., and Mrs. Samuel Sloane, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 
Dickson, Mrs. Frank Leslie, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Thurber, Mr. and 
Mrs. Henry A. Smythe, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus T. Post, Mr. and Mrs. 
James Whitety, Captain and Mrs. T. D. Abrams, Miss Minnie Gor- 
man, Mrs. B. Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Ambler, and Mr. and Mrs. 
Horace G. Young and the Ptev. Dr. Dunning, of Honesdale, Penn. 

At the Church of the Heavenly Rest, in Fifth Avenue, in the even- 
ing. Miss Ida Frances Tilby and Dr. Arthur H. Brj^ant, of Boston, 
were married. The service was read by the Rev. Dr. Howland, rec- 
tor of the church. There were four ushers, A. Hamilton Lipsell, 
Francis A. Hovie, Charles C. Giles and W. J. Hay ward. The best 
man was I. Everett Bird, of Tarrytown. The bridesmaids. Miss Min- 
nie Tyson and Miss Ella Boyle, were dressed in costumes of white 
Surah silk made walking length and trimmed with antique lace. The 
bride, who was given away by her father, George H. Tilby, is the 
granddaughter of the late John S. Giles. She v.'ore a dress of heavj^, 
ivorj^-white satin and brocade made with a full court train and 
trimmed with point duchesse lace and jsearls. At the conclusion of 
the services at the church a reception to relatives and intimate 
friends was given at the house of the bride's parents. No. 228 East 
Fiftieth Street. 

The daughter of Alderman John McClave, of No. 429 West Forty- 
seventh Street, was married, in the evening, to \Y. F, Higgins, in the 
Central Baptist Church in West Forty-second Street. The service 



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335 



was read by the rector, the Rev. Henry Saunders. The ushers were 
Edward F. Yount?, W, W. Blauvelt, W. F. Abbett, of Jersey City, and 
Henry J. Stephenson. Theowakl Stallknccht, of Montrose, N. J., 
acted as the best man. The bride was attended by four little ^irls, 
Miss Clara McClave, her sister, Miss :Mamie Abbett, of Jersey City, 
Miss Lizzie Applegate and Miss Lalu Jordan. The bride walked on 
the arm of her father. Her toilet was of cream-colored duchesse 
satin, made with a long princesse train, the overdress being of point 
lace. The corsage was cut square and the sleeves came to the elbow. 
Her veil, of old point lace, was fastened by a wreath of orange 
blossoms, and she carried a bouquet of Marechal Niel and Jacquemi- 
not roses. Her ornaments v/ere a diamond pin, the gift of the groom, 
and diamond earrings and bracelets. Mrs. McClave, the bride's 
mother, wore heliotrope satin, with a front of pink bfocade trimmings 
of point lace, and diamond ornaments. Among those present were 
the two grandmothers of the bride, Mrs. James McClave, and Mrs. S. 
Wood. A reception at the home of the bride's parents followed the 
ceremony. A fully furnished house in East Ninety-third Street was 
the wedding present of the bride's parents. Among those at the 
church and house were Commissioner and Mrs. Stephen French, ex- 
Mayor Grace, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McMillen, Mr. and Mrs. William 
Perry, Mr. and Mrs. James Pyle, Miss Pyle, Mrs. Barney Williams, 
Miss Marie K. Williams, ex-Alderman Perley, Colonel and Mrs. Em- 
mons Clark, Miss May Hartshorn, Miss Georgie Brown, Miss Katie 
Petri e, Leon Abbett, Mr. and Mrs. James Doddand the Misses Negus, 
of Jersey City. 

Miss Kate Phillips, daughter of Charles H. Phillips, was married, 
at five o'clock, in Trinity Chapel, to J. C. Clarkson Reynolds, Jr., the 
Rev. Dr. Swope, rector, officiating. The ushers were Dr. A. N. Phil- 
lips, brother of the bride. Dr. J. Henry Clark, of Montclair, N. J., 
Edwin Young and William Chichester. W. D. Phillips, brother of 
the bride, was best man. The bride, who was given avray by her 
father, was attired in a dress of white Ottoman silk made with a long 
plain court train. The drapery in front was cut in points, through 
which came tiny ruffles of the silk trimmed with pearl passementerie. 
The corsage was cut in a triangle and filled in with point duchesse 
lace, and the long tiiUe veil was caught by a spray of orange blos- 
soms and lilies of the valley, and a silver Rhine-stone pin. She car- 
ried no bouquet, but wore diamond ornaments. No reception was 
held, the bride and groom leaving immediately on their wedding 
tour. Among the guests at the church were Mrs. C. F. Nesbitt, Miss 
Nesbitt, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Nesbitt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nesbitt, 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. H. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Francis, 
Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Francis, Miss Francis, Mrs. and Miss Young, 
Miss Buchanan and Miss Winthrop. 

Miss Addie Helme, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Helme, 
was married to Charles Strater, of Louisville, Ky., by the Rev. E. L. 



336 THE tiEASON. 

Stoddard, in St. John's EjDiscopal Church, Jersey City Heights. 
There were no bridesmaids. The ushers were Charles Cavalli, Hugh 
Hartshorne, Leonard BamiDton, William K. Appleby, George W. 
Wood, Hiram Bennett, Livingstone Gifford and Arthur Benedick. 
The bride wore a white satin dress, with draperies of point lace, 
caught up with orange blossoms. A veil of tulle was caught with a 
wreath of orange blossoms and flowed over the entire train. Mrs. 
Helme, mother of the bride, wore a wine-colored silk dress with dia- 
monds. A reception was held at the house of the bride's parents, 
No. 277 Bergen Avenue. Among the invited guests were Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles Appleby, Miss Lillian Pitcher, Mr. and Mrs. John S. 
Sutphen, Addie Sutphen, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Pape, Mr. and Mrs. 
George Wood, of Baltimore, the Misses Strater, of Louisville, sisters 
of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Coffin, the Misses Coffin, Mr. and 
Mrs. George Gifford, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bonnell, the Misses 
Harrison, Arthur Haight and the Misses Haight, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. 
C. Young, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Nelson, and the Misses Nelson, ex- 
Mayor and Mrs. Seidler, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Toffey, Miss Lizzie 
Haines, and Mr. and JVIrs. William C. Doubleday. 

Tbursday, April 12. 

Miss Florence A. Bkandketh, a daughter of the late Dr. Benjamin 
Brandreth, was married to Lieutenant Herbert Jermain Slocum, 
United States Army. The ceremony took place in Trinity Church, 
Sing Sing, the Rev. G. W. Ferguson, the rector, officiating. The 
bride entered the church leaning on the arm of her mother, and v/as 
met at the chancel steps by her brother, the Hon. George A. Brand- 
reth, who during the ceremony gave her away to the groom. The 
bride's dress was of white satin, with the front of pearl and crj^stal 
embroidery. There were eight bridesmaids. Miss Sallie Wood, of 
Washington, and Miss Lillie Brandreth wore quilted light blue satin 
underskirts, with blue brocade, crimson flowers over puffed sleeves, 
feathers in their hair and at the corsage instead of flowers, and carna- 
tion bouquets. Misses Isabel Brandreth and Adelaide McAlpin, who 
followed, wore jDink satin quilted skirts, with j^ink brocade over- 
skirts, feathers at corsag'^ and in their hair, and with large fans. 
Misses Nellie Brandreth and Nanine Pierce, of New York, wore dresses 
of old-gold colored quilted satin, with brocade to match, and feathers 
of same color in hair and at corsage. Misses Virginia Symonds and 
Daisy Slocum, a sister of the groom, wore crushed-strawberrj^ colored 
quilted satin underskirts, with brocade to match. All these costumes 
w^ere made with demi- train, the brocade forming the train. There 
were eight groomsmen, namely : Lieutenant Kane, of the Twenty- 
fourth Infantry, Lieutenant Crozier, of the Ordnance, Lieutenant 
Garlington, of the Seventh Cavalry, Lieutenant Hobbs, of the Ord- 
nance, Lieutenant Pettit, of the First Infantry, Lieutenant Medcalfe, 
of the Ordnance, Lieutenant Johnson, of the Eighth Cavalry, Lieu- 



THURSDAY, APRIL 12. 337 

tenant Casey, of the Twentj'-second Infantry. The best man was 
Lieutenant Stephen Slocum, a brother of the groom. Mrs. Benjamin 
Brandreth, mother of the bride, wore black velvet. Mrs. Henry 
Brandreth, of Liverpool, England, wore ruby velvet and pink bro- 
cade. Mrs. E. A. Mc.-Vlpin wore light blue watered silk, with trim- 
mings of rainbow-colored crystal. The bride and groom took the 
nine p.m. train for New York, where the}'- will spend a few weeks be- 
fore going to the husband's station at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 
After the ceremony at the church a supper was spread at Mrs. Bran- 
dreth's mansion. 

Miss Kate Wolcott Barhydt, daughter of ]\Ir. D. Parish Barhydt, 
was married to Mr. Herman Drisler, son of Professor Drisler, of 
Columbia College, in the evening, at the residence of the bride's 
parents, No. 23 East Forty-first Street, the ceremony being performed 
by the Kev. Arthur Brooks, rector of the Church of the Incarnation. 
There were no bridesmaids. The ushers were P. H. Barhj'dt, a 
brother of the bride, Mr. H. N. Tifft, H. E. Pierrepont, and Henry L. 
Villas, who also acted as best man. The bride was dressed in white 
Ottoman silk, with full train and square-cut corsage filled in with 
lace. The dress was trimmed with duchesso lace. Her ornaments 
were a necklace and bracelets of pearls, and also earrings of pearl. 
A bridal veil completed the costume. In her hand she carried a 
bouquet of white roses. After the marriage ceremony there was a 
reception, which was largely attended. A supper was served by 
Maresi, and there was music furnished by Stubs, Among those 
present were Mr. and Mrs. William M. Evarts, Miss Evarts, Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles D. Scudder, Dr. E. Belden, Miss Mary Drisler, Mr. and 
Mrs. Seth Low, Professor Charles L. Short, President Barnard, Mrs. 
Barnard, Paul Du Chaillu, Mr. and Mrs. James Hartshorn, Mr. and 
Mrs. S. C. Thompson, Dr. and Mrs. Jordan, Samuel J. Tilden, Mr. 
and Mrs. H. C. Fahnestock, Judge Bosworth, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. 
Choate, Judge Van Vorst, Stephen P. Nash, Professor William G. 
Peck, Professor Eccleston, the Rev. Dr. Morgan, the Eev. Dr. How- 
land, Professor Van Amringe, the Bev. Dr. Hoffman, Mr. James G. 
Spencer, Joseph B. Flanders, and many others. 

Two weddings took place, in the evening, at the same time, in the 
Broadway Tabernacle, the contracting parties being Miss Minnie B. 
Ptogers, a daughter of Mr. Charles P. liogers, of this city, who was 
married to Mr. Charles F. Zabriskie, and Miss Louisa Willard, of 
Oswego, who was married to Mr. Dudley Miller, Jr. The ceremony 
was performed by the Kev. Dr. Taylor in the presence of a large 
number of friends of the two couples. There were six ushers — Mr. 
Bobert Oakley, Mr. Arthur Merriam, Mr. William Woods, Mr. Le 
Boy Sherman, Mr. Lawrence Woods, and Mr. Brenton Welling. Six 
bridesmaids preceded the brides as they passed up the aisle. They 
were Miss Ellen Kogers, of New Orleans, Miss Lillie Miles, of New 



338 THE SB A soy. 

Haven, Miss Ko\vena Herrick, Miss Jennie Burt, Miss Jennie 
Merriam, and Miss Nannie Miller. They were dressed alike in white 
silk, en inline, the front of the skirts being trimmed with pleatings of 
tulle. Low-cut corsages were filled in with lace, while the corsage 
bouquets were of roses'. Each carried a bouquet of roses. Miss Sog- 
ers entered the church on the arm of lier father, while Miss AVillard 
was accompanied by her brother, Mr. Charles Willard, of Oswego. 
Miss Kogers was dressed in a rich white Ottoman silk, trimmed with 
point duchesse lace, and cut with a court train. Along the front of 
the skirt were ruffles of duchesse lace. Miss Willard' s dress was also 
of white silk, with a corsage cut decollette and filled in vdth duchesse 
lace. Both wote tulle veils fastened with sprays of lilies of the val- 
ley, and carried bouquets of white rosebuds. At the altar they were 
met by the grooms and their best men, Mr. E. Neville Stent acting 
for Mr. Zabriskie and Mr. Samuel Bowles, of the Springfield Republi- 
can, for Mr. Miller. After the ceremony a reception was held at the 
residence of Mr. C. P. Miller, No. 38 West Forty-fifth Street. Among 
those present were the Rev. Dr. Ewer, Miss Kerner, Mrs. Eogers, of 
New Orleans, Mrs. Brainard, of Oswego Falls, the Misses Easton, Miss 
Poillon, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Dewing, Mrs. Eliza Stiles, the Misses 
Siffon, Mr. and Mrs. William Stillwell, Miss Henry, Mr. H. S. Henry, 
Mr. H. C. Haskell, Mr. and Mrs. Bacon, of Brooklyn, Mr. Grinnell 
Burt, of Warwick, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. Christian Zabriskie, and the 
Eev. Dr. Taylor. 

Miss Lottie Corbett, a daughter of Mr. Bobert H. Corbetfc, of No. 
2111 Madison Avenue, was married, in the evening, to Mr. George D.i 
Phillips, in the Collegiate Church, Fifth Avenue and West Forty- 
eighth Street. The bridesmaids, four in number, were Miss Mario 
Debost, Miss Julia Corbett, and Miss Bessie Corbett, sisters of the 
bride, and Miss Yan Dusen. They wore dresses of white Surah 
satin, with shirred fronts and corsages cut square, but sleeveless. 
The dresses were en tra'me, while dotted tulle veils fell back from the 
head. Each carried a bouquet of Jacqueminot roses. The bride was 
led to the alter by her father, while immediately in front passed two 
little maids of honor. Miss Maud O'Brien and Miss Nellie Sperry,^ 
who wore a dress of cream-colored Surah covered with Yalencienncs 
lace. At the altar the wedding procession, which had joassed up the 
aisle to the music of the bridai march from Lohengrin, was met by the 
officiating clergyman, the Eev. Dr. Hastings, and the groom and his 
best man, Mr. Guy Phillips. The bride was dressed in white satin, 
en iraine, with a brocaded velvet front. Three flounces of satin ran 
around the bottom of the dress, which was edged with a plissement 
of Yalencienncs lace. Her ornaments were diamonds. A white veil 
completed the costume. Afterward there was a reception to relatives 
and friends at Mr. Corbett' s house. Among those present in the 
church were Dr. C. C. Lockwood, Mr. and Mrs. I. K. Green, Dr. and 
LIi's. Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Hitchcock and Dr. Doty. 



THURSDAY, APRIL 12. 330 

Miss Carrie R. Cregier, darigliter of Mr. George "W, Cregier, was 
married to Mr. Edward F. Kingsbury, in the evening, at the resi- 
dence of the bride's parents, I^o, 405 "West Forty seventh Street. 
The Rev. Henry M. Sanders, of the Central Baptist Church, was the 
officiating clergyman. Mr. Frederick H. Kingsbury acted as best 
man. There were no bridesmaids. The bride's dress was of white 
satin and moire, the front being of brocaded velvet. The corsage 
was square-ciit, filled in with lace, and was held at the neck by a dia- 
mond pin. The dress was cut with a court train, and the front and 
sides were profusely trimmed with Spanish bead laco. After the 
ceremony, at which the bride was given away by her father, there was 
a reception, at which were present Police Commissioner Mason, Mr. 
C. P. Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mott, Miss Lillie Mackej', Police 
Justice Solon B. Smith, Justice Herrman, Justice Duffy, Justice Mur- 
ray, Mrs. W. W. Blauvelt, Miss Annie Blauvelt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
Hanson, W. A. Sandford, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Parker, of New 
Bedford, ex-Aldertnan John McClave, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Olney, Jr., 
Mr. A. Vanderbilt, Miss Ella Vanderbilt, Mr. E. E. Chase, Frank 
Hurd, Dr. and Mrs. Ne.sbitt, Mr. and Mrs. Wannamaker, Justice Pat- 
terson, Justice White, Justice Powers, Mr. and Mrs. Blauvelt, of Phil- 
adelphia, Mrs. Kelpin, of Philadelphia, and many others. 

Dr. Oliver "Wendell Holmes was given a dinner at Delmonico's by 
the medical profession of the city. About two hundred and twentj^- 
five persons were present, and responses to toasts were made by Will- 
iam M. Evarts, George William Curtis, Whitelaw Rcid, and others. 
Dr. Holmes read a humorous poem, when called upon by Dr. Fordyco 
Barker, who presided. The five long tables were decorated with 
bunches of brightly colored cut flowers placed here and there, and 
with many potted tropical plants. Among the flowers and plants 
gleamed lamps v/ith richly decorated standards and shades of wine- 
colored silk heavily fringed. In the gallery Stub's orchestra was sta- 
tioned and filled the room with the sound of popular airs while the 
dinner was being eaten. The menus were in the form of small books 
bound heavily in plush of different colors, blue, ecru, wine color and 
dark green predominating. The covers of the little books were 
adorned with a gilt design, representing a scalpel and a pen crossed 
and surrounded by a wreath. On the first leaf of the book was the 
inscription, " Complimentary Dinner to Professor Oliver Wendell 
Holmes, M.D., LL.D., by the* Medical Profession of New York City. 
April 12th, 1883." The second page contained the stanza : 

A few can touch the maeic string. 

And noisy fame is proud to win them. 
Alas for t'loso that never Fing, 

But die with all their jnusic in them. 

At the head of the leaf containing the menu, were the lines : " You 
know your own degree ; sit down ; at first and last a hearty \xe\- 
come." There were present Noah Brooks, John Hubberton, Dr. J. 



340 THE SEASON. 

E. Chaclwick, Dr. F. E. Stnrgis, Dr. F. M. Weld, Dr. G. M. Lefferts, 
Dr. P. F. Munde, Dr. E. C. Brandeis, Dr. A. L. Eanney, Dr. F. H. 
Boswortli, Dr. C. A. Leale, Dr. E. H. Saunders, Dr. E. C.'Wendt, Dr. 

A. Hodgman, Dr. E. F. Ward, Dr. C. H. Nichols, Dr. J. W. Barstow, 
Dr. J. O. Eoe, Dr. C. H. Porter, Dr. J. H. Anderson, Dr. F. A. Bur- 
rail, Dr. H. P. Farnum, Dr. J. H. Hinton, Dr. J. A. Hegeman, Dr. T. 
E. Saiterthwaite, Dr. J. H. Love, Dr. J. W. Pmkham, Dr. J. P. Munn, 
Dr. J. A. McCreery, Dr. M. J. Eoberts, Dr. E. Bradley, Dr. E. B. Bel- 
den, Dr. A. D. Eockwell, Dr. C. L. Dana, Dr. H. Clieeseman, Dr. F. 
E. Hyde, Dr. H. C. Cooper, Dr. J. B. Eoberts, Dr. S. M. Eoberts, Dr. 
W. Shoemaker, Dr. Leroy M. Yale, Dr. G. L. Porter, Dr. E. Abbe, Dr. 
E. Herrick, Dr. A. A. Smith, Dr. W. H. Katzenbacb, Dr. G. Griswold, 
Mr. Leoser, Dr. Tonner, Dr. Basil Norris, Dr. J. W. Wright, Dr. J. L. 
Little, Dr. D. B. St. John Eoosa, Dr. W. A. Hammond, Dr. W. J. 
Morton, Dr. F. L. E. Satterlee, Dr. F. D. Weisse, Dr. Eobert Watts, 
Dr. C. T. Poore, Dr. Charles Phelps, Dr. C. P. Eussell, Dr. Henry 
Tuck, Dr. G. S. Winston, Dr. S. B. Ward, Dr. W. T. Lusk, Dr. H. D. 
Noyes, Dr. F. E. S. Drake, Dr. C. Cleveland, Dr. A. S. Clarke, Dr. D. 

B. belavan, Dr. Gorham Bacon, Dr. C. D. Scudder, Dr. C. C. Schuj'- 
ler, Dr. E. P. Lincoln, Dr. E. D. Fisher, Dr. G. W. Baker, Dr. M. 
M'Lean, Dr. J. A. Monnell, Dr. E. H. M. Sell, Dr. J. F. Chaveau, Dr. 
G. Mourraille, Dr. E. Vanderpoel, Dr. E. L. Youmans, Dr. E. P. Fos- 
ter, Dr. W. M. Carpenter, Dr. W. M. Polk, Dr. M. B. Dubois, Dr. L. 
D. Buckley, Dr. N. M. Schaffer and Dr. J. H. Eipley. 

Mrs. Frederick P. James gave a lunch to a hundred ladies at her 
beautiful home, No. 400 Fifth Avenue. The whole lower floor was 
filled with small tables, ornamented by centre bouquets, and lighted 
by shaded candles, while at each plate was a bouquet and a little 
gondola or wheelbarrow of gilded straw, in which bags of brightly- 
colored satins held the candies. Pinard served the lunch. The 
ladies were received by Mrs. James, in her boudoir on the second 
floor, from whence they were ushered into the billiard room, con- 
verted for the occasion into a cloak-room. Mrs. James's dress was of 
terra-cotta satin, made en iraine and profusely trimmed with lace. 
The ornaments were diamonds. Among the guests were Mrs. U. S. 
Grant, Mrs. Kingston, Mrs. John Sherwood, Mrs. Aleagher, Mrs. Ed- 
ward Matthews, Mrs. I. N. Phelps, Marquis and Marquise Lanza, 
Lady Archibald, Mrs. Thorn, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. Von Stade, Mrs. 
Neftle, Miss Potter, Mrs. Eaymond, Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt. Mrs. 
Frederick Vanderbilt, Mrs. Sloane, Mrs. Shepard, Mrs. Chauncey M. 
Depew, Mrs. Meyers, Mrs. Burton Norvell Harrison, Miss Endicott, 
Mrs. F. A. P. Barnard, Miss Hyde, Mrs. Livermore, Mrs. William H. 
Osborne, Miss Eoberts, Mrs. Baxter, Mrs. Halsey, Mrs. Dinsmore, 
Mrs. Whittier, Mrs. Post, Miss'Mahony, Mrs. Eonald, Mrs. Jones, 
Mme. Van Tazzi, Mrs. Warner, Miss Bloodgood, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. 
Bliss, Miss Bliss, Mrs. Burton, Mrs. John Bigelow, Mrs. Crawford, 
Miss Bean and Mrs. Leavitt. 



SATURDAY, APRIL U. 341 

Mr. and Mrs, Adam "Weber, of No. 203 Second Avenue, celebrated 
their silver wedding, in the evening, by giving a large party at 
Clarke's, in West Twenty-third Street. 

Mrs. William Lawrence, of No. 114 West Eleventh Street, gave a 
small luncheon in honor of her guest, Miss Isabel Gregory. 

Mrs. L. N. Grove gave a reception, in the afternoon, from four 
until six o'clock at her residence, No. 2 West Fifty-third Street. 

Mr. and Mrs. George Edgar Montgomery gave a reception, in the 
evening, at the Hotel Bristol. Mrs. Montgomery received in her 
w^edding dress of white Ottoman brocade with a train of cream-white 
satin. 

Mrs. Josephs. Bulkley and Miss Bulkcley, of No. 23 East Eightieth 
Street, gave a reception in the evening. 

Mrs. George W. White, of No. 117 State Street, Brooklyn, gave a 
german, and Mrs. Del Monte, of No. 31 West Forty-seventh Street, 
entertained a number of ladies at luncheon. 



Friday, April 13. 

IVIes. Benoni Lockwood, of No. 114 East Eighteenth Street, gave a 
children's party. 

Mrs. F. H. Betts, of No. 78 Irving Place, gave a reception. 

The Gaudeamur Club was tendered a german, in the evening, by 
Mrs. Thomas P. Grinnell, of No. 117 West Thirty-fourth Street. This 
■was the last meeting of the class for the season. 

Mrs. Wedder, of No. 690 Madison Avenue, gave a reception to 
about one hundred guests. 



Saturday, April 14. 

DINNER AT THE LOTOS CLUB. 

About eighty members of the Lotos Club sat do\^Ti to an informal 
dinner at the club-house in Fifth Avenue. The dinner was origi- 
nally intended to be a sort of club reunion. The occasion was ren- 
dered particularly enjoyable by the presence of two distinguished gen- 
tlemen now visiting this city. The Hon. Joseph Medill, Editor-in- 
chief of the Chicago Tribune, and ex-Mayor of Chicago, came in about 
nine o'clock, and M'as warmly received. Half an hour afterward Dr. 
Fordyce Barker and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes appeared. These 
gentlemen had just arrived from the house of Cyrus W. Field, by 



343 THE SEAS OX. 

■whom a dinner had been given in honor of Dr. Holmes. The mem- 
bers of the club rose to their feet as Dr. Holmes entered, and con- 
tinued cheering until he had taken his place at the president's side, 
Avhen he bowed his acknowledgments and took his seat. After a few 
moments spent in general conversation, the company was called to 
order and the distinguished guest presented by Mr. Eeid to those 
assembled. Dr. Holmes responded in a charming speech, full of 
gratitude to the club and to New Yorkers for the hospitality that he 
had received on every hand and at every hour during his present visit 
to New York. He could think of nothing better or more club-like to 
talk about than his experiences in a somewhat kindred club in Boston 
—the Saturday Club -with which he had been connected for thirty 
years. He enumerated the members— Longfellow, Agassiz, Lowell, 
and others— and devoted to each a few sentences of personal portrait- 
ure. In the midst of this, he turned to the reporters and specially 
asked that a specific account of what he was saying should not be 
printed, as what he was ^^■illing to say to the club he would not feel 
warranted in saying in any more public way. His remarks were re- 
ceived with constant applause, every sentence being interrupted with 
the clapping of hands, and as he took his seat the Avhole company 
rose again and cheered to the echo. A poem by Edmund C. Sted- 
man, written for Dr. Holmes's seventieth birthday, was read by Mr. 
Burbank. Mr. Eeid then called on Dr. Fordyce Barker, v/ho re- 
sponded briefly. The president then introduced the Hon. Joseph 
Medill, ex-Mayor of Chicago, and Editor and chief proprietor of the 
Chicago Tribune, as an old chief under whom he had served, and 
added some playful personal characterizations. 

The dancing classes of young people managed, respectively, by 
Mrs. Valentine G. Hall and Mrs. Fred. Satterlee, were tendered a 
reception and fancy dress party, in the evening, by Professor Manuel, 
at his dancing academy. Thirty-third Street, between Fifth and Sixth 
Avenues. Many original and pretty costumes were worn by the sev- 
enty-five girls and boys present. 'Among the members of the two 
classes in attendance were Misses Marie Morris, Annie Warren, 
Georgie Warren, Goodrich, Livingstone, Wilson, Welles, Stuyvesant, 
Lulu Cryder, Grace AVilson, Mane Perkins, and Masters Vallie Hall, 
Jack Oddie, John K. Blake, Paul Yinget, Goodhue Livingstone, 
George Warren, Grenville Winthrop, Edward Ludlow, Charles Wells, 
Jack Lawrence and Frank Perkins. Noticeable among the many brill- 
iant costumes were an admiral, a Spanish bull-fighter, and a Polish 
lieutenant, gorgeous in red tights, high boots, spurs and a sky-blue 
coat, heavily bordered with Astrachan fur. There were also remarked 
a French cook, a harlequin, an Italian noble, and a Hamlet, the latter 
in a handsome costume of black velvet. The costumes worn by the 
girls included a Fairy Queen, from Jolanthe ; a Patience, several gyp- 
sies, a very cunning little French bonne, a youthful Esmeralda, and a 
very sweet Cinderella. Two little misses appeared as the Tico 



MOXDAV, APRIL 16. 343 

Oi-phans, and another represented Queen Elizabeth, in court dress, 
with long train, and a high rutl: at the neck. A gorman was danced, 
under tlie leadership of Master Vallie Hall, and a profusion of beau- 
tiful favors v.-ere bestowed on the young dancers. Among these were 
guitars and banjos, boxes of bon-bons, baskets filled with chocolate, 
bouquets of rosebuds, mirrors, policemen's clubs, which, on being 
pulle<l out, became most useful fans, and many other articles. The 
chandeliers were covered by huge owls of red paper, with big, yellov/ 
eyes, and the rosy light which came from these showed off to excel- 
lent advantage the gay colors of the various costumes. 

Monday, April 10. 

General Diaz stayed in his hotel most of the time. In the even- 
ing he attended the concert party given by Mrs. E. Ogden Doremus. 
Mrs. Doremus took one hundred seats at the Nilsson concert in Stein- 
way Hall, for her party, which was sub-divided into several smaller 
parties. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. William Schermer- 
horn, Mrs. John Kane, Miss Dehone, Miss Laura Post, Lydig Suydam, 
Dr. A. A. Smith, Mrs. and Miss Ireland, Dr. Charles Doremus, Mrs. 
Lomas Moore, Mrs. and Miss Ward, Miss Motly, Miss Hattic Schroter, 
of Denver, Miss Ollie Wilkinson, of Baltimore, Henry Guy Carlton, 
Mr. Eichards, of Brooklyn, and the Diaz party. This consisted of 
General Porfirio Diaz, Mme. Diaz, Sefior and Mme. llomero, Senor 
Romero Rubio, Dr. and Mrs. Liceargo, Sefiorita Eleno Garay, Senor 
Chousal, Senor Gutt, General Canedo and General Frisbie. Secre- 
tary Frelinghuysen was expected, but did not arrive. Most of the 
guests of Mrs. Doremus were personal friends of Madame Nilsson. 
After the concert the party drove to Delmonico's, where supper was 
served. 

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Boyd celebrated their tin wedding, in the 
evening, by holding a reception, which was largely attended from 
eight to ten p.m., at their house. No. 45 West Fifty-third Street. The 
pai-lors were fragrant with bouquets, and a wedding bell of tin, with 
a tin clapper, hung over the host and hostess as they received con- 
gratulations. Mrs. Boyd wore her wedding dress of heavy white 
satin, elaborately trimmed v>-ith lace, and carried a bouquet of white 
roses. Her eight-year-old daughter attended her as a bridesmaid. 
Tributes of regard "in every device in which tin could be twisted, cut 
or moulded were sent in by friends, most of the articles being hidden 
by beautiful flowers. There v/ere tin slippers, canes, bouquets, corn- 
ncopias, dust-pans, safes, watering-pots, nutmeg graters, etc., be- 
sides some tin dishes handsomely painted in designs of daisies and 
other flowers. Among the many guests were Judge and Mrs. Dono- 
hue. Recorder Smvth, Judge and Mrs. Daly, Corporation Counsel 
Andrews, Chief Justice George Shea, Judge Havy-es and wife, Judge 



344 TEE SFASOy. 

Hyatt, the Bev. Dr. Charles F. Hoffman, the Kev. Dr. E. C, Gnilbert, 
the Rev. E. B. Eice, Mr. and Mrs. Eobert A. Livingston, the Rev. 
Melville Boyd and wife, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Toucey, Martin V. B. 
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Vail, Mr. and Mrs. J. Van Vechten 
Olcott, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Vose, Dr. Edward Hen-ick, Mr. and 
Mrs. Clarence Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. William B. Finlay, Christopher 
Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Justin A. Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Storm, 
William B. Northrup, Charles A. Fowler, John T. Boyd, James W. 
Speight, James L, Phelps and Effingham H. Nichols, 

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sloan, of the Buckingham, gave a handsome 
dinner for twenty-two, at Delmonico's. The centre of the table was 
filled with Gloire de Paris and Baroness de Rothschild roses. 

Mrs. R. Duncan Harris gave a small dancing party, in the evening, 
at No. 117 East Thirty-fourth Street. 

The Dramatic Club closed their winter season by a theatre party, 
numbering upward of forty, at the Union Square Theatre. Mrs. 
George L. Rives and Mr. James V. Parker were among the guests, 
which is equivalent to saying that it was a success and that silence 
was not its most marked characteristic. 



Tuesday, April 17. 

Mrs. R. Ogden Doremus gave a reception at her home, No. 123 
Lexington Avenue, in the evening, in honor of Mme. Christine Nils- 
son. At eleven o'clock a band of Swedish musicians appeared before 
the house and serenaded the prima donna. The serenade was organ- 
ized by Albert Bearkland, a yoang Swedish artist of this city. There 
were about one hundred guests at the reception. Among those in- 
vited were the following : jMr. and Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew, Judge 
and Mrs. Bond, Professor and Mrs. Botta, :Mr. and Mrs. William Bel- 
den, Mr. ind Mrs. John Bigelow and the Misses Bigelow, Mr. and 
Mrs. Bloodgood and Miss Annie Bloodgood, President and Mrs. F. A. 
P. Barnard, Dr. and Mrs. Fordyce Barker, Captain Warren C. Beach, 
Mr. and Mrs, Christian Bors, Horace I\I. Barry. Mr. and Mrs. Leon 
Berthelot, Thomas S. Beaty, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ballou, Mr. and 
Mrs. Corlies, Mrs. David Crawford, Mrs. Meagher, Mr. and Mrs. Rob- 
ert L. Cutting, Mrs. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. De Neuville, Mr. and Mrs. 
Samuel Smith and Miss Smith', Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Colgate, S. M. 
Cronise, Henry Guy Carleton, Mrs. Charles Mortimer Catlin, Miss 
Montague, W. F. Condit, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Dodworth, Baron and 
Baroness De Thomsen, Judge and Mrs. Daly, Miss Otto, Mr. and Mrs. 
Del Monte, Mrs. Hegeman, Mrs. Dav, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. 
Drexel, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Ellis, Ralph N. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. 
William M. Evarts, Prescott Evarts, Miss Field, D. Ogden Fowler, 
Signor Ferranti, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Farrington, Horace B. Fry, 



TUESDAY, APRIL 17. ^^^ 

Colonel and Mrs. Gillespie, H. H. Gorringe, ^^«/^l°7 J" ^^,^.^^^'; 
and Mrs. James Harriman, William Harriman Mr. and Mrs ^^^^^^f 
and Miss Hawkins, Judgson Hawley. Mrs and Miss Ireland xMr ad 
Mrs. Morris K. Jesup. Mrs. Kendall and the Misses I^^^^^f l' ^^ ,^.^^^ 
Mrs. McCready and Miss McCready, Mr. and Mrs. llobb ns, Mis 
Motley, Miss Motley and the Messrs. Motley, Mr. and Mrs. E J 
Mallctt Mr. and Mrs. Munzinger, Mr. and Mrs. Marbury and Miss 
Marbury. Signor Moderati and Miss Moderati General Anson G. 
McCook, Charles McKnight, S. Glover ]5arry, ^\i"iam Hjjmilton Mc 
Cormick, Mr. and Mrs. Wagstaff, Mr. and Mrs. Phcenix llemsen ;Mr. 
Marra, Walter Newbury, Mrs. Poole, William F. Parks Locke Kich- 
ardson, Mr. and Mrs. Koudebush, Mr. and Mrs. Tracy, A. \ an Home 
Stuyvesant, Mr. and Mrs. Seward and the Misses Reward, Mrs. fealtns 
John T. Foote, Dr. and Mrs. C. D. Smith, Mr. and Mi's. John bher- 
wood, Lvdig Suydam, the Rev. Dr. Terry and Mrs^ Terry, Mrs. Samuel 
ThorA and Miss Thorn, Mr. and Mrs. William Tilden, Mr and Mrs 
Samuel Bridgham, Victor Capoul, William Henry Hurlbert, Mr and 
Mrs. C. A. Dana, Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Draper, Mr. and Mrs^ Godwin, 
Mr and Mrs. S. L. M. Barlow, Peter Barlow, Judge and Mrs J. K. 
Brady D N. Bottassi and Mr. and Mrs. John Bloodgood.- Among 
the floral decorations at Mrs. Doremus's house was a large Svvedish 
flag composed of voilets, jonquils and red and white pmks. Across 
th? centre of the flag were the words " Au Eevoir m red pmks. 

Charles Henry Paddock, of Hamilton, N. Y., and Miss Ella Louiso 
Murphy, daughter of the late William D. Murphy were married, m 
the evening. It the house of the bride's mother. No. 40 East Forty- 
ninth Street, by the Rev. Dr. Henry G. W^eston, President ot Crozier 
Theological Seminary, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Joseph F. Elder, pas- 
tor of the Church of the Epiphany (Baptist) The ushers were D J. 
Newland, James G. Wentz, J. H. Guion and Walter E. Preble. The 
bride appeared in a robe of white Ottoman silk, which had a front of 
brocade velvet, trimmed with point lace and white ostrich tips. She 
wore diamond ornaments and a veil of silk illusion, the flowers m her 
veil and corsage being orange blossoms and white lilacs. The bride 
and groom started early in the evening on a Southern tour, ihey 
will spend the summer in Europe. 

Excise Commissioner Robert G. McCord, of this city, was married 
to Miss Mary Alice Stone, the eldest daughter of the late Martin 
Stone, of Binghamton, at the house of the bride's mother. The Rev. 
G. B. Nichols performed the ceremony. 

A dinner was griven by the wool trade of New York at Delmonico's 
to Messrs. Greene & Siebert and G. C. Mahan, wool merchants who 
are about to retire from the business. The tables were laid for two 
hundred and twenty-five ; most of the well-known firms of the city 
were represented, and guests were also present from Philadelphia and 



346 THE SEASON. 

other cities. Responses to toasts were made by ex-Governor Hart- 
ranft, Collector Robertson, George Follett and others. Louis P. ISie- 
bert returned the thanks of the retiring gentlemen to the assembl3^ 

The Knickerbocker Dining Clnb gave its first dinner at the Knicker- 
bocker Club-house, about twenty persons being present. The dinner 
was informal. Among those present were James H. Beekman, James 
W. Beekman, Gerard Beekman, M. H. Clarkson, Henry Stuyvesant, 
F. J. De Peyster, E. De Peyster Livingston, Henry Remsen, William 
Remsen, Robert E. Livingston, Henry Stuyvesant and J. Talmadge 
Van Rensselaer. 

The officers of the Seventh Regiment dined at Pinard's. A feature 
of the dinner were the menus, which were miniature knapsacks with 
the figure 7 on them, and were made so as to be used as match-safes. 
There were present Colonel Emmons Clark, Chaplain Westen, Cap- 
tain Stimpson, Captain Kipp, Captain Conover, Adjutant Rand, Cap- 
tain Daniel Appleton, Captain Bacon, Captain Rhodes, Captain Price, 
Lieutenant Morris, Lieutenant Fisk, Lieutenant Mills, Lieutenant 
Voorhecs, Lieutenant Kopper, Lieutenant Palmer, Lieutenant Munn, 
Lieutenant Tackaberry, Lieutenant Massey and Major Allison. 

Mrs. Hinton gave a luncheon-party for twelve ladies. 

Mrs. Keresen, of Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, gave a reception. 

The last meeting of the season of the Nineteenth Century Club was 
held, in the evening, at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Courtlandt Pal- 
mer.' The parlors, as usual, were filled with the members of the club 
and their friends, who had assembled to listen to an address by Dr. 
Oliver ^Vendell Holmes on " The Poetry of Ralph Waldo Emerson." 
There were present among others Justice Noah Davis, the Rev. Dr. J. 
P. Newman, Parke Godwin, W. H. Appleton, Cyrus W. Field, Burton 
N. Harrison, General George W. Cullum, William C. Whitney, Chief 
Justice C. P. Daly, Judge Barrett, Chaunccy M. Depew, ex-Judge 
Howland, John Bigelow and Dr. Gottheil. Most of the gentlemen 
were accompanied by their wives. Mr. Palmer, the president of tho 
club, introduced Dr. Holmes in a short speech, which he closed with 
the quotation from the doctor's poem, " The Loving-Cup Song," in 
which he refers to his favorite flowers, the rose and the pink, and Mr. 
Palmer then handed the speaker a small bouquet of those flowers, to 
which, in the discussion which followed the address, he gracefully 
referred. (For Mr. Holmes's lecture on Emerson, see Introductory, 
p. 2L) 

TWednesday, April 18. 

Miss Lucia Louise Stephens, a daughter of Mr. I. P. Stephens, was 
married in Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church, in the afternoon, to 



WEDXESDAT, APTcIL 18. 3"^'^ 

Mr Ea^ene T. Kirklancl, the ceremony being performed by tbo Rev. 
Dr Henry Y. Satterlee, rector of the church. There were no brides- 
mai.ls. The bride, who entered the chnrch on the arm of her father, 
was dressed in white satin, with a square train. The front was cov- 
ered with drapery of point lace, caught up with bunches of roses and 
apple blossoms. A square-cut corsage was filled m with lace its 
bouquet being of apple blossoms. A point lace veil fell from her 
head to the train, fastened at the head by a diamond ornament and 
oranf^e blossoms. The bride also wore a diamond necklace, and car- 
ried a bouquet of white lilacs in her hand. At the altar the wedding 
party was met by the groom find his best man, Mr. J. Egmont Scher- 
merhorn. After the marriage ceremony a reception was held at the 
residence of the bride's parents. No. 128 East Thirty-fifth Street. 
Amonf- those present were Mr. and Mrs. George B. De Forrest, Mr. 
and mI-s Charles de Rham, Mrs. Matthew Morgan, Mrs. W. A. street, 
Miss Jessie Van Auken, Miss Boardman, ]\Ir3. E. L. Belknap, Mr. 
Theodore Bronson, Mr. H. R. Miller, j\Irs. C. E. Terry, the Rev. Dr. 
Cook, Miss Thorne, Mr. Gautier, Miss Lynch, Mrs. Henry Warren, 
Mrs T. A. Reynolds, F. C. Salisbury, Mrs. Dexter A. Hawkins, Miss 
Hawkins, T^Iiss Hart, Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Admiral Le Roy, the Misses 
Stephens, Miss Cameron, the Misses Blake, Mrs. Blake, E -berry 
Wall Miss Godell, Miss White, Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. E. 
M Brown Miss Brown, Mr. AUev, Mrs. Alley, Mrs. Robert Cutting, 
Mrs. Rauth, Miss Ashmore, Miss Garretson, Mrs. James Campbell, 
Mrs. French and Mr. and Mrs. Higgins. 

Miss Susan Colvill was married, in the afternoon, in the Collegiate 
Reformed Church, at Twenty-ninth Street and Fifth Avenue, to Will- 
iam K. Collins. The bridesmaids were Miss Nellie Heckscher and 
Miss L Heckscher, of Philadelphia, Miss Greenleaf, Miss Smith, 
Miss Waldo, and Miss Daisy Wyeth. Their dresses were of pink 
Surah satin, trimmed profusely with Valenciennes lace and each 
carried a bouquet of Jacqueminot roses. The bride was accompanied 
bv her father who afterward gave her away. She was dressed m a 
~ rich white satin, cut with a full train and draped with point lace. 
Around the bottom of the dress was a heavy ruching of the satm with 
a plisse of lace. The corsage was cut square, and was filled m with 
lace and roses. A point lace veil completed the costume, which 
flowed back to the train. Her ornaments were diamonds, and her 
hand bouquet of white roses. At the altar were waiting the officiat- 
ing cler^vmun, the Rev. Dr. Ormiston, paster of the church, and the 
groom, with his best man, his brother, Mr. Frank Collins. After the 
ceremony had been performed the newly-married couple repaired to 
the residence of the bride's parents, No. 21 East Forty-eighth Street 
where a reception was given, which was largely attended. Pmard 
served the supper, and there was music by an orchestra. Among 
those present were District Attorney McKeon, Mrs. IMcKeon, Judge 
Daly and Mrs. Daly, Mr. John A. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. 



348 THE SEASOX 

Schieffelin, the Misses Schieffelin, Mrs. Heckscher and Mr. and Mrs. 
Calwell. 

Miss Jennie Huggins, a niece of Mrs. F. A. Livingston, was mar- 
ried to Dr. George L. Peabody, in the aiternoon, in Calvarj^ Episcopal 
Church. The Rev. Dr. Satterlee performed the ceremony. There 
were no bridesmaids. The bride's dress was of white silk, trimmed 
with Valenciennes lace, and the front was covered with silk mull. 
The corsage, low-cut, \vas filled in with lace and a tulle veil fastened 
by a spray of orange blossoms fell back to the train, which was cut 
full. In her hand she carried a bouquet of white flowers. There 
was no reception. Among those who were present at the marriage 
service were Judge and Mrs. Peabody, Miss Peabody, Sir. and Mrs. 
Charles Peabody. Mr. W. S. Livingston, Miss Frances Livingston, 
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Knox, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Knox, Jr., Mr. 
and Mrs. Huggins, Mr. Nichol De Peyster, Miss Floyd-Jones, Miss 
Harmon Brown, the Misses Bird, General Cullum, Miss Julia Swan, 
Miss Swan, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Thomas Ward, Miss Ward, Dr. and 
Mrs. Kinnicutt, Dr. and Mrs. Cleveland, Dr. Delavan, Mr. and Mrs. 
Loyal Farragut, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Livingston, Miss CJara Living- 
ston, Dr. and Mrs. Hunter, Dr. Partridge, Dr. and Mrs. John T. Met- 
calf, Mrs. Herman Clark, Miss Lottie Kemble, N. Strofford Jones 
and Mr. Lewis Cheeseman. 

The wedding of Miss Laura Barnes Fay, the elder daughter of 
Samuel B. Fay, and Frederick C. Bardwell, of Brooklyn, caused a 
large gathering of society people, in the evening, in Harlem, where 
the bride has been a general favorite. The ceremony took place at 
the house of the bride's parents, No. 43 West One Hundred and 
Twentj'-eighth Street. The Rev. Dr. Randolph H. McKim, of the 
Church of the Holy Trinity, officiated. The best man was W. Leslie 
Scrymser, of Brooklyn The ushers were Pelham St. George Bissell 
and Charles A. Marvin. The bride wore a dress of white corded silk, 
with a front of brocaded grenadine tastefully trimmed with Spanish 
lace, A reception followed the ceremony. Among those present 
were Mrs. Samuel B. Fay, Miss Ophie Fay, Mrs. Griffin, Mr. and 
Mrs. H. L. Bardwell, parents of the groom, the Misses Bardwell, Mrs. 
Edmimd A, Smith, Mr. and Mrs. S. Jennings Gorman, Miss Florence 
Bissell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Mackey, Miss Mackey, Mrs. Judge 
Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. George B. Dennis. 

A fashionable Brooklyn wedding was that of Miss M. Louise Bamber 
and William H. Payne, Avhich took place, in the evening, at the house 
of the bride's mother. No. 1000 Dean Street. The ceremony was pri- 
vate, the service being read by the Rev. Dr. W. H. Gleason, of New- 
ark. A reception for intimate friends and relatives followed. The 
ushers were George Fahys, F. S. Sherry, H. F. Cook and F. H. Cook. 
There were present j\Ir. and Mrs. Joseph Fahys and family, Mr. and 



THURSDAY, APRIL 19. 



349 



Mrs. Pease, Miss Pease, Miss Fenney, Charles W. Payne, of Sag Har- 
bor, Miss Ella Van Duzen, of Philadelphia, Joseph Van Duzen, Jr., 
Samuel Van Duzen and Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Houghtaling. 

Miss Gertrude E. Read and J. Kensett Kellogg, nephew of John 
Kensett, the artist, were married in Christ Church, Brooklyn, in the 
evening, by the Ptev. Dr. L. W. Bancroft, rector of the church. The 
wedding was a quiet one. 

A young people's fete was given, in the evening, by Mr. and Mrs. J. 
Seligman, at No. 2 East Forty-sixth Street. One of the parlors was 
decorated to rejoresent a fair, with booths, tents, etc. 

Dr. and Mrs. Weld gave a reception, in the evening, and Mr. and 
Mrs. John H. Cheever a dinner-party. 

John Alexander gave a dinner to ex-President Diaz and wife at 
Delmonico's. Among other present were Marias Eomero and wife, 
Consul-General Manuel Ptomero and wife, Senorita Eubio, Dr. Liciega 
and wife. Dr. Juan N. Navarro, Mexican Consul, General Frisbie, 
Seiiores Jose Rascon, A. Gutt, Rafael Chousol, Jose de Cossio and 
Jorge Hammeken, a member of the Mexican Congress. The affair 
was purely a social one, for the purpose of giving the wives and fami- 
lies of the distinguished Mexicans an idea of a Delmonico dinner. 

The Buzz Club, composed of a few young ladies and gentlemen of 
Jersey Cit}^ who are dramatically inclined, held the third meeting of 
the season, in the evening, at Grace Church Rectory. The plays 
LMe Daisy and Box and Cox were acted by some of the members. 
Among those present were the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Spalding and the 
Misses Spalding, James Simons, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simons, Miss 
Ada Illingsworth, Mr. Leno, Miss Hart, :Mr. Clarke and the Misses 
Palmer. 

Thursday, April 19. 

Never has St. Thomas's Church been the scene of a prettier wed- 
ding than that which crowded its pews with guests, in the afternoon, 
when Mr. George I. Seney, Jr., a son of the Brooklyn philanthropist, 
was united in marriage to Miss Grace Tappen, daughter of Mr. F. D. 
Tappen, of this city. At half past four o'clock the wedding march 
pealed forth and the' bridal party entered. Two ushers led the proces- 
sion, followed by the two bridesmaids and the bride on her fathers arm, 
followed by the two other ushers. The groom and his best man, Mr. 
Edward T;awrence, of Brooklyn, awaited them in the chancel, which 
was profusely trimmed with palms, daisies, snowballs and chrysanthe- 
mums, and where the Rev. Dr. Morgan, assisted by the Rev. Dr. R. 
Heber Newton, read the impressive service. The bride looked very 



350 THE SEA&OK. 

lovely in her dress of -vxhite satin, made with train bordered by a full 
niching, and with front draped with point dnchesse lace. The deco- 
lette sleeveless bodice was tilled in with point dnchesse, shirred at 
the throat, and the long veil, which fell in graceful folds over the 
train, was of exquisite point lace. Her ornaments were diamonds, 
and she carried a bouquet of white roses. Very picturesque were the 
dresses of the two bridesmaids. Miss Nellie Tappen and Miss Nellie 
Seney. They were of soft white satin merveilleux, made walking 
length, and trimmed profusely with Oriental lace. The low, sleeveless 
bodices were bordered with the lace, and their large Gainsborough 
hats were of white chip, faced with ruby velvet, and trimmed with 
long pink ostrich plumes, and they carried baskets of Jacqueminot 
and pink roses. The ushers were Mr. William Sheldon, Jr., IMi*. 
Frederick Griffiths, Mr. John Fisher and Mr. George Cromwell. 
The arrangements at the church were under the management of tho 
sexton, Mr, Williams. The wedding was followed by a large recep- 
tion at the residence of the bride's parents. No. 49 East Sixty-eighth 
Street, where the guests were received in drawing-rooms extensively 
trimmed with flowers and plants, and brilliantly lighted. The bride's 
mother was dressed in pearl and silver brocade made en traine, and 
elaborately trimmed with pearl passementerie and fringe. The 
square neck was edged with point lace, and she wore diamond orna- 
ments. Mrs. Seney, the mother of the groom, was in black satin, 
elaborately embroidered, made with long train and square neck, and 
worn with diamond jewels. Mrs. Eli Kobinson, a sister of the groom, 
was attired in pale blue brocaded velvet, made with court train and 
square neck, and trimmed with dainty lace. Miss Kate Seney ap- 
peared in pale pink Surah, made with low sleeveless bodice, and 
trimmed with lace. Mrs. Robert Seney, sister-in-law of the groom, 
was in white crepe, en traine, edged with lace, and worn with a bou- 
quet of pale pink roses. The bride's sister, Mrs. Clarence Brooks, wore 
a trained dress of white brocaded satin, trimmed with point d'Alen9on 
lace, and carried a bouquet of violets. Her ornaments were diamonds. 
Mrs. Brooks's two little daughters, Miss Ethel and Miss Edna Brooks, 
looked bewitchingly pretty as they followed their parents up the 
aisle, dressed in Irish point lace, made with low necks and short 
sleeves, and carrying great baskets of roses, Mrs, Charles Eeed 
Thorburn, another sister of the bride, was in white striped satin, 
made with long full train, square sleeveless corsage, and trimmed 
with Spanish lace. Her ornaments were Jacqueminot roses and pearls. 
Among others present were Colonel Charles B. Jappen, the bride's 
grandfather, Mr, and Mrs, Alfred Wagstaff, Mr, and Mrs, J, J, Knox, 
Mr, and Mrs. Henry Havemeyer, Miss Agnes Havemeyer, Mr, and 
Mrs. de Navarro, Mr. Charles E. Strong, Mr, and Mrs. Parke Godwin, 
Mr. and Mrs, Alexander Stephens, Mrs. Barrett Van Auken, Mr. Oliver 
White, Mr, and Mrs. Parker Hand}^ Mr, and Mrs, Chauncey M. Be- 
pev/, Mr, and Mrs, Albert Plummer, Mr, Frederick Stevens, Mr, and 
Mrs. Frederick Seward, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Choate, Mr. and Mrs. 



FRIDAY, APRIL 20. 351 

William Dowd, Mr. and Mrs. H. Wickham, Mr. and Mrs. Walter 
Howe, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lord, Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry, 
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Elihu Koot, Mr. and 
Mrs. Salem H. Wales, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. 
Richard Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah M. Fisk, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. 
O'Hara, Mr. and Mrs. George Jones, Mr. and Mrs. James Gallatin, 
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gallatin, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hillhouse, Mr. 
and Mrs. George W. Childs, Mr. and ]Mrs. Frederick Roosevelt, Mr. 
and Mrs. J. La Rogue, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Wheelock, Mr. and 
Mrs. J. D. Vermilye, Mr. and Mrs, Robert Strebeigh, Mr. and Mrs. 
James Roosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Taylor, Mr. George W. 
Lane, Miss Emma Leslie, Miss Gertrude Leslie and Colonel Emmons 
Clark. 

Kate A. Kane, daughter of Matthew Kane, was married, in the 
evening, to William R. Ward. The ceremony was performed by the 
Rev. Dr. S. D. Burchard at the residence of the bride's father, K"o. 3io 
West Fourth Street. There was one bridesmaid. Miss Henrietta 
Havemeyer. The best man was Mr. William B. Roo. The bride was 
dressed in white satin with Eugenie train, corsaQ:e cut Pompadour, 
waist peaked, and elbow sleeves, the whole trimmed with duchesso 
and round point lace, and the corsage was adorned with a jabot of 
duchesse lace. She wore long white gloves, and on her arm a basket 
of white roses and lilies of the valley. She wore on her head a wreath 
of orange blossoms. Her ornaments were diamonds. After the cere- 
mony there was a reception at which three hundred guests were pres- 
ent. Supper was served by Clark. The newly-married pair will sail 
for Europe to-morrow in the steamship Germanic for an extended 
tour. Among those present at the ceremony were Mr. S. W. H. Ward, 
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Maidhoff, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ward, Mr. 
and Mrs. E. B. Lord, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Schuyler, Mr. and Mrs. 
Thomas Murphy, the Rev. Dr. Collier, Dr. Bridon and Miss Bridon 
J. S. and Dr. W. C. Jordan. 



Friday, April 20. 

The Amateur Dramatic Club gave its second and last performanca 
of the season, in the evening, at the Turf Club Theatre. The first 
performance of the club was given January 5th last. There aro 
usually three performances during the season, but owing to several 
deaths in the families of the actors selected by the committee, one of 
the performances had to be omitted, and this last one has been post- 
poned from time to time, greatly to the disappointment of a largo 
number of persons who look forward to their presentations with eager 
anticipations. The play selected for last evening was the comedy of 
Everi/hodjf s Friend, made famous by the well-known comedian, Mr. 
Clark. The cast was as follows : 



352 THE SEASON. 

Mr. Felix Fcatherby Mr. John Kinsgford 

Mr. Icebrook Df- Cheoseman 

]Sra jor Wei lington De Boots -. • Mr. Borland 

Mrs. Featherby Miss IJitchcock 

Mrs. Major De Boots Mrs. 'VVarfield 

Mrs. Swansdown .....Mr.-*. Walter S. Andrew;? 

Fanuy Miss Anna Shippen 

The play was well presented, and the acting, on the whole, remark- 
ably good for amateurs. The scenery and dresses were tasteful and 
appropriate. Mr Borland was capital as Major Wellington De Boots, 
and Miss Hitchcock as Mrs. Featherby acted with much appreciation 
of the part, but Mrs. Andrews's Mrs. Swansdown was the cleverest 
piece of amateur acting seen in New York for many a day. The 
pretty little theatre was filled to overflowing with a brilliant and 
fashionable audience, who testified by loud and oft-repeated applause 
their appreciation of the play and the actors. Among those present 
Avere Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Koosevelt, Mr. Lydig Suydam, Miss S. E. 
Minton, the Misses Shippen, Mr. and Mrs. Grenville Kane, Miss May 
Bird, the Misses Pell, Mrs. James B. Potter, Mrs. Alexander S. Webb, 
the Misses Webb, Mr. George Wotherspoon, the Misses Wotherspoon, 
the Misses Kemsen, the Misses Livingston, the Misses Matthews, Mr. 
Bloodgood, Miss Bloodgood, Miss Jane Campbell, Miss Kitty Waldo, 
Mr. W. Brenton Welling, Dr. and Mrs. Wynkoop, Miss Lawrence, Mr. 
Creighton Webb, Miss Leroy and Mr. Van Eensselaer. The ushers 
were Mr. James D. Livingston, Mr. Smith, Mr. Julian Bobbins and 
Mr. George Wotherspoon. 

IMi-s. D. Willis James gave a young people's party. 

Saturday, April 21. 

Ex-President Diaz was given a farewell dinner, at the Union 
League Club-house, by C. P. Huntington. The appointments of the 
dinner were in some respects more elegant than those at the dinner 
given by General Grant. The menus were mounted on a gilded stan- 
dard eighteen inches high. A ribbon of blue gros-grain silk, eight 
inches wide and terminating in long, heavy gold fringe, hung over the 
standard, bearing the Mexican cactus brocaded on its surface. 
Across the ribbon in large raised letters of dull gold appeared the 
name of the guest. Attached to this ribbon were three heavy, white 
silk panels, six by eight inches, bearing the* names of the guests and 
the menu ; on the outer one were the Mexican coat of arms and a 
picture of a steamer and a train of cars. It bore the inscription, 
" Farewell dinner to General Porfirio Diaz, on his departure from 
New York." The table was handsomely decorated with flowers and 
devices in confectionery, including a full-rigged steamer and a train 
of cars. At eight p.m. the company sat down, although General 
Grant and ex Governor Stanford had not yet arrived. Late in the 
evening short speeches wore made by Mr. Huntington, General Diaz, 



SATURDAY, APRIL 21. 



353 



General Grant and ex-Senator Conkling. The gnests were seated at 
a round table. To the left of Mr. Huntington sat General Grant, Mr. 
Komero, ex-Governor Stanford, Jay Gould, J. W. Pierce, Jose Kascon, 
H. B. Plant, E. L. Plumb, R. Chouval and J. E. Gates ; and to the 
right were General Portirio Diaz, Consul G. T. Navarro, Signor Ko- 
meo Rubio, ex-Senator Roscoe Conkling, D. O. Mills, Dr. E. Liceaga, 
Mr. Hameken, H. Sanford, Oliver Hoyt, A. Gutt and General Frisbie. 
The dinner was gotten up by Camovito, and the menus by Tiffany & 
Co. 

The thirty-fifth anniversary of the Old Guard was celebrated. At 
two o'clock^ in the afternoon the veterans, arrayed in their pictu- 
resque and showv uniforms, filed out of their headquarters into Fif- 
teenth Street, where they formed in line, under the command of 
Major-General McLean. They marched up Fifth Avenue to the 
Church of the Holy Trinity at Madison Avenue and Forty Second 
Street, where services were held and an address was made by the 
Rev. W. S. Rainsford, the chaplain of the organization. After the 
service, the veterans again formed in line and marched down Fifth 
Avenue, two abreast, to Delmonico's, where a substantial banquet 
awaited them. In the large ball-room five large tables, running the 
entire length of the room, were loaded down with floral offerings. Here 
and there were placed the gifts of visiting militiamen. After justice 
had been done to the dinner. Major McLean made a short introduc 
tory address. Colonel E. L. Gaul and Alderman Seaman replied to the 
toast, " Our City." " The Day we Celebrate" was responded to by 
President Henriques, who was loudly cheered at the end of his 
speech. General Barnum spoke on '"The National Guard," Major- 
General Slocum on " The Army and Navy," and Colonel Stevenson 
on " Our Veteran Guests." Among those present were Major-General 
Carr, Secretary of State, General Lloyd Aspinwall, General Duryea, 
General Shaler, General Don, of Troy, Major Stott, of Stottsville, 
Captain Mack, Captain Folsom, Major Macdonald, and Lieutenant 
Arnold, of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, 
Captain Hoibrook, Captain Wellington and Lieutenant Stockwell and 
Lieutenant Bacon, of the Worcester Continentals, Liutenant Smith 
and Lieutenant Tupper. of the Troy Citizens' Corps, Locke W. Win- 
chester, Lieutenant R. J. Lardner and Lieutenant J. Fell, of the 
Philadelphia First City Troop, Major Butler, of Hartford, Conn., and 
Colonel Edge, of Providence, R. I. Letters of regret w^ere received 
from Governor Cleveland, General Hancock, Surgeon-General Brj'ant 
and General McQuade. 

A pleasant company gathered at the Hotel Brunswick, the occasion 
being the annual dinner of the Veteran Corps of the Seventy-first 
Regiment. It was the twenty-second anniversary of the departure of 
the regiment for Washington at the outbreak of the rebellion, and the 
occasion called forth many reminiscences of that occasion, and the 



354 THE SEASON. 

stirring scenes which followed, and in which the command bore an 
honorable part. There were present as the guests of the Veteran 
CorjDs ex-Postmaster General James, Surgeon-General Josej)h D. Bry- 
ant, Algernon S. Sullivan, ex- Alderman Gednej^ and James D. Mc- 
Clelland. There were present of the active members of the regiment, 
Lieutenant-Colonel Palmer, Major Landon, Major Mcx\lpin, Captains 
Cowan, Leo and Townsend, Adjutant Stevensoa, and Lieutenant 
Barr}'. Letters regretting their inability to attend were read from 
Major-General Hancock, Mayor Edson, Levi M. Bates, and others. 
The toast " The Governor of the State of New York" was responded 
to by Surgeon-General Bryant, *' The Seventy-first Eegiment" by 
Lieutenant Colonel Palmer, " The Veteran Corps" by Lieutenant- 
Colonel Homes, and " Our Departed Comrades" by Algernon S. Sulli- 
van. Speeches were also made by ex-Postmaster-General James, 
James D. McClelland, and members of the Veteran Corps. Some of 
the old camp songs were sung. 

Monday, April 23. 

THE ST. GEOEGE's SOCIETY. 

The ninety-seventh anniversary of the St. George's Society of this 
city was celebrated, in the evening, by a dinner at Delmonico's. 
Over two hundred members and guests were present. The decora- 
tions of the room were very simple. The main table extended along 
the west side of the large dining-hall. Directly behind the jDresi- 
dent's chair was a life-size j)ortrait of Queen Victoria, representing 
her Majesty at about the age of her coronation. On one side of the 
picture was the American flag, and on the other the fiag of Great 
Britain ; each was flanked by a large shield bearing the Stars and 
Stripes, over which were intermingled smaller flags of both nations. 
Similar shields, smaller in .size and adorned in like manner, were 
ranged along the wall on the south side of the hall. The newly- 
elected president of the society, Edward Hill, occupied the chair at 
the middle of the main table. On his right sat the new Consul-Gen- 
eral, William Lane Booker, Walter Watson, President of the St. An- 
drew's Society, M.W. Cooper, of the New England Societ3% E. J. 
Cortis and the Kev. D. P. Morgan. On Mr. Hill's left sat Mayor Ed- 
son, Judge Shea, of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Judge Lawrence, 
of the St. Nicholas Society, Whitelaw Keid, the Eev. B. F. Da Costa, 
Brinley Eichardson and E. Forbes Campbell. The last-named gentle- 
man was the private secretary of Louis Napoleon during his Presi- 
dency of the Eepublic of France. He was also the intimate friend of 
Thiers, as well as of Lord Brougham. Among others present were 
Bryce Gray, E. T. Barrett, John D. Wing and Basil Gray, of London, 
Dr. Sand, John H. Seed, William Schall and Alexander Taylor, Jr. 

]VIr. and Mrs. William Taj'lor, of No. 74 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, 
entertained some five hundred of their friends, in the evening, the 



TUESDAY, APRIL 24 355 

fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. The house was beautifully 
decorated with flowers, and an addition was built and prettily deco- 
rated for a ball-room. Conterno's band furnished music. Eight of 
the children of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were present, four being dead, 
and their fourteen grandchildren. Late in the evening there was 
dancing, in which the host and hostess joined heartily. Mrs. Sterne 
and Miss Mamie Taylor, two daughters, helped their mother receive 
the company. The presents were numerous and handsome, includ- 
ing a fine bronze statue of Hebo, from the sons, and such articles as 
canes, books, dishes, etc. The guests included Mr. Seymour L. 
Husted, ex-Mayor and Mrs. Howell, Mr. Darwin 11. James, Miss 
James, Hon. John Oakey, Mr. Bernhard Peters, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. 
Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. George Whiting, Dr. J. B. Brown, Mr. Frederick 
Scholes,- Mr. H. B. Scholes, General J. S. Catlin, Lieutenant Bacon, 
of the Army, Lieutenant Bates, of the Navy, Dr. Ward, Dr. Palmer, 
Mr. D. P. Barnard, Mr. Robert Payne, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. 
Knapp, Mr. E. F. Coe, Mr. Howard Burroughs, of New York, Mr. 
Ambrose Snow, Mr. George H. Andrews, Mr. Eugene G. Blackford, 
Mr. William J. Coombs, the Rev. Mr. Darlington, the Eov. Mr. Mc- 
Cullough, Mr. J. C. De La Vergne, Mr. J. Gridley, Mr. E. M. Gridley, 
Mr. A. H. Hodges, Colonel Arminton, Mr. James Howe, Mr. L. C. 
Ivory, Mr. and Mrs. Kneeland, Miss Kneeland, Mr. Laurence Knee- 
land, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Nessle, of Newark, Mr. Sidney Osborn, 
Dr. Olcott, Miss Olcott, Dr. and Mrs. George Robinson, Mr. and Mry. 
T. F. Rowland and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hoflimire. 

Company K, of the Twelfth Regiment, gave a musicale and re- 
ception at the Armory, Broadway and Forty-fitth Street, and enter- 
tained a number of lady and gentlemen friends outside of the com- 
pany. ]\L:s. Belle Cole and others sang, and dancing began at ten 
P.M. Captain William V. King and other officers were present. 

Llrs. E. N. Dickerson gave a reception. 



Tuesday, April 21. 

Miss Eugenia Leonee Schieffelin, a daughter of Edgar Schieffelin, 
Esq., and a granddaughter of the late Judge Effingham Schieffelin, 
was married to Mr. Charles Frederick Hoffman, Jr., at St. Thomas's 
Church, at five o'clock. The ceremony was performed by the groom's 
father, the Rev. Dr. Charles F. Hoffman, assisted by the Rev. Dr. E. 
A. Hoffman, Dean of the General Theological Seminary, uncle of the 
groom, and by the Rev. Dr. William F. Morgan, rector of the church. 
The church, which was crowded with wedding guests, was profusely 
trimmed with palms and other exotics. The Ijridal procession was 
led by six ushers, Mr. Edgar S. Schieffelin, brother of the bride, Mr, 
William H. Russell, Sir. Gouverneur Morris, Mr. J. Murray Mitchell, 



356 THE SEASON. 

Mr. D. Augustus Clarkson and Mr. "W, Fellows Morgan. The brides- 
maids were Miss Clara B. Schieffelin and Miss Stella L. Scbieffelin, 
sisters of the bride, Miss Eleanor Hoffman, sister of the groom, and 
Miss Caroline "White. Their dresses were of white Ottoman silk, 
made with trains edged with narrow satin ruffles, and with draperies 
of white crepe de chine, and trimmings of pearl j^assementerie. The 
square waists were trimmed with lace and pearls, and the dainty tulle 
veils were held in place with white ostrich tips. A group of ostrich 
tips ornamented their waists, and they wore i^earl jewels and carried 
bouquets of Jacqueminot roses. The bride's dress of white satin had 
a long train, edged with a narrow pleating and with pleated front 
trimmed with two lengthwise jabots of lace, headed by garlands of 
white roses, lilies of the valley and orange blossoms. The Pompadour 
corsage was filled in and trimmed with point lace, while on the left 
side was placed a cluster of flowers. The elbow sleeves were trimmed 
with lace and flowers, and her long veil of beautiful point lace was 
held by a cluster of orange blossoms on one side, while on the other, 
diamond pins held it in place. The groom's best man was his 
brother, Mr, William M. B. Hoffman. 

The large reception which followed the ceremony was held at the 
residence of the bride's parents. No. 605 Fifth Avenue, where the 
spacious drawing-rooms were profuse!}' trimmed with flowers and 
plants. The bride and groom stood under a large bell of flowers, over 
which masses of smilax were gathered back on either side, forming a 
canopy. Baskets of flowers hung in the archways, roses and smilax 
festooned the chandeliers, and masses of exotics filled in the corners 
and screened from view the musicians. The bride's mother, Mrs. 
Schieffelin, was dressed in cream-white brocaded velvet, made with 
train, cut in squares, falling over narrow satin pleatings. The front, of 
white satin, was shirred and puffed, and the square-necked bodice 
was trimmed with point lace. Her ornaments were diamonds. 
Among the guests present at the church and reception were Mr. and 
Mrs. Kichard L. Schieffelin, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Schieffelin, Mr. 
and Mrs. Samuel B. Schieffelin, Eev. Dr. and :Slrs. Charles F. Hoff- 
man, Dean and Mrs. E. A. Hoffman, Mr. E. A. Hoffman, Jr., 
Miss Hoffman, Mrs. Samuel Verplanck Hoff'man, Mr. and Mrs. Will- 
iam S. Livingston, Miss Livingston, Hon. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, 
Miss Fish, Mr. Northcote, Mr. and Mrs. J. Van Yechten Alcott, Mayor 
and Mrs. Setli Low, Mr. and Mrs. Kobert G. Eemsen, the Misses 
Remsen, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Schieffelin, Mrs. Valentine Hall, Jr., 
Miss Hall, Mr. John Hammersly, Mr. J. Hooker Hammersly, Miss 
Hammersly, Mr. and Mrs. C.^tus W. Field, Mr. and Mrfj. Stuyvesant 
Fish, Admiral and ]\Irs. Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Livingston, 
Miss Clara Livingston, General and Mrs. U. S. Grant, Secretary and 
Mrs. Frelinghuysen, INIiss Frelinghuysen, Governor and Mrs. Hoff- 
man, Governor and Mrs. Cornell, Bight Eev. Bishop Potter, Miss 
Potter, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dutilgh, Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge T. 
Gerry, Mr. and Mrs. Eobert J. Livingston, Mr. T. J. Oakley Ehine- 



TUESDAY, APRIL 24 857 

lander, Miss Gouverneur, Mr. and ]\Irs. Samuel Sloane, Mr. and !Mrs. 
Alexander Chisliolm, Mrs. C. C. Barclay, Mr. James L. White, Mr. J. 
Russell White, the Eight Rev. Bishop Doane, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Mor- 
gan Dix, Rev. Dr. William F. Morgan, Mr. Rufus King, Judge and Mrs. 
John Fitch, Judge and Mrs. Lawrence Smith, Mr. J. N. Smith, Mr. 
and Mrs. George A. Pell, Mr. Alfred Doanc, Mr. Morgan B. Barnwell, 
Rev. and Mrs. McKay Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Boerum Wetmore, Mr. 
and Mrs. John Schuyler, Miss Schuyler, Mr. Duncan Elliott, Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles De Rham, the Misses Phillips, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. John 
Hall, Mr. Sibley Carhart, Mrs. McCuskry, Miss Reed, ex-Senator and 
Mrs.' Stockton, Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, Mr. and Mrs. D. O. 
Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Frank White, Mr. and Mrs. Pierrepont, Mr. and 
Mrs. William M. Vail, Miss Vail, Air. and Mrs. Theodore F. Vail, Mr. 
and Mrs. Edward Vail, Mr. and Mrs. John N. Alcott, the Misses Alcott, 
Judge and ]\Ii*3. T. R. Westbrook, Mrs. John A. Hadden, the Messrs. 
Hadden, Mrs. Francis S. Banks, Mrs. David S. Banks, Mr. Ward 
McAllister, Miss Louise McAllister, the Misses Hamilton, Judge and 
Mrs. Edward Pierrepont, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Stebbins, MissStebbins 
]yir. and Mrs. Oscar Livingston, Mrs. A. Wharton Bickler, Hon. and 
Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Jr., General and Mrs. Di Cesnola, Mr. and Mrs. 
Theodore Storm, Admiral and Mrs. Nicholson, ex-Secretary and Mrs, 
Bristow, Miss Bristow, President and Mrs. Barnard, the Misses 
Furniss and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Hoag. After the reception the 
bride and groom started on a wedding tour. 

Mr. J. Alden W^eir was married to Miss Anna Dwight Baker* 
daughter of the late Colonel Charles T. Baker, in the afternoon, at 
the Church of the Ascension, at four o'clock p.m., the Rev. Dr. Don- 
ald officiating, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Mottet. The chancel was 
profusely trimmed with flowering plants and exotics, and on the steps 
the groom awaited the coming of the bridal party, assisted by his best 
man, Mr. Lindley Johnson, of Philadelphia. The bride walked up 
the aisle with her mother, who gave her away. Her dress of white 
satin was made with long train and front covered with a drapery of 
point lace, over point lace flounces. The square bodice was trimmed 
with lace, and her long tulle veil was worn under a spray of orange 
blossoms and white lilacs. Her ornaments were pearls. The brides- 
maids were Miss Ernestine Fabri, Miss Lilla Davis, Miss Carrie V/eir, 
sister of the groom, and Miss Jessie Lansing. Their dresses were of 
white satin, trimmed with lace, and they wore Duchess of Devonshire 
hats. The ushers were Mr. Charles Nourse, Mr. Archibald Russell, 
Mr. Poultney Bigelow, Mr. W. H. Bingham, Mr. William T. Blodgett, 
and Mr. William M. Chase, The reception held at the residence of 
the bride's mother, No. 64 ^7est Thirty-fifth Street, was very small, 
being confined to the relatives and intimate friends. The parlors 
were elaborately trimmed with flowers, and Pinard served a collation. 
Among the wedding guests were General and IMrs. W^ebb, the Misses 
Webb, air. and Mrs. Fabri, Mr. and Mrs. Miles Beach, Mr. and Mrs. 



358 THE SEASON. 

Jonathan Dwight, Mrs. Jonathan Dwight, Mr. Eobert Weir, Mr. and 
Mrs. Robert ^V^ Weir, I\Ir. and Mrs. Robert F. Weir, Mrs. Henrj 
Weir, Mr. and Mrs John Weir, Miss French, Miss Greble, Dr. and 
Mrs. R. C. Derby, Miss Derby, Miss Alden, Mr. and Mrs. Percy AJden, 
Mr. and jMrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt. 

A very pretty and fashionable -wedding was solemnized, at half past 
three, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, corner of Clinton and Monta- 
gue Streets, Brooklyn. The bride v.as'^Miss Emily Glentworth Smith, 
daughter of Mr. J, Mildeberger Smith, and the groom Mr. Andrew 
Jackson, son of the late Judge Thomas B. Jackson, of Newtown, L. I. 
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Charles Hall, rector of 
the church, in a most imjDressive manner. The ushers were Mr. 
Eugene da Costa, of New York, Mr. Edward Kindberg, of this city, 
Mr. Wellington Hall and Mr. John Diamond, of New York, Dr. John 
Wellwood and Mr. John Buckley, Brooklyn. They all wore houlon- 
nleres of a white rose and maiden-hair ferns. The bride and groom 
were attended by two little children, Miss Theodora L. da Costa and 
Master Herbert Glentworth Turner. They preceded the bride and 
groom, who walked in together, strewing Howers in their path. The 
little girl wore a very pretty dress of soft white Ottoman Surah, 
trimmed with Spanish lace and Avhite satin ribbons. Her basket of 
flowers v»-eru different kinds of roses. Master Turner wore a dark 
cloth suit and a pretty houtonniere. The bride, who was given away 
by her father, looked charming in a travelling costume of crushed- 
strawberry Ottoman silk, the front being of imported crushed-straw- 
berry Ottoman jjassementerie. The bodice was finished by a jabot of 
fine duchesse lace, and she carried a handkerchief of the same lace, a 
gift from her mother. Her bonnet was of the Ottoman and duchesse 
lace, trimmed with ostrich tips, and she wore diamond ornaments, 
the gift of her father and the groom. Her bouquet of Nephetos roses, 
lilies of the valley and maiden-hair fern was tied by a broad white 
satin ribbon. At the conclusion of the ceremon}' a brilliant reception 
to about two hundred guests was held at the residence of the bride's 
parents. No. 96 Livingston Street. The spacious parlors were beauti- 
fully decorated with flowers and smilax, and an excellent collation 
was served. Among the many guests at the house and church v/ere 
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Jones, ex-Judgo and Mrs. Samuel Jones, Mrs. 
Ferdinand Wilmerdmg, Mr. and Mrs. Coleman WiJliams, Miss Chees- 
nian, Mr. and Mrs. Guilmetle, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Turner, Dr. 
Fessenden, Mr. and Mrs. Y\^iliiam Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander 
Kirkland, "Mr. George D. Roberts, Mr. D. O. Mills, Sr., ex-Postmaster 
James, Postmaster and Mrs. Pearson, Dr. Parker, Mons. and Mme. 
Barbey, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maclay, Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Giles, 
Mrs. R. N. W. Thorne, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Washburn, Dr. and Mrs. 
Gilchrest, Mr. Oliver T. Mildeberger, Dr. Yv". Jones, Dr. and Mrs. 
Serre, LIi's. Underbill, Miss Bessie Floyd-Jones, Colonel and Mrs. De 
Lancey Floyd-Jones, Professor W. Chipman, all cf New York, Captain 



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25. 359 

and Mrs. Braine and Captain and Mrs. Harmony, U. S. N., General 
and Mrs. Tracy, Mrs. II. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Saranel Jackson and 
the Misses Jackson, of Flushing, L. I., Maj'or and ]\Irs. Seth Low, 
Mr. and Mrs. R. Kindberg, the Misses Davidson, Misses Jlay and 
Nellie Jones, cousins of the bride. Judge and Mrs. Armstrong, Mr. 
and Mrs. Theodore Armstrong, Count Lepkowski, ]\Ir. and ]\Irs. Ed- 
ward Landers, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Pool, Mr. and Mrs. Weller, of 
Hempstead, L. I., Miss Onderdonk and the Messrs. Onderdonk, Mr. 
and Mrs. N. G. Bradford, of Westchester, Mr. Brandrcth, of Sing 
Sing, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Bache, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Stocking, 
Mrs. Carmichael and niece, Mr. Marcus Gaspar, Mr. and Mrs. Willie 
"Wallach, of Ravenswood, L. I., Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Riker, of Ncvn'- 
town, L. L? Mr. and Mrs. John Riker, Captain and Mrs. Lynch and 
the Misses Lynch, U. 8. N., Hon and Mrs. John Oakej^, Dr. and Mrs. 
Harve}"", Judge and ]\Ii*s. Field, of Washington, Hon. and Mrs. John 
McClintock, Rev. Dr. and ]\Irs. Seabury, Mrs. McPherson and many 
others. 

Wednesday, April 25. 

Grace Church was filled with a fashionable throng, in the after- 
noon, when the Rev. Dr. Potter united in marriage Miss Mary Rhine- 
lander Stewart, a daughter of Mrs. Lispenard Stewart, and Mr. Frank 
Spencer Witherbee. The ceremony was performed at half past three 
o'clock. The groom and his best man, his cousin, Mr. Walter C. 
Witherbee, awaited the coming of the bridal party in the flower- 
docked altar, where, amid the tall palm trees, were placed two great 
baskets of Ascension lilies, on pedestals of green. The bridal proces- 
sion was led by the ushers, ilr. Lispenard Stewart, brother of the 
groom, Mr. T. J. Oakley Rhinelander, Mr. H. Le Grand Cannon, Mr. 
G. Harry Warren, Lieutenant-Commander Gorringe, and Professor 
Henry W. Farnum, of Yale College, New Haven. They wore frock 
coats and white satin cravats, with diamond crescent pins, the gifts 
of the groom. The bridesmaids were Miss Florence Witherbee, sister 
of the bridegroom. Miss Edith Bell, Miss Annie S. Gautier, Miss Pau- 
line Oothout, Miss Marian Robbins, and Miss Grace Stebbins. Their 
picturesque and becoming dresses were of white satin de Lyon, made 
with trains, bordered by narrow ruffles and with fronts of crystal em- 
broidered lace. The square necks were trimmed v/ith the crystal Lice. 
They wore veils of tulle, confined to the coiffures under ostrich tips. 
They carried large bouquets of pink roses, and each wore a diamond 
crescent, the gift of the bride. The bride's dress of white satin was 
made with very long, full train and front covered with flounces of 
point lace under an apron drapery. The square bodice was profusely 
trimmed with point lace and garlands of orange blossoms, amid 
which glistened a number of diamond pins. Her veil of point lace 
was draped over her shoulders and confined to the coiffure under a 
spray of orange blossoms. Her necklace was of diamonds, and she 



300 THE SEASOX. 

carried a bouquet of white roses. She was given away by her brother, 
Mr. Lispenard Stewart, on v>^hose arm she entered, 

A reception followed the ceremonj^ at the residence of the bride's 
mother, No. 605 Fifth Avenue. Among the guests at the church and 
house were Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. William Ehine- 
lander, the Misses Khinelander, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Lee, the 
Misses Lee, Mrs. Witherbee, Miss Witherbee, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. 
Witherbee, Mrs. William H. Yanderbilt, Mrs. Sloane, Mr. and Mrs. 
W. K. Yanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. William Astor, Miss Astor. Mr. and 
Mrs. Coleman Drayton, the Misses Beekman, Mrs. Louis Clark, Miss 
Leroy, General and Mrs. Webb, the Misses Webb, Mrs. H. J. Brooks, 
Mrs.'D. O. Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Eeid, Miss Livingston, Mr. 
and Mrs. Cavendish Bentinck, Mr. and Mrs. George Heftry Warren, 
Miss Warren, Mrs. Swan, Miss Swan, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Alden, ]\Ir. 
and Mrs. Eobert Goelet, Mr. Bayard Clarke, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Gautier, 
I\[r. and Mrs. Tailer, the Misses Tailer, General and Mrs. Burnett, 
Mrs. Heckscher, the Misses Heckscher, Mr. and Mrs. Eobert Eemsen, 
the Misses Eemsen, Mr. and Mrs. William Eemsen, Mr. and Mrs. 
Pierre Lorillard, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Jr., Mrs. Hall, Miss 
Anna Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Witherbee, Mr. Silas Witherbee, Jr., 
Mrs. Murray, Colonel Eeed, the Misses Marie, Miss Winthrop, Mrs. 
Lansing, Miss Lansing, Mr. Pierrepont, son of the English Minister, 
Mrs. Frederick Bronson, Mrs. Iselin, the Misses Iselin, the Misses 
Sands, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Eoosevelt, Mr. Pamsh, Mrs. Eobert 
Cutting and Iklrs. E. E. Colgate. 

At the handsome receptioa given by Mr. and Mrs. Demas Barnes 
and Miss Cora Barnes at their house, in First Place, Brooklyn, 
among others present were Mr, and Mrs. Henry Sheldon, Mr. and 
Mrs. S. B. Chittenden, Mr. and Mrs. John Van Buren Thayer, Mr. 
and Mrs. Camden Dike, Mr, and Mrs, David M, Stone, Mr, and Mrs. 
Henry W, Chatfield, the Misses Lyall, Mr, and Mrs, M, B. Edson, 
Miss Fanny Edson, Eev. and Mrs. Lyman, Judge and Mrs. Winslow, 
Mr. and Mrs. Prentice, Mr. and Mrs. AT3raham Wyckoff and Mrs. 
Cummings. 

In a week so crowded with charitable and dramatic enterprises, it 
is refreshing to refer to an entertainment of a purely private charac- 
ter, which yielded not a little pleasure to those who took part in it. 
Mrs, Bailey Myers and Mrs, Julian James had an informal gathering 
in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Eobin, of Paris. Mr. Eobin, who has a 
baritone voice of good quality and much cultivation, sung several 
times most delightfully, his accompaniments, as played by Mr. Kor- 
bay, giving almost as much pleasure as his songs. Miss Marie Hunt 
played a sonata of Chopin with great execution and brilliancy, and 
Miss Florence Mathews delighted the audience by her tender and 
expressive recitation of the simple French ballad, " Pourquoi j'aime 
les violettes." The afternoon was altogether a most enjoyable one. 



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25. 3G1 

Miss Margaret E. Sloan, daug liter of Samuel Sloan, President of 
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Kailroad, was married to the 
Eev. Joseph liankin Duryee, pastor of the Keformed Chnrch at Sev- 
enth Avenue and Fifty-fourth Street, at half past twelve p.m., in the 
South Ileformed Church at Fifth Avenue and Twenty-first Street. 
The Hev. Dr. Eoderick Terry read the service. The best man was 
Edward H. Duryee, of Islewark, brother of the groom. The ushers 
were William S. Sloan, S. M. Hammill, Jr., Dr. G. A. Van Wagenen, 
Samuel Sloan, Jr., J. S. Polhemus, W. L. Brower, William C. Osborn, 
Charles A. Moran and G. A. Duryee. The bridesmaids were Miss 
Elizabeth L. Sloan, Miss Mary Adelaide Sloan, Miss Elizabeth S. 
Bennett, Miss Amy C. Duryee, Miss Hoffman, Miss Chambers, Miss 
Grace Arnold, Miss Eapallo, Miss Mitchell and Miss Evarts. They 
made a very pretty appearance in dresses of white nainsook muslin, 
trimmed with lace and pink bows, and white straw Gainsborough 
hats, faced with dark green velvet, trimmed with apple blossoms, 
wild roses or sweet j^eas. The bride wore a white satin robe, the cor- 
sage being buttoned to the throat. The front of the dress was laid in 
•white satin folds and lace flounces alternating, and the veil of point 
lace was caught by orange flowers. A reception was held from one to 
three p.m. at Mr. Sloan's house. No. 21 West Seventeenth Street, 
where the bridal pair stood under a pair of floral horseshoes. Pinard 
served refreshments. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. 
Osborn, Mrs. John Auchincloss, Mr. and Mrs. Percy R. Pyne, the 
Eev. Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Auchincloss, 
the Eev. Dr. and Mrs. John Hall, Mrs. J. P. Morgan, Mrs. Jonathan 
Stui-ges, the Eev. Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Taylor, Mrs. P. S. Duryee, 
Eobert S. Hone, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Mr. and Mrs. William 
M. Evarts, Mr. and :\Ii-s. Stuyvesant Fish, President and Mrs. F. A. P. 
Barnard, Dr. and Mrs. Austin Flint, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John A. C. 
Gray, Dr. and Mrs. Jared Linsly, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Terry, Pro- 
fessor and Mrs. H. F. Osborn, Judge and Jilrs. C. A. Eapallo, Mr. and 
Mrs. William Eankin, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bookstaver, the Eev. D. 
and Mrs. William E. Duryee, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tillinghast, Mr. 
and Mrs. Arthur B. Graves, the Eev. Dr. and Mrs. Talbot W. Cham- 
bers, Mr. and Mrs. Eichard Irvin, Mr. and Mrs. Elias S. Higgins, Dr. 
and Mrs. Janeway, Benjamin G. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Fabre, Mr. and 
Mrs. Cyrus W. Field, Mr. and Mrs. George Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. 
Kenned}', General and Mrs. McClellan, Mrs. F. P. James, Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry Day, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gould, Dr. S. O. Vanderpoel, Mr. and 
Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Sturges, Mr. and 
Mrs. Samuel Thorne, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Webster, Air. and Mrs. 
Eobert Winthrop, Mr. and Mrs. Elmendorf, ]\lr. and Mrs. H. E. 
Pieriepont, Mr. and Mrs. Stockton, Miss Stockton, Mr. and Mrs. J. 
M. Toucey, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Giraud Foster, Dr. and Mrs. William 
Lusk, Jklr. and I^Irs. William Walter Phelps and Mr. and Mrs. W. K. 
Thorne. 



362 THE SEASON. 

Miss Violet Koberts was married to Herbert A. Robertson, at five 
P.M., in Trinitj' Chapel, by the Kev. Dr. Swope. The best man was 
Mr. Freeman. The ushers were John Wetmore, Dr. Hunter, E. C. 
Oswald, and C. Meien. The bridesmaids were Miss Fanny Eoberts, 
Miss Minnie Robertson and Miss Gussie Raynor. The bride's dress 
was of white Ottoman, with a velvet front. A reception was held at 
No. 103 East Sixtieth Street. 

Miss Annie Mills Barker was married to James Evans Tyler, in St. 
Ann's Church, at half past four p.m., by the Rev. Dr. Thomas Gal- 
laudet. The ushers were N. F. Brittain and W. R. Trigg. 

Miss Clara Lorraine Sands was married to Charles F. Connor at 
eleven a.m., in the Church of the Holy Communion, by the Rev. H. 
L. Mottet. 

Miss Harriet J. Hinton was married to John C. Green, of Clifton, 
N. J., at the house of T. J. Brown, No. 110 East Fortieth Street, the 
bride's uncle, in the evening, by the Rev. W. Howland, of Passaic. 
F. M. Shepard was the best man. Miss Grace Sykes and Miss Hattie 
Brown were the bridesmaids. The ushers were George W. Pease 
and E. R. Reynolds. A reception was held. 

Miss Lulu McDowell, daughter of Robert McDowell, was married, 
in the evening, at eight o'clock, in Trinity Church, Brooklyn, to Will- 
iam Mollier, of Chicago. The marriage service was read by the Rev. 
Dr. Charles Hall. There were no bridesmaids. The ushers were 
Herman Meyer, H. W. Miller, Mr. Losier and Mr. Robertson. A 
reception was given at the house of the bride's parents. No. 315 
Wyckoff Street. 

A. S. Carhart gave a dinner-party, in the evening, at Delmonico's. 

Mrs. Stone, of No. 64 East Fifty-fifth Street, gave a luncheon-party. 

• Mrs. Haslehurst, of No. 114 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, gave a din- 
ner-party. 

"the pkincess," by amateubs. 

A dramatic performance by amateurs was given, in the afternoon, 
in the Madison Square Theatre in aid of the fuad for erecting a 
pedestal for the Bartholdi Statue. The performance will be repeated 
this afternoon and to-morrow afternoon. The production of an act 
from the dramatized version, by Professor Shields, of Tennyson's 
Frincess was the special feature of the performance. It was preceded 
by a three-act play, 2he Old Love and the New, written by Frank Har- 
vey. The cast was as follows : 



WEDNESDAY, APlilL 25. 



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Stephen Grant KobertS IIiU 

Sir Edward Malvern Alexander T.Mason 

Austin Gray .Edward Coward 

Helen Malvern Mrs. J. B. Potter 

Agatha Bhuid ' .• • • •^lis'^ Alice Ashmore 

Mrs Peulei'^h . ^Ii^s Cornelia \ an Aulcen 

Chilj r. Archie Harrison 

The plot was a simple one. Mrs. Potter, Mr. Coward and Mr. Hill 
were especially successful in pleasing the audience. The Tnncess 
Wiis dressed and acted with much spirit and good effect. It was 
warmly applauded, and the floral tributes were abundant. The sing- 
ing of several of Tennyson's songs, " Blow, bugles, blow," " Sweet 
and low," " Kest, rest, sleep and rest," and " Tears, idle tears,' by 
members of the Mendelssohn Glee Club behind the scenes, aided the 
performance. The Princess, Mrs. James Brown Potter, was seen as 
the curtain rose sitting on a throne, wearing a sleeveless, creamy-col- 
ored robe and a student's cap. Lady Blanche, Miss Van Auken, sat 
at a desk at her right ; she vvore a quaint scarlet and salmon costume 
and a student's cap. The entrance of the Prince, C^-ril and Florian, 
and the dialogues that ensued, gave Mrs. Potter a chance for the 
spirited declamation of Tennyson's woman's rights sentiments. The 
three men were dressed in long v>^hite robes, touching the ground, 
with yellow and crimson hoods. The entrance of the fifteen " sweet 
girl graduates," chanting a Latin college song, and wearing gowns of 
crushed-strawberry or canary over white, and student caps, was very 
pretty. Their drill and evolutions, under the leadership of Lady 
Psyche, provoked much laughter. The scene ended with the marriage 
of the Prince and Princess, which was made more imposing by the 
entrance of a number of people in the costumes worn at the Vander- 
bilt ball. Among the latter were Robert Hone, Mr. Gurnee, Mr. 
Beckwith, Miss Alice Lawrence, Miss Seward, Mrs. Pirsson, Mrs. 
Walsh, Mrs. Vail and Miss Ptutherfurd. The cast was as follows : 

Prince'jg Mrs. James Brown Potter 

Lady Psyche V.'. Mrs. W. S. Andrews 

L'ldv Blanclie .. Miss Cornelia Van Auken 

Meli^^a Mrs. F. W. White 

Portress ....Miss Seward 

Prince * Robert Gale Hill 

Cyril .......... ........ Mr. Von Eltz 

rioriaii . . . . .' James B. Townsend 

The student maidens included the Misses Stebbins, Miss Field, Miss 
Pettit, Miss Hawkins, Miss Ashmore, Miss Virginia Lawrence, Miss 
Julia Van Duzer, and the Misses Alice and Beta Lawrence. Among 
those present were Mr. and Mrs. John Sherwood, Mrs. E. M. Hunt, 
Mrs. J. C. Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Burton N. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. 
James Strong, Mrs. Luckemeyer, Mr. and Mrs. Eichard Irvin, Jr., G. 
G. Haven, Mr. and Mrs. Parke Godwin, Mrs. Laurence Turnure, Miss 
Jennie Turnure, A. A. and Mrs. Low, Mr. and Mrs. George Henry 
^yarren, Ward McAllister, Miss McAllister, John Austin Stevens, 
Creighton Webb, and Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin. 



364 THE SEASOir. 

At the Manhattan Club, a dinner, long to be remembered for its 
snmptuousness and beauty, was given by Mr. Benjamin Hart, in 
honor of Mr, Thomas E. Davis, who had just returned from Paris, 
where he represents the house of Mr. Heath, the well-known broker. 
The dinner was served on a round table, the centre of which was 
covered with two immense beds of lovely roses and lilies of the valley. 
In every nook and corner of the room were flowers and hot-house 
jDlants. The gentlemen invited to meet the guest of the evening were 
Hon. August Belmont, Mr. John G. Heckscher, General William Cut- 
ting, Judges Abraham K. Lawrence and Gunning S. Bedford, Messrs. 
Charles E. Fearing, Beverly Robinson, Frederick R. Coudert, J. 
Bowers Lee, Aaron J. Vanderpuel, H. J. Nicholas, H. Wilder Allen, 
Clement B. Barclay, William Heath, Thomas R. Fisher, Charles E. 
Quincey and Frederick Neilson. Each guest had a large dinner card, 
with his picture painted thereon in water colors, portraying some 
characteristic of the particular individual, whose name was embossed 
in large gold letters underneath the painting. The raenu was of a 
very delicate pearl color, with a broad band of gold around the edges, 
and was replete with all the delicacies of the season and the finest of 
wines. 

The closing performance of the Kemble occurred at the Brooklyn 
Academy of Music. The lobby was charmingly decked vath a profu- 
sion of tall palms and ferns and flowering plants, and the stage was 
also tastefully decorated. There was a large and brilliant audience 
present to witness Buckstone's comedy, in four acts, entitled A Single 
Life, which was j)resented with this cast : 

Miss Caroline Coy, a vilified spinster Miss A. Fitzallen 

Miss]\fariaMacaw, a man hating spinster Mrs. S. Davis 

Miss Kitty Skylark, a singing spinster Miss Annie L. Hyde 

Miss Sarah Snare, an insinuating spinister Miss Carrie Frost 

Miss Jessie Meadows, a romantic spinster Miss Ida May Thompson 

Mr. John Niggle, a fluctuating bachelor Mr. H. H. Gardner 

Mr. David Damper, a woman-hating bachelor Mr. W. A. Clarke 

Mr. Peter Pinkey, a bashful bachelor Mr. Deane Pratt 

Mr. Narcissus Boss, a self-loving bachelor Mr. M. J. Benjamin 

Mr. Charles Chester, a mysterious bachelor Mr. R C, Hilliard 

The first concert of the Cortada Glee Club, which is under the ad- 
mirable direction of Mr. Augustin Cortada, occurred at the Assembly 
Rooms of the Brooklyn Academy, in the evening. It was a delightful 
entertainment, and a great success in every particular. Among the 
most enjoyable numbers on the programme were Rubenstein's 
"Awaking of the Rose," Schumann's "Ballad of the Goose Boy," 
and " The Mountain Boy," that delicious composition of Schubert's. 
Mrs. Austin H. Watson, who possesses a sweet, rich contralto voice, 
sang ■' The Message," by Blumenthal, and was enthusiastically encored. 
Mrs. Watson wore a beautiful Watteau dress of delicate pink and blue 
brocade, with coquelles of point lace. Mrs. John Van Buren Thayer 
performed Weber's " Invitation to the Waltz" on the piano, with fine 



THURSDAY, APRIL 26. 3G5 

effect, being accompanied by her sister, Miss Chatfield, on the harp. 
Dr. Morgan sang " Across the Far Bhie Hills, Marie," by Blumentlial, 
and Mrs. Henry J. CuUcu rendered " I Love My Love" very sweetly. 
Among those in the audience were Mrs. Washington A. Roebling, 
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Vail, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Nichols, Mayor 
and Mrs. Seth Low, Rev. and Mrs. Albert J. Lyman, Hon. and Mrs. 
J. S. T. Stranahan, :^I^^ and Mrs. Marples, the Misses Hunter, Mr. 
and Mrs. Richard Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon, Mr. and Mrs. Pren- 
tice, Mr. and Mrs Tunis Bergen, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Taylor, the 
Misses Fairchild, Mr. and Mrs. iVlmet Jenks and Hon. and IVIrs. S. B. 
Chittenden. 

Thursday, April 26. 

Da\id Dows, Jr., and Miss Jennie Grant Strahan, daughter of John 
H. Strahan, the lawyer, were married, in the evening, at Mr. Stra- 
han's house. No. 15 East Fifty-third Street, by the Rev. Dr. William 
M. Taylor. The house was prettily decorated with festoons of smilax 
and with rosee. C. L. Walters, of Baltimore, Md., was the best man. 
The ushers were Mr. Belknap, Mr. Marshall, Stephen Hoe and 
Poultney Bigelow. The bridesmaids. Miss Laflin, Miss Dows, Miss 
Adams and Miss Bowman, were all schoolmates of the bride. They 
were dressed in white silk, short dresses trimmed with Valenciennes 
lace. The bride wore a white satin robe with pearl fringe trimmings 
and a tulle veil, fastened with a diamond tiara. She also wore a dia- 
mond crescent. Among the guests were ]Mr. and Mrs. David Dows, 
Robert Strahan, of Edinburgh, Scotland, Mrs. A. B. Watt, of London, 
Eng., Andrew H. Green, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Mooney, Mr. and 
Mrs. William Belden, of Syracuse, Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Goodwin, Miss 
Adams, Miss Brewster, Miss Hewitt, of Brooklyn, Mr. and Mrs. 
Daniel Cottier, Mr. Ingalls, jMr. and Mrs. Blakesly, George W. Nash, 
Miss Nash, Mr. and ]\Irs. J. C. Strahan, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Water- 
bury, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander E. Orr, the Misses Orr, the Rev. W. S. 
Rainsford and Mr. and Mrs, George B. Cooksey. 

Miss Charlotte L. Meday, daughter of J. P. Meday, was married to 
E. W. Price, at three p.m., in All Souls' Church, by the Rev. R. Heber 
Newton. The best man was E. D. Peny. The ushers were Warren 
Bostwick, Henry May, Francis Ward and Mr. Holland. The bride 
wore a dress of golden-brown satin, with a train of cream brocade, 
trimmed with duchesse lace. There was a large attendance at the 
church, but there was no reception held. 

Miss Eveline Gross, daughter of the late Frederick H. Gross, was 

^married to Thomas O'Callahan, Jr., in the evening, in St. Leo's 

Roman Catholic Church, in East Twenty-eighth Street. The Rev. 

Father P. A. Halpin read the service. Frederick Brunner was the 

best man. The ushers were W. D. Hamerslj^ F. Wilson, J. B. Jarvis 



366 THE SEAS OK 

and T. Fitzsimmons. The bride wore a dress of white Ottoman silk 
with a front of satin and a veil garnished with orange blossoms. A 
reception was held after the ceremony. 

The wedding of Miss Florence Wheeloek and Kobert P. Vidaud 
took place, in the evening, at the house of O. D. Wheeloek, the bride's 
father, No. 161 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn. The Eev. Henry Ward 
Beecher married the pair. Miss Clara Wheeloek, the bride's sister, 
was the best maid. The best man was Lynden Arnold. The brides- 
maids were Miss Fannie Vidand, Miss May Wheeloek, Miss Mary 
Dodsworth and Miss Alice Mason. The bridesmaids were attired in 
nun's veiling, trimmed with Oriental lace, and they carried bouquets 
of various roses. A reception followed the ceremony. 

Mrs. Charles Graham Bacon gave a reception for her son, William 
Wadsworth Russell, and his wife, who were married at the Church of 
the Heavenly Rest on April -Ith, Miss Russell assisted in receiving 
the guests. Mrs. Russell wore her wedding dress of silver brocade 
and moire. Among those present were Captain William C. Casey, 
Mrs. W. B. Casey, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dickey, Mr. and Mrs. Fred- 
erick Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sloane, Mr. and Mrs. N. W. 
Anthony, Miss Forbes, Dr. Francis M. Weld, Mrs. Winthrop G. Ray, 
Miss Ray, the Misses Grinnell, Mrs. Rogers, H. M. Hyde, Mrs. Gren- 
ville Winthrop, the Misses Winthrop, Miss Conkling, Gibson Jaffray, 
the Rev. Dr. E. C. Guilbert, Mrs. Pirsson, Miss Pirsson, Mr. and Mrs. 
J. Searle Barkley, Miss Knevals, F. B. Wesson, Henry Sargent Blake, 
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Chauncey, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel G. Ward, 
Arthur Lumley, General Crittenden, Horace Gray, Mr. and Mrs, W. 
G. Dominick, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Goodwin, H. A. S. Martin, J. D. 
George, F. G. Russell, Edwin Owens, Alfred Morris, Miss Mary Gray, 
of Boston, and Dr. C. R. Shejtard. 

Mr, and Mrs. S. G. Ward, of Washington Square, entertained the 
Thursday Evening Club with parlor theatricals and an operetta. The 
comedy, in one act, of Second Thoughts, was first performed, the parts 
being taken by Miss Johnston, Miss Gertrude Cheever and Dr. W. 
Roosevelt. The operetta. La Serenade, was afterward given. The 
music was written by Mr. Owen Wister, and the words by M. Le 
Comte de Solohub. The scene of the operetta is in Spain. The parts 
were taken as follows : Mercedes, Miss Howard ; Juanita, Miss Greg- 
ory ; Voix d'Femme, Miss MacCollum ; Voix d'Homme, M. Oudin. 

Mrs. H. Irving Hunter and Mrs. Charles Russell Leaycraft held 
receptions. 

IVIrs. Fowler, of No, 137 Joralemon Street, gave a german. 
Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts gave a dinner-party. 



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367 



Another largo and fashionable audience enjoyed, in the afternoon, 
the amateur theatricals which were given at the Madison Square 
Theatre for the fund to build a pedestal for Bartholdi's statue of 
*' Liberty Enlightening the World." The excellent acting by Mrs. 
Potter, Mr. Coward and Mr. Hill in the lirst play, The Old Love and 
the Kew, brought due applause and many bouquets. The beautiful 
Princess, the pretty girl students marching to the tune of ' ' Maryland, 
My Maryland," the three male students, the songs by the Mendels- 
sohn Glee Club, which make up the act from Tennyson's Medley, 
were also kindly received, in spite of a few little hitches in the per- 
formance. The managers felt sure of realizing a good sum from the 
performance, thus giving the fund a good start before, as Mrs. Potter 
says in her epilogue, ''leaving the men to do the rest." The pro- 
grammes, which were donated by Tiffany & Co., were neatly engraved, 
and bore a relief in gilt of the statue. They were tied each day with 
different colored ribbons. 



Friday, April 27, 

Mr. and Mes. D. M. Haeeis gave a reception at No. 27 East Forty- 
fifth Street. 

The Mimosa Society gave a dramatic performance at the Madison 
Club. 

The third performance of the Princess and Tlie Old Love and the 
New was attended by a good-sized audience at the Madison Square 
Theatre. 

Mrs. A. Iselin gave a dinner-party, at which there were fourteen 
guests. 

Mr. "W. H. Hall entertained a party of twenty ladies and gentlemen 
at dinner at Pinard's. 

Mrs. Wing, No. IG West Forty-ninth Street, gave a musicale. Over 
one hundred guests were present, and a suj^per followed the musical 
part of the entertainment. 

Saturday, April 28. 

THE KIEMESS AT DELMONICO's. 

A NOVEL entertainment called the Kirmess was given at Delmoni- 
co's, beginning at two p.m., and ending at twelve. It was half-way' 
between a fair and a fancy-dress ball, and was one of the most enjoy- 
able entertainments of the social season. The Kirmess was gotten up 
by the Ways and Means Committee of the Skin and Cancer Hospital, 
which is situated at No. 243 East Thirty-fourth Street, and the pro- 



368 THE SEASON. 

ceeds will be devoted to paying the expenses of the very poor patients. 
This committee consisted of Mrs. William C. Schermerhorn, Mrs. 
Julius Catlin, Jr., Mrs. R. P. Lounsbery, Mrs. J. C. O'Connor and 
Miss M. L. Walker. The Auxiliary Board consists of Mrs. Eichard 
Irvin, Jr., President ; Mrs. B. H. Van Auken, Vice-President ; Miss 
M. L. Walker, Treasurer, and Mrs. J. A. Lowery, Secretary. The pa- 
trons and patronesses were Mrs. William Astor, Mi's. Eobert Hoe, Jr., 
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Mrs. John Sherwood, Mrs. James Brown Pot- 
ter, Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. James Waterbury, Mrs. Lewis Jones, 
Mrs. Buchanan Wmthrop, Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts, Mrs. James A. 
Burden, Mrs. Bayard Cutting, A. Wright Sanford. Chauncey M. Depew, 
Chester Griswold, O. K. King, W. H. Bridgham, L. von Hoffman, Cor- 
nelius Vanderbilt, J. Pierpont Morgan, J. Coleman Drayton and H. B. 
HoUins. Charles Delmonico gave the use of his second floor, on 
which there are the large ball-room, and five or six other rooms. He 
also furnished the music, which was Lander's full band. Hodgson 
gave all the flowers which were sold in the flower-room, while Klun- 
der decorated the ball-room at a greatly reduced price. The rooms 
were draped with various colored bunting, American and German 
flags being groiiped together. The walls of the ball-room were one 
mass of solid green reaching from floor to ceiling. This was inter- 
spersed with shields and banners of buttercups, tulips, lilacs and 
Jacqueminot roses. On one wall were two yellow shields, one bear- 
ing the inscription, " Orange Boven," and the other, " Voor Got ont 
our Vaderland." The musicians' balcony was hung with large fes- 
toons of evergreen and myrtle. Chinese lanterns in every design 
were hung about the room, groups of three being placed before each 
mirror. The chandelier lights were covered with yellow shades, and 
in the evening, when all the lanterns were lit, the scene was a beauti- 
ful one. The refreshment-room had various booths about it, at which 
were sold waffles, egg-plants, and other German dishes, wdth straw- 
berries, ices, salads and the like. One room was devoted to the chil- 
dren's entertainment. Here were a Punch and Judy, negro minstrel 
and other shows, also a w^ell at which could be purchased a curious 
German drink. This department was in charge of Mrs. William C. 
Dewey, assisted by her daughter. Miss Neff, and also by Miss Par- 
sons. Mrs. Dewey w^as attired as a Holland lady in a dress consisting 
of a crushed- strawberry brocade petticoat, a long black silk apron, a 
velvet bodice with large white puffed sleeves and guimpe, and a high 
white cap with long black ribbons at the back. She wore a little 
shoulder shawl two hundred years old, and beautiful diamond jewels. 
Miss Neff was attired in a peasant dress of pink, blue and scarlet, and 
had charge of an immense grab-bag, while Miss Parsons in a similar 
costume was Rebecca at the lemonade w^ell. The flower-room was 
decorated wdth a quantity of snow-balls. In the centre was an octag- 
onal booth at which the flowers were sold. All the ladies in this 
room wore costumes of the German peasantry, each different from 
the other. Mrs. E. P. Lounsbery was in charge. She was assisted 



MONDAY, APBIL ZO. 300 

hj Mrs. F. P. Woodbury, Mrs. John Kane, Mrs. Lawrence Ilopkins, 
Airs. James Brown Potter, Mrs. Coleman Drayton, Miss Astor, Miss 
Jean Turnure, Miss Jessie Van Aiiken, Miss M. S. Walker and Miss 
Murray. The gypsy encampment, in the next room, was well ar- 
ranged. Tall cedar-trees were placed about, and a pile of logs, ready 
to be lighted, was on the floor. Two tents were at one end. In tneso 
were the fortune-tellers, all in gypsy costume. The Chief was Monte- 
fiore Isaacs in a costume of scarlet and golden braid, with a crown 
and buckled shoes. The Queen was Mrs. K. W. Moore, and the as- 
sistants Mrs. Julius Catlin, Mrs. Worden, Miss Wilkinson, the Misses 
Catlin, Miss Edgar and Miss Bartlett. The orchestra j^layed during 
both afternoon and evening. In the afternoon a pretty Virginia reel 
was danced by children, which had been gotten up by Mrs. Richard 
Irvin, Jr., and Reginald Francklin. In the evening the crowd was 
greatest, and all the rooms were filled, although the price of tickets 
was increased. Two quadrilles, the Dutch and the Tyrolean, were 
danced in costume. Those who took j^art in the first were Miss Jes- 
sie Van Auken and Mr. Thibaud, Mrs. Lounsbery and Mr. Cowdin, 
Miss Gibert and Mr. Courtney, Miss Coudert and Mr. Cutting, Miss 
Doremus and Mr. Hadden, Miss Barnard and Mr. Thompson, Miss 
Otis and Mr. Beekman, Miss Weir and Mr. Lane, and Miss Neff and 
Mr. Dewey. Among the persons present were Mrs. William K. Van- 
derbilt, Miss Beckwith, Baron Blanc, Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Royal 
Phelps, A. Wright Sanford, Mrs. Whittaker, Mrs. Dehone, Miss De- 
hone, Mr. and Mrs. John Mott, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bridgham, Mrs. 
Chauncey M. Depew, Mr. and Mrs. Post, Mrs. Gronville, Mrs. Will- 
iam Foster, Mrs. Edwin Parsons, Mrs. Cowdrey, Mrs. D. M. Porter, 
Mrs. Julian James, Mrs. de Neufville, Mrs. Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. 
Lawrence Turnure, Lawrence Turnure, Jr., Mrs. Fellows, Mrs. R. C. 
Livingston, Mrs. Henry Braem, Mrs. Mott, Mrs. Walter Gurney, Mrs. 
James Hurry, Mrs. R. F. Weir, Mrs. Clarence Cary, Miss McPherson, 
Mr. von Hoffman, Mrs. H. K. Innes, Mrs. and Miss Moffit, Mrs. Cor- 
nelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Howard Dickenson, Mrs. James Strong, Miss 
Etta Strong, Mrs. Perkins, the Misses Perkins, Mrs. Francis Delafield, 
Miss Morris, Mrs. Samuel Wetmore, Jule Vatable, ]\Irs. R. M. Blatch- 
ford and Mrs. Adrian Iselin. 



Monday, April 30. 

A NOTABLE GOLDEN WEDDING. 

Orange, N. J. — A social incident of a remarkable nature, which has 
excited much interest in Orange, occurred here, in the afternoon. 
This was the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. John Wiley at their 
home in Harrison Street. Mr. Wiley is the head of the firm of John 
Wiley & Sons, booksellers and publishers, at No. 15 Astor Place, New 
York. He married Elizabeth B. Osgood, daughter of the Rev, Dr. 
Samuel Osgood, of Springfield, Mass., on April 27th, 1833. The cere- 



370 THE SEASON. 

mony took place in Springfield and was performed by Dr. Osgood. 
"What gives special interest to the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. 
"Wiley is the fact that it is the third one which has occurred in Dr. 
Osgood's family. Dr. Osgood married Mary Sherburne Osgood, who 
was a descendant in the sixth generation of one of two Osgood 
brothers who settled in Andover, Mass. Her husband was a descend- 
ant of the other brother. They celebrated their golden wedding in 
Springfield on May 16th, 1859, and the greatest interest was mani- 
fested in the incident by their friends. Dr. J. G. Holland, who was 
then assistant editor of the Springfield Bej^uUican, wrote a hymn for 
the occasion, and it was sung there to the air of " Auld Lang Syne. " 
All of Dr. Osgood's children were present except one. A purse of 
$200 in gold was made up by the guests present and presented to Mrs, 
Osgood, some of whose children have a number of the gold pieces 
yet. The next golden wedding in the family took place August 21st, 
1878, at Oakland, Gal. This was the fiftieth anniversary of the mar- 
riage of Jonathan Hunt and Abigail B. Osgood, another of Dr. 
Osgood's daughters. The bride and groom stood beneath a great 
marriage bell of roses, and Dr. Holland's hymn was again sung. All 
the children and grandchildren of the house were there, and a large 
gathering of the family's friends sat down at the tables that were 
sjDread upon the lawn, from which there was a fine view down the 
harbor to the Golden Gate. The celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley's 
golden wedding to-day passed quietly and pleasantly. It was marked 
throughout by the utmost simplicity and good taste. The rooms in 
which the guests were received and entertained were richly decorated 
with a profusion of roses and other cut flowers arranged in simple 
design here and there and brilliantly massed in banks upon the man- 
tels. In the dining-room a long table was heavily laden with good 
things, and in its centre stood a handsome floral ship. A great round 
wedding cake on the piano v.-as inscribed with the date of the golden 
wedding in shining letters of gold. The relatives and more intimate 
friends of the family began to arrive at half past three o'clock, and as 
they came down stairs were given copies of Dr. Holland's hj^mn 
printed in golden letters. At four Mr. and Mrs. Wiley stood up at 
one end of the main parlor, their friends assembled about the room, 
and the Kev. K. G. Green, their pastor, read a few appropriate selec- 
tions from the Bible and made a short prayer. After this the family 
hymn was sung, and the bride and groom of half a century received 
the hearty congratulations and good wishes of their family and 
friends. As they stood there shaking hands and returning the greet- 
ings that were given them it was remarked on all sides that it seemed 
well-nigh incredible that they were celebrating their golden wedding, 
so young and vigorous did they appear. Yet Mr. Wiley is in his 
seventy-fifth year and his wife is only three years younger. Lunch- 
eon was served soon after the formal ceremonies were over. Through- 
out the afternoon guests were constantly coming and going, and the 
reception lasted till after eight o'clock in the evening. Besides JMrs. 



M(?ynAy, aprll 30. 371 

Wiley all but one of Dr. Osgood's surviving cliildren -were present. 
Mrs. Hunt, of Oakland, Cal., was absent, but a telegram was received 
from her with the greeting : " Golden wishes for the golden couplo 
from the Golden Gate." The brothers and sisters of Mrs. Wiley who 
were present were Edward S. Osgood, of Cambridge, Mass., James 
H. Osgood, Mrs, Sarah Avery and Mrs. H. P. Fessenden, of Orange. 
All of Mr, Wilej^'s children and grandchildren were there. Tlieso 
were John Wiley, Jr., Elizabeth B. Wiley, Mrs. Marv Ford, Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles Wiley, Mr. and Mrs. William II. Wiley, Mr. and Mrs. E. 
P. Hamilton, and Mr. and Mrs. Osgood Wiley with their children, 
eleven in number. Among the others present were Seabury Brew- 
ster, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Brown, Mrs. George N. TitiTS, Mrs. Has- 
burg Zabriskie, Mrs. Edward Sterling, Mr. and Mrs. William Brew- 
ster, Aaron Carter, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Severanor, David A. Heald, 
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Johnson, Jacob A. Holsey, the Rev. J. B. Clark, 
all of New York, and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Colgate, Mrs. Gardiner 
Colb}^ the Rev. Dr. F. A. Adams, John Nicol, who is ninetj-eight 
years old, Mrs. R. G. Green and Miss Green, Mrs. Theron Baldwin 
and Miss Baldwin, Mrs. Lowell Mason, Dr. William Pierson, Mr. and 
Mrs. John S. Blake, Mr. and Mrs. William Howe, the Rev. Samuel 
Hutchings, Dr. Stephen Wickes, Dr. Charles Osgood, all of Orange, 
Mrs. E. S. Osgood, of Cambridge, Mass., and the Rev. James S. Bush, 
of Staten Island. 

Mrs. Adrian Iselin gave a large dinner. Miss White and IMrs, 
Scriven gave ladies' lunches. 

The amateur dramatic performance given by the Clifton Boat Club, 
at Staten Island, capped the climax of a very successful series of 
entertainments iinder its auspices during the past two seasons. As 
usual, the boat-house was completely filled by a very fashionable 
audience, and the financial result was most satisfactory. A small but 
very tasteful stage had been erected at one end of the house, and the 
scenery improvised for the occasion produced an excellent effect. 
The cast was as follows : 

meg's diversion. 

Jererav Crow, a Devonshire farmer Mr. Fred. P. Braniagim 

Ashley Merton. Esq., of "The Hall" Mr. Georcje O. Lord 

Jasper Pidjzeon, a village cai-penter Mr. Arthur Liviiifrston 

Roland Pidpeon, h'sbrotlicr Lieutenant Blnnr 

Eytem, an Exeter lawyer ]\Ir. George Endicoit 

Cornelia, daughter of Crow Miss Gertrude Eccleston 

Margaret, another daughter Miss Endicotr, 

Mrs. Nutwell, of " The Grange," a widow Miss Edith Eccleston 

A. S. Carhart gave a dinner at Delmonico's. 



372 THE SEASON. 



Tuesday, ITlay !• 

The Clinrch of the Holy Commnnion at Orange, N. J., was the 
scene, at half past twelve p.m., of a pretty and fashionable wedding, 
the bride being Miss Cornelia Lee, daughter of W. Creighton Lee, 
and the groom, Edward Day Page. The service was read by the Eev. 
Henry V. Degan, rector of the church. Dr. Starr was the best man. 
The ushers were Ferrier Martin, Joseph Iddings, Marion Mason and 
W. C. Lee, Jr. The bridesmaids, who wore costumes of pink Otto- 
man silk, were Miss Lillie Ely, Miss Minna Mason, Miss Mary Henry 
and Miss Bella Lee. The bride wore a white satin dress with a bro- 
cade front and a point lace veil. A reception for about one hundred 
friends was held at Mr. Lee's house, where the bride and groom 
received congratulations under a large floral bell. Among those pres- 
ent were the Misses Cox, Miss Henry, Mr. and Mrs. Bose, the Misses 
Bose, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Keed, Mr. and Mrs. Kobert Struthers, Miss 
Struthers, General and Mrs. Stokes, Mr. ^Souther, Mr. Kendall, of Bos- 
ton, Judge and Mrs. Ely, Mr. Lovering, Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Lee, 
Mr. and Mrs. William Mason, Miss Althaus, Mr. Bragdon, B. J. Hut- 
ton, Mrs. Leupp, Miss Nellie Beed, of Boston and Mr. and Mrs. Van 
Vechten. 

Miss Bessie Lee Kirkland, daughter of George F. Mann, President 
of the New York Mining Exchange, was married to Edgar P. Criss- 
man, at eight o'clock, at the Knickerbocker Flats, at Fifth Avenue 
and Fourteenth Street. The Rev, William Seaberry read the service. 
The best man was J. H. Strange, cousin of the bride. There were no 
bridesmaids. The bride's dress, of white Ottoman silk and old point 
lace, had a long court train and low-cut corsage and short sleeves. 
The veil of tulle was caught by a diamond crescent pin. She wore 
diamond ornaments, the gift of her mother. A recej)tion followed 
the ceremony, it being limited to the most intimate friends and rela- 
tives. Among those present were Judge and Mrs. E. J. Baker, Miss 
Crissman, Mr. and Miss Clark, of Mobile, Miss Shriver, Dr. and Mrs. 
King, Miss King, Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Cooke, Mr. and Miss De 
Fontaine and Mrs. Boland. 

There was a large attendance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 
it being the reception day of the trustees. The visitors were princi- 
pally^ ladies, and they numbered several hundred of the most promi- 
nent people in the city. 

Bobert Gordon gave a reception for gentlemen in honor of William 
Lane Booker, the new British Consul-General, at his house, No. 7 
East Thirty-eighth Street. 

Mr. and Mrs. P. Hall, of No. 16 West Thirty-fourth Street, gave a 
musicale and dancing-party for young people. 



THURSDAY, MAY 3. 373 

There was a gay assemblage in Park Avenue, at the liandsome house 
of Mrs. Jonathan Stiirgis, to sec the pretty little i^icce Ptoce aiu Dames, 
in which Miss Sharpless, the Misses Van Biiren and Miss Lawrence 
played neatly. This was followed by an operetta written by Mr. 
George Hodges, the jnusic by Wilmot T. Cox, sung and acted by Miss 
Wardnell, Miss Rntherfurd, Miss iSharpless, Miss Jennings, Miss 
Lawrence and Mr. Powell Farr. 

Mrs. "W, K. Yanderbilt gave a dinner. 



Wednesday, May 2. 

Miss Annie M. Brown, the daughter of Robert Brown, was married 
to John French Cameron in the Simpson Methodist Episcopal 
Church, Brooklyn, at half past seven p.m., by the Rev. Henry Baker, 
the pastor of the church. The ushers were James McMillan, Charles 
Thomas, F, Roberts and John Nicholas. The bride's dress of Otto- 
man and brocade was of a crushed-raspberry shade, and was worn 
with a bonnet of the same color. A reception was held at the house 
of the bride's father, No. 2^0 Carlton Avenue. 

Advantage is taken of the spring season hunting by the members 
of the Essex County (N. J.) Hunt. They accepted an invitation from 
farmers living near Pine Brook, on the west side of the second range 
of the Orange Mountains, to hold a special meet for chasing wild 
foxes in that section. As all the previous runs were after foxes 
loosed from a bag at the end of a " sheep's-pelt trail " the fox-hunters 
were eager for the sport, and a number of New York and BrookljTi 
huntsmen agreed to take part in " one real old-fashioned fox-chase." 
After an exciting day's sport two wild foxes were captured, and one 
escaped. 

Thursday, ITIay 3. 

The last meeting of the Baptist Social Union for the season was 
held at Delmonico's, in the evening, A. S. Bickmore, the president, 
in the chair. The guests of the evening were President Ezekiel G. 
Robinson, D.D., LL.D., of Brown University, the Rev. Dr. John R. 
I'dxton, who made speeches after the dinner, and Miss Juliet Corden 
Thompson, who sang for the company. Among those present were 
the Rev. H. M. Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. Washington Wilson, Mr. and 
Mrs. W. A. Cauldwell, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. H. 
C. Conger, H. C. Vedder, J. C. Preble, Miss Preble, James Perry and 
Dr. J. R. Kendrick. 



374 THE SEASON. 



Friday, May 4. 

The operetta of Robinson Crusoe was x^roduced, in the evening, at 
Chickering Hall, in part for the benefit of the Bellevue Training 
School for Nurses. It was given under the auspices of the Kobinson 
Crusoe Club, of Brooklyn, and it delighted a large and fashionable 
audience. The music of the operetta was written by Mrs. Alma D. 
Jenks, a daughter of Bishop Littlejohn, and the libretto by Mr. Jenks. 
It was recently produced with gratifying success in Brooklyn. 
It was thought that the proceeds of the entertainment would 
amount to $2000. The acting and singing were excellent. There 
were a number of recalls. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. 
E. H. P. Lyman, Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. 
Dickerman, Mrs. John E. Boone, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Prentice, IVIr. 
and Mrs. Charles Kellogg, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Strong, :Mr. and Mrs. 
Spotswood Schenck, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Weston, Charles E. Bill, 
Jr., Thornton Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Thornell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 
Eobinson Smith, Lispenard Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sloane. 



Saturday, May 5. 

The members of the Coaching Club met at the Knickerbocker 
Club-house, enjoyed a dinner, and talked about their annual trip and 
parade. George A. Bech w-as elected a member. 

The May dinner of the Saturday night Club took place in one of 
the parlors of the Hotel Brunswick. The members present were 
Clark Bell, S. P. Avery, W. S. Andrews, William Belden, S. B. El- 
kins, W. H. Guion, Thomas L. James, George A. Morrison, Courtlandt 
Palmer, John H. Starin and John H. Watson. The guests of the 
evening included General U. S. Grant, Senator J. N. Camden, Eoscoe 
Conkling, Professor Doremus, James S. T. Stranahan, Carl Formes, 
Judge Edgar M. Cullen, Howard Carroll, Charles A. Sumner, Douglas 
Taylor, H. F. Dimock, Charles F. March and Henry Havemeyer. 
After the dinner Carl Formes, the veteran baritone, sang two songs, 
one of them in honor of General Grant, entitled " The Warrior's 
Song." Mr. Bell then proposed the health of General Grant. 

Mrs. Edwin A. Stevens and her daughter, Mrs. Archibald Alexan- 
der, gave the first of two Saturday afternoon receptions, at Castle Point, 
Hoboken. It had been intended to make the afl:'air an out-of-door 
fete, for which the spacious and beautiful lawns which surround the 
residence are so well adapted, but Mrs. Stevens's usual unfortunate 
and unseasonable weather compelled a change of programme and the 
guests assembled instead in the large and hospitable house,^ where 
they enjoyed a collation. Among those present were Mrs. E. Schack, 



MOXBAr, MAT 1. 375 

the Misses Livingston, Mrs. Bowden, Miss Bowden, the Misses Mor- 
ris, Mrs. Henry ':M. Alexander, Mrs. McCook, Mrs. Borrowe, Miss 
Borrowe, the Misses Shiffen, Miss Ashmore, Miss llouth, Miss Prime, 
Mr. and Mrs. Otis, Miss Waldo, Miss Post, Miss Turnure, the Messrs. 
Clarkson and Mr, Livingston. 



Monday, May 7, 

The regular meeting of the " Causeries de Lundi," a scientific as- 
sociation of women in societ}', took place, in the afternoon, at the 
Museum of Natural History, at Ninth Avenue and Eightj^-first Street. 
About one hundred and fifty members of the society and their guests 
listened to a lecture on " Birds" by Professor A. S. Bickmore. The 
lecture was illustrated by specimens and also by a screen and lantern. 
When Professor Bickmore had finished speaking, the company was 
served with luncheon. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Mor- 
ris K. Jesup, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Drexel, Mrs. John Jacob Astor, 
Mrs. Kobert B. Winthrop, Mrs. John Sherwood, Mrs. Charles P. Daly, 
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Jonathan Sturgis, the 
Misses Van Kensselaer, Mrs. Prime, Mrs. di Cesnola, Mrs. Gracie, 
Mrs. Osgood, Sir Anthony Musgrave and Lady Musgrave, Mr. and 
Mrs. W. H. Field, Benjamin Field, Mrs. Kearney Warren, Mr. and 
Mrs. Henry E. Pellew, the Misses Khinelander, Mrs. James F. Bur- 
den, Mrs. Frederick Sheldon, General Cullom, the Eev. Ai-thur 
Brooks, Mrs. Brooks and Miss Brooks, and Mrs. T. F. Meagher. 

Ex-Judge Abram Garretson, of Jersey City, was given a dinner, in 
the evening, at the Hotel Brunswick, by his friends in the profession, 
on the occasion of his retirement from the Bench. Ex- Attorney- 
General Robert Gilchrist, of Jersey Cit}^ presided. Among those 
present were A. T. McGill, Mr. Garretson' s successor in office, W. T. 
Hoffman, his predecessor, ex-Mayor Traphagen, Judges Knapp and 
Dickson, of the Supreme Court, District-Attorney Winfield, United 
States Collector White, James Fleming, Gilbeit Collins, Isaac S. 
Tavlor, James B. Vredenburg, William Brinckerhoff, Senator Paxton, 
H.^E. Wills, ex-Senator Leon Abbett, Colonel Fuller and Albert Hoff- 
man. Speeches were made by Messrs. Gilchrist, Garretson, Dickson, 
Hoffman, Winfield, Brinckerhoff and Abbett, of a kind to give a very 
jovial idea of Jersey justice. 

Company B, of the Seventh Regiment, gave a dinner, in the even- 
ing, at Delmonico's, and enjoyed speeches, songs and a good time 
generally. Among those present besides the members were Major- 
General Shaler, Brigadier-General Fitzgerald and Colonel Emmons 
Clark. 



370 THE SEASON. 

Mr. Edward King and his daughters, Miss Isabella and Miss Alice 
King, gave a delightful german in honor of some young lady friends 
from Washington now visiting them. Mr. James Smith led the ger- 
man, dancing with Miss Alice King. 



Tuesday, May 8. 

THE CHAIMBER OP COMMEKCE BANQUET. 

The Chamber of Commerce celebrated its one hundred and fifteenth 
anniversary by a dinner at Delmonico's. There were over two hun- 
dred persons who sat down at the six long tables that filled the room, 
the walls of which were decorated with a profusion of bunting and 
the National, State and municipal symbols. The arrangement of the 
tables was as is customary at large dinners. The President of the 
Chamber, George W. Lane, sat in the seat of honor at the principal 
table that ran along a platform at the south side of the room, and was 
flanked by the chief of the invited guests and speakers. The other 
members and guests sat at five long tables that ran at right angles 
with the principal table, each presided over by a member of the Com- 
mittee of Arrangements. The names of those who were present and 
their disposition at the tables were in accordance with the following 
scheme ; 

PRINCIPAL TABLE. 

George W. Lane, Chairman. 
i?if7R— Ex-President Grant, Mayor Edson, James S. T. Stranahan, 
the Hon. Carl Schurz, Sir E. M. Archibald, the Rev. Dr. J. P. New- 
man, the Hon. John Jay Knox, Judge Lawrence, David M. Stone and 
Commodore Upshur. Left— The liev. Hemy Ward Beecher, Erastus 
Brooks, Judge Noah Davis, Chauncey M. Depew, Samuel D. Babcock, 
Judge Addison Brown, Judge John R. Brady, Judge Eancher and 
Elihu Root. 

TABLE A. 

"William H. Fogg, Chairman. 
Bighl.—^olon Humphreys, Frederic A. Potts, Woodbury Langdon, 
Julius Catlin, Jr., John Elderkin, John B. Bouton, Samuel H. Sea- 
man, William F. Kidder, William C. Dunton, D. H. Houghtaling, E. 
L. Kalbfleisch, Charles G. Emery, W. S. Sillcocks, George Watson, 
Jr., Albion B. Strout, John A. De Long, M. M. Freeman, Charles C. 
Colyer and Robert L. Langley. ic/f.— Charles S. Smith, Joseph H. 
Brown, Samuel Shethar, J. G. De Forest, Charles H. Cofiin, A. W. 
Kingman, John B. Dutcher, F. F. Miller, John C. Graham, William 
Brookfield, J. M. Satterthwait, Paul F. Gerhard, William Buchanan, 
S. Hastings Grant, Charles S. Hill, George Wilson, Robert Van Ingen, 
William P. Lee and J. M. Deniston. 



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377 



TABLE B. 

M. "W. Cooper, Chairman. 
rughL—mchavd E. Elmer, Algernon S. Sullivan, B. A. Haggin, A. 
W Humphrey's. Orlando B. Potter, James McLean, L. J. N. Stark, 
John Austin' Stevens, Charles S. Higgins, F. B. Thurber, Peter H. 
Leonard, 'William C. Noyes, Frederick W. Devoe, J. Seaver Page, 
Edward T. Flynn, Henrv Herrman, Jr., Henry Herrman and Thomas S. 
Somers. Ij'ft. -William Dowd, Charles L. Tiffany, William L. Strong, 
Elliott F. Shepard, William A. Paton, John Foord, R. P. Lounsbury, 
L W. Winchester, Hiram Hitchcock, J. M. Bundy, A. E. Whyland, 
• Henry C. Meyer, Robert Mi>clay, Alfred C. Cheney, Lucius H. Bige- 
low, George H. Robinson, James H. Seymour, Daniel K. Baker and 
A. K. McMillin. 

TABLE C. 

Cornelius N. Bliss, Chairman, 
jlight —Horace Russell, Stewart L. W^oodford, M. C. D. Borden, 
Hugh N. Camp, John L. Riker, A. B. Graves, Alfred Ray, H. S. Hart, 
Ludwig Marx, William P. St. John, Edw^ard A. Wickes, Clinton B. 
Fisk, Benjamin H. Field, Charles Butler, John D. Jones, Charles L. 
Wright and Joseph P. Earl. XefL— Thomas C. Acton, Horace Porter, 
William D. Farwell, O. D. Balclwin, James H. Dunham, Edward N. 
Tailer, Jordan L. Mott, John T. Waring, William P. Clyde, John H. 
Inman, Daniel H. Baldwin, William H, Webb, Richard O. Lovett, J. 
J. O'Donohue, Edwart Barr, Michael P. Grace, Charles R. Flint and 
Isaac Hall. 

TABLE D. 

Josiah M. Fiske, Chairman. 
Eight— J). O. Mills, David Dows, John Sloane, John S. Kennedy, 
John T. Agnew, J. Nelson Tappan, William M. Fliess, A. McL. Agnew, 
Robert Lenox Belknap, F. L. Talcott, Frederick Taylor, Henry M. 
Tabor, William H. Guion, William W. Wright, Frederick W. Foote, 
Fitch J. Stranahan, Eugene 0' Sullivan, Jacob D. T. Hersey and Aaron 
S. Bobbins. Left.— Charles G. Landon, Frederick H. Cossitt, Walter 
S. Gurnee, A. D. Juiliard, Daniel C. Robbins, Waldo Hutchins, Jesse 
Seligman, William D. Marvel, Ambrose Snow, John Riley, Francis 
Spies, William F. Cochran, Hiram K. Miller, Ruf us L. Cole, Edmund 
B. Hyde, Josiah 0. Ward and A. F. Warburton. 

TABLE E. 

Jacob Wendell, Chairman. 
Bight.— Collector Robertson, Postmaster Pearson, George C. 
Magoun, Walter T. Hatch, Francis Baker, Edward E. Poor, R. W. 
Roswell, F. Albert Boker, Louis Windmuller, Henry W. T. Mali, Will- 
iam Henry Gunther, William Heniy Smith, C. M. Johnson, Wilham 
Rowland, Hervey C. Calkin, A. S. Rosenbaum and J. B. Floyd. Left. 
—Oliver Harriman, Morris K. Jesup, Anson Phelps Stokes, Sigourney 



3^8 THE SEASON. 

W. Fay, John F. Praeger. Henry C. Eobinson, Naval Officer Graham, 
George P. Slade, Clarence L. Collins, Charles cle Cordova, Jerome B. 
Wheeler, Oscar Zollikoffer, Walter W. Watrous, Benjamin Lichten- 
stein and Charles M. Hunt. The diners sat down shortly before seven 
o'clock, and there were very few tardy ones. One of them, however, 
was Mr. Beecher, who was enthusiastically greeted when he made his 
appearance on the platform. Speaking began promptly with the 
lighting of cigarettes, and a commendable brevity in the speakers 
enabled the party to break up before the stroke of midnight. 

Mrs. Alfred Collins, formerly Miss Susan Colvill, entertained her 
bridesmaids and ushers at a beautiful dinner, followed by boxes at 
the Casino and suj^per at Delmonico's. 



Wednesday, May 9. 

At St. Mark's Church, " in the Bowerie," at eight o'clock, the Eev. 
Dr. J. H. Kylance, assisted by the Eev. Dr. Flagg, of Grace Church, 
married John Willard Surbrug to Miss Carlotta G. Errani, daughter 
of Professor Errani. The best man was J. Arthur Totten, and the 
ushers were William S. Jenks, Henry W. Berlin, F. McWatters, W. 
Gardner Berlin, William C. Demarest and Eobert L. Eoe. The bride 
•was given away by her father. She was dressed in a white satin 
dress with low neck and short sleeves, trimmed with duchesse lace. 
She carried a bouquet of Marguerites. The pair started immediately 
after the service on an extended Southern trip. There was no recep- 
tion on account of a recent death in the family of the groom. Many 
handsome presents were received. Among the guests were Davis 
Shuler and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Potter, William A. Potter, 
Miss Breese, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shaw, ]\Iiss Minnie Hauk, Mr. 
and IVIi's. E. C. Stedman, Signor Galassi, Judge and Mrs. Van Brunt, 
Warren Pond, Miss Herbert, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stedman, Mr. and 
Mrs. Max Maretzek, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Lindsay, Miss Hood, of Phila- 
delphia, Judge Barrett, J. Watts De Peyster, Surrogate Daniel G. 
Eollins, General James A. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Brooks, and 
family. Miss McWatters, Miss Gilbert, the Misses Hatch, Mr. and 
Mrs. Thomas Shaw and G. M. L. Sachs. 

Miss Sarah Hopkins, the daughter of John M. Hopkins, was mar- 
ried to Alfred Pierpoint Morewood, in the Church of the Intercession, 
at the Boulevard and One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Street, the ser- 
vice being read by the Eev. Bishop Falkner. Henry F. Morewood, 
cousin of the groom, was the best man. The ushers were William 
Whalej^ John Smith and William S. Mather. The bridesmaids were 
Miss Hopkins, Miss Louise Hopkins, both sisters of the bride, Miss 
English, daughter of ex- Governor English, of New Haven, and Miss 
Taylor. They wore costumes of white silk and tulle and carried bas- 



WJ^n.YFSDAV, JIAV 9. 379 

kets of roses. The bride's father gave her away. The wedding 
dress was of white satin and watered silk, with a front of brocade 
velvet. Her veil was garnished with orange flowers and caught with 
a diamond l.yre. A reception was held at the house of the bride's 
father at Fort Washington. Among the guests were Mrs. Eichard 
Lathers, Jr., Mrs. George Morewood and Miss Bessie Ferguson. 

Miss Stella Le Huray, daughter of Mrs. Theodore Le Huray, was 
married to Edgar H. Stafford, by the Eev. Dr. Shipman, at five p.m., 
in Christ Church, Fifth Avenue, The best man was Stephen Stafford, 
brother of the groom. The ushers were W. J. Dykes and L. S. Van 
Riper. The bride's dress was of w^hite satin, made plain, and she 
wore a point lace veil. There was no reception, the bride and groom 
starting immediately on a wedding trip. Among the guests were 
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Pupke, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Smith, Mr. and 
Mrs. Jacob Lawson, Miss Lawson, the Misses Le Huray, the Misses 
Marsh, Miss Anna Meade, Miss Georgie Van Eiper and Mrs. E. Van 
Eiper. 

The marriage of Miss Ida Dickinson, daughter of the late Henry 
Dickinson, to Dr. George W. Wilkinson, occurred, in the evening, at 
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church in Summit Avenue, Jersey 
City. The Eev. E. L. Stoddard, rector of the church, read the ser- 
vice. The best man was Dr. G. V. Eockwell, of this city, and the 
ushers were J. Dickinson, brother of the bride, E. Illingworth, H. 
Brigham, J. Earll Lusk, Frederick Gebhard, and Dr. Frank C. 
Combes. There were no bridesmaids. The bride, who was given away 
by her brother, Joseph Dickinson, wore a dress of heavy white Ottoman 
silk made with a full court train, and trimmed with duchesse lace. 
The long tulle veil was fastened by a cluster of white ostrich tips, 
and she carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley. A reception fol- 
lowed the ceremony, at the house of the bride's mother in Park Place, 
which was decorated with flowers. The grounds about the house 
were illuminated by Chinese lanterns. There were many presents, 
which were displayed. About one hundred guests were present. 

The wedding of Mr. Howard Nott Potter, son of the late Mr. Clark- 
son Potter, and his first cousin. Miss Ethel Potter, a daughter of Mr. 
Edward T. Potter, after an announced engagement of only a week, 
and which was performed by the Eev. Dr. Potter, uncle of the bride 
and groom, at Grace Church, excited much interest and curiosity. 
Few persons outside the immediate family were invited. The cere- 
mony and following reception were remarkably pretty. There were 
only two bridesmaids, the younger sisters of the bride, who were 
simply dressed in white mull costumes belted with yellow, and who 
carried each a large bouquet of yellow roses. The bride's two 
younger brothers acted as ushers, and the best man was Mr. Pierson, 
a college chum of the groom. The German steamer of the following 



380 THE SEASON. 

day bore the young couj^le to Europe, where they will spend their 
honeymoon. 

Friday, May 11. 

The dancing class organized by Mrs. James B. Toler held a large 
reception at Mr. Manuel's rooms, No. 55 West Thirty-third Street, 
from half past six until nine o'clock. A cotillon, led bj^ Master John 
Toler and Miss Gertrude Parsons, closed the dance. Among the chil- 
dren present were the four Misses Clarkson, Miss Kernochan, Miss 
Annie Stuyvesant, Miss Bessie Sands, Miss Grace Wilson, the Misses 
Lawrence, Miss Estelle De Peyster, Miss Eleanor Duer, Miss Bessie 
Rogers, Miss Kipp, Miss Boardman, the Misses Barger, the Misses 
Fravorand Masters Adrian Iselin, Grenville Winthrop, Sherman Mar- 
tin Cortlandt Bishop, Beekman Hoppin, Van H-orne Stuyvesant, 
Willie Field, Proudfit Morgan, and John Toler. 

The fiftieth anniversary of the wedding of J. H. Mandeville and 
wife, of Newark, was celebrated at their house, No. 148 Academy 
Street, Newark. Five children and sixteen grandchildren were pres- 
ent. A remarkable circumstance was the presence of the mother of 
Mrs. Mandeville, Mrs. Vanness, who, although only eighty -eight 
years old, has fourscore descendants. The bridesmaid and grooms- 
man of half a century ago were both present at the celebration, and 
stood up with the host and hostess, while the Rev. Mr. Montgomery 
renewed the marriage vows. 

Saturday, May 12. 

THE COACHrNG CLUB ON LONG ISLAND. 

The members of the Coaching Club departed in high spirits from 
the Hotel Brunswick at exactly half past nine a.m., on their annual 
drive into the country. At about 9:10 the coach Pioneer rolled up 
before the door in all the glory of its red undercarriage, black body 
and white trimmings. It had been driven down from F. K, Sturgis's 
stable, No. 52 East Thirty-third Street ; attached to it was Mr. Stur- 
gis's cross-matched team of roans and chestnuts. Fifth Avenue did 
not seem to be fairly awake at this time, and the sleepy waiters at 
Delmonico's and the Brunswick eyed the coach with indifference. 
Soon, however, Hugo Fritsch dropped into the hotel waiting-room, 
deposited his valise and sat down to read a newspaper. Mr. Bron- 
son, the secretary of the club, next appeared with a face beaming as 
if he had just seen the clerk of the weather. Mr. Sturgis, Mr. Van- 
derbilt and other members of the party soon arrived and chatted with 
the wives of several of the party who had gathered on the sidewalk to 
see the start. A crowd had by this time collected with the solid- 
looking coachers in the centre and shading off to *' dudes" and small 



SA TUEDA Y, MA Y 12. 381 

boys on tlic outskirts. *' It's a glorious day," said Colonel Jay ; " a 
little cool, but we will not have any dust, and that's a blessing." 
Mr. Vanderbilt, whose country-seat of Idle Hour, beyond Islii), was 
the club's destination, said they would spend the next day very quietly, 
it being Sunday. 0£ course Mr. Vandcrbilt's place will be duly in- 
spected, and perhaps a visit will be made to August Belmont's house 
this side of Islip. Mrs. Vanderbilt and several ladies preceded the 
club by rail to get ready for their entertainment. The travellers 
were not in uniform coaching rig, Colonel William Jay, the veteran 
president of the club, being the only " thoroughly English^' looking 
one in his long green coat with a white rose for a boutonniere. Mr. 
ISturgis wore a short buff overcoat and Mr. Bronson a tightly-fitting 
brown outer-garment. "Time's up, gentlemen," said the latter, as 
the hand of the Brunswick clock began to hang down like a plumb- 
line. There was a tossing in of travelling-bags, a twinkling of legs as 
the men clambered to their places, the grooms looked out for their 
toes as the horses began to prance, and Mr. Sturgis with a crack of 
the whip sent the Pioneer rolling up the avenue, while a melodious 
blast from the horn of Fov\'nes, the guard, woke the Kip Van Winkle 
members of the Knickerbocker Club as the coach passed Thirtieth 
Street. On the box with Mr. Sturgis sat W. K. Vanderbilt ; back of 
them, like three brothers. Colonel Jay, Theodore A. Havemeyer, and 
J. V. Parker ; on the next seat were Frederic Bronson, J. R. Roose- 
velt and Hugo Fritsch ; and G. R. Fearing, G. P. Wetmore and F. A. 
Schermerhorn brought up the rear. A few waving handkerchiefs, a 
small chorus of good-bys, a pebble shied by a small boy and a silver- 
headed cane waved feebly by a *'dude" shivering in a summer suit, 
and the club was off. Up Fifth Avenue the coach rolled, drawing 
people to the windows as it passed, while the horn played, " We 
won't come back till Monday." At Eighty-fourth Street the coach 
turned out of Fifth Avenue, and proceeded to the Astoria Ferry at 
Ninety-second Street. At Astoria, five and a half miles out, which 
was reached at 10:25, J. R. Roosevelt took the reins and drove until 
Flushing was reached at 11:15. Here J. V. Parker's team was wait- 
ing at the Flushing Hotel, and it was driven by its owner to Lakeville, 
which was reached at 12:05 p.m., it being seventeen miles out. Mr. 
Havemeyer took the reins over his team here and piloted the coach 
to the Garden City Hotel, arriving at 12:15 p.m. and adding five and 
a half miles to the journey. An hour and three quarters were devoted 
to luncheon, and then Colonel Jay put six and three quarters more 
miles behind them, arriving at Smithville at 3:25 p.m. Mr. Fritsch's 
team was here given in charge of its owner, and the coach bowled 
along through the quiet level country of the South Side, where the 
farmers paused in planting potatoes to watch the party go by. At 
Amityville, at 4:10 p.m., F. A. Schermerhorn put on a fresh team and 
drove the nine and a quarter miles to Bay.shore, arriving at 5 :15, with 
a stop of five minutes at the American Hotel, Babjdon. Mr. Bronson 
here took the reins, and with his team finished the joui-ney, reaching 



382 THE SFASOX 

Islip at 5:30 and Idle Hour at 6 p.m. The distance travelled was fifty- 
one and a half miles, and the time, exclusive of stops, six hours forty 
minutes, or about eight minutes per mile. This may be said to be 
good when it is remembered that the Coaching Club weighs about a 
ton. The club will drive back to-morrow, starting at 9:30 a.m. and 
arriving at 6 p.m. 

AMUSING EACES AT E0CKA.WAY, 

The spring meeting of the Eockaway Hunting Club took j)lace at 
Far Eockaway, and was made the occasion of a pleasure excursion by 
several hundred fashionable people who went down on a si^ecial train 
of nine cars. There was also a general attendance of the residents of 
Far Eockaway and the farmers of the vicinity. The Eace Committee 
were J. D. Cheever, N. G. Lorillard, W. J. Emmett, Pierre Lorillard, 
Jr., John Sanford, F. Gray Griswold, E. La Montague, George Work, 
J. E. Keene and S. S. Sands, Jr. John G. Heckscher, E. C. La Mon- 
tague and Cornelius Fellows were the judges, and A. P. Montant, 
astride of a frantic black charger, as Clerk of the Course, at intervals 
warned " everybody off the track." The contests were interesting, 
and sometimes comical. In the first race, for half-bred hunters, dis- 
tance one half mile, $10 entrance, play or pay, with silver plate 
added, there were five starters. George Work won with the Long 
Island Stable's chestnut gelding Mercury, beating E. D. Morgan's 
Kathleen, ridden by Belmont Purdy, by a short head. N. G. Loril- 
lard's Sindbadwas third, E. C, La Montague' sFlemette fourth, andE. 
Zbrowski on " The Dude" got badly left behind. There were five 
John Gilpins in the second race, which was for farmers' horses. 
Some of them were saddleless and almost bridleless. F. Horton's 
Puck came in first, followed by C. Flyer's Hempstead Boj'. W. 
Smith's Sorrel Jack was bound to make a little fun, and ran away 
with his rider, charging a wire fence several times, at last falling 
down and throwing his rider, who, the bit having broken, clung fran- 
tically to the horse's ears. There were seven starters in the half mile 
flat race for polo ponies. Stanley Mortimer won with his Incognita, 
J. D. Cheever on P. Lorillard Jr.'s Ah Sin being second, and George 
Work on Puck coming in third. The fourth race, a steeplechase for 
the Queen's County Cup, was exciting. George Work won with Bom- 
bast, by Bonnie Scotland-Benicia. J. D. Cheever was thrown oppo- 
site the grand stand. Mr. Zbrowski, with Lorillard's Spider, was 
second. The heavy-weight steeplechase for half-bred hunters was 
won by E. C. La Montague's Flemette, ridden by George Work, there 
being seven starters. Mr. Zbrowski, on Mr. Lorillard's Grimaldi, 
w^as two lengths behind. The last race was made interesting by the 
fall of Mr. ^Vork, who had ridden splendidly and was a favorite. He 
was somewhat scratched and bruised. The race was won by Stanley 
Mortimer's Hobson's Choice, J. D. Cheever' s Gitana being second, 
and La Montague's Eosalind third, E. D, Morgan's and A, Belmont 



^.1 TUB DA Y, MA Y V2. 383 

Jr.'s four-horse breaks brought parties from Hempstead. Among 
those present were A. H. Stevens, Mrs. Belmont Purdj', Miss Pardy, 
E. N. Dickerson, Judge Brad5% Miss Heckscher, Miss Work, J. H. 
Cheever, Charles Cheever, Miss Gertrude Cheever, Mr. and Mrs. 
Pierre Lorillard, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Peters, Mrs. Hannah Townsend, 
the Misses Rives, Mr. and Mrs, Frank White, Miss Nelson, Miss 
Montague, Miss Lamson, Miss Louise Eyder, F. G. Griswold, N. Gris- 
wold Lorillard, Mr. and Mrs, Cornelius Vanderbilt, A. Butler-Dun- 
can, Mr, and Mrs. William Earl Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. Sands, J. F. D. 
Lanier, Thomas Maitland, F. Rives, Edward Owens, Addison A. 
Jamieson, Percy Dayton, J. H. Lawrence, Charles Phillips, Mrs. Rich- 
ard Irwin, Jr., Miss Jennie Turnure, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lord, Jr., 
Mr, and Mrs. Hinley, Mr. Story, Mrs. Thomas Veyse, Miss Veyse, 
Miss Newell, Miss Fiibricotti, Mr, and Mrs, E. Fellows, Mr, and Mrs. 
J. F. Pierson, Miss Lizzie Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene T. Kirk- 
land, the Misses Brisse, Miss Tillinghast. Miss Fannie Bininger, Mr. 
and Mrs. S. Hinckley, SL:. and Mrs! William Voss, Mr. Arthur Wel- 
man. Miss Gertrude* Hoy t, Gould Hoyt, the Misses Ashmore, Cleve- 
land H. Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. W, Earl Dodge, the Misses Wilmerding, 
Murray, and Mitchell, Mr, and Mrs. William Sands, Mr. and Mrs, 
Nathaniel Jarvis, Miss Jarvis, Lady Mandeville, Robert Sale Hill and 
the Misses De Ruyter, 

A number of ladies and gentlemen met at Mrs, Burton Harrison's 
to talk over the Art Loan Exhibition, which is to take place early in 
the autumn for the benefit of the Pedestal Fund, Mrs. William 
Kingsland will head the Ladies' Committee on Lace, Miss Furniss 
that on Miniatures, Mrs. Sherwood the Fan Committee, Mrs. Harri- 
son that on Costumes and Old Jewelry, and Mrs. Brayton Ives that 
on Japanese Curios. A committee on Modern China was formed, and 
there was a deal of discussion as to the place of exhibition. Mr. 
Eastman Johnson declines the active presidency. It is understood that 
Mr. F. D. Millet v>-ill be in general charge. This enterprise will give 
ladies much to do during the summer months. They will have time 
to find out who has the best lace and the finest collection of rococo 
jewelry. The history of the fan, as poetically described by Dr, 
Holmes, will be in order. The rich treasures of old Dutch jewelry 
unlocked by the Kermess will also come to the fore. The artists and 
sculptors promise a full display of their wares, and altogether the Art 
Loan Exhibition of 1883 ought to rival that of 1876, Old portraits, 
old silver, everything, even if ugly, all that will illustrate the j)rogress 
of the arts, might well be offered for classification. 

A dinner was given, in the evening, by Dr. R. S. Bacon, President 
of the Columbia Grammar School in New York, at his house in Flush- 
ing, Long Island, to Stone Pacha, better known in this country as 
General Stone, Among others present were General George A, Sheri- 
dan, Colonel M. A. Bryson and Mrs. Bryson, and Dr. and Mrs. Bacon. 



384 THE SEASON. 

The house was decorated with rare flowers and plants. General 
Stone, who will have charge of the building of the Bartholdi Statue, 
is about to take up his residence in Flushing. Mrs. Stone, who is at 
present in Paris, will leave there for this country on Thursdaj'. 

The fete at Castle Point was crowded and gay. The sun shone 
brightly, and the many guests enjoyed the beautiful grounds of Mrs. 
Stevens. The Duers, Kings and Bayards, the Livingstons, Keans, 
Johnstons, Aspinwalls, and many other fashionable sets were present. 



Monday, May 14. 

Theee was some good music in Mrs. Sherwood's parlors, a small 
reception being given for the Baroness Von Schonberg. Miss de 
Laussan, Mrs. Bedell Benjamin, M. Von Eltz, and Mr. Krotell sang 
with much taste. 

Mr. and Mrs. George G. Small gave a reception to celebrate their 
silver wedding. 

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sloan, No. 21 West Seventeenth Street, gave 
a very enjoyable dinner-party. 

THE COACHING CLUB'S DRIVE HOME. 

The mellow notes of Fownes's horn mingled with the rural sounds 
of the Long Island farms as the Coaching Club bowled homeward on 
the Pioneer coach. The travellers arrived promptly at six o'clock at 
the Hotel Brunswick, where they were met and congratulated by a 
small knot of acquaintances. Their oil-skin coats gave them a less 
gay appearance than when they started, and the coach was not 
noticed from the hotel until the horn gave a blast opposite the Col- 
legiate Church. Mr. Fritsch brought home a boutonniere of apple 
blossoms which had a slightly dejected appearance. But their wearer 
was beaming, and he said that the party had enjoyed a thoroughly 
good time, and all regretted that they could not break the trip regula- 
tions and enjoy longer the hospitality of Mr. Vanderbilt. The mem- 
bers told conflicting stories of going to chiirch and going fishing, 
which are made one-sided by the absence of a chapel and the pres- 
ence of splendid trout-preserves at the Vanderbilt farm. The latter 
is said to comprise about 2000 acres, and to be worth over $200,000. 
It adjoins the grounds of the South Side Sporting Club on the Great 
South Bay. Elegant summer-houses, bathing-houses, drives and 
walks make it one of the finest of the many homes of wealth in the 
vicinity. The clubmen had a pleasant homeward journey, the rain 
not annoying them until they reached Astoria. Starting from Idle 
Hour at half past nine, Mr. Bronson drove the coach to Bayshore, Mr. 
Schermerliorn to Amityville, Mr. Fritsch to Smithville and Colonel 



TUESDAY, MAY 15. 385 

Jay to Garden City. Mr. and Mrs, Yanderbilt, Lady Mandeville and 
G. P. Wetmore accompanied the party thns far and dined with them 
at the Garden City Hotel, returning afterward to Islip. Mr. Fritsch 
was the whip from Garden City to Lakeville, this stage having been 
assigned to Mr. Havemeyer, wlio, however, returned to the city by 
rail. The reins tried Mr. Parker's skill from Lakeville to Flushing, 
and at Astoria he resigned them to J, R. Roosevelt. F. K. Sturgis 
finished the Fifth Avenue end of the trip in fine style, bringing the 
coach to the hotel with faultless punctuality. 



Tuesday, May 15. 

The interior of the First Baptist Church, at Park Avenue and Thirty- 
ninth Street, was profuselj' decorated for the wedding of Miss Caro- 
line Lesher, daughter of Stephen E. Lesher, and Henry Hutton Lan- 
don, the son of C. G. Landon. The ceremony was performed by the 
Rev. Dr. Joseph F. Elder, pastor of the Baptist Church of the Epiph- 
any. The best man was James B. Pratt. The ushers were F. G. 
Landon, S. Mortimer Lesher, Arthur L. Lesher, Egmont Schermer- 
horn. Dr. Valentine G. Mott and R. F. Purdy. The bridesmaids were 
Miss Adele Lesher, Miss Emma Jacob, Miss Mary F. Willis and Miss 
Eleanor Taylor. Their dresses were novel and pretty, being of white 
nun's veiling embroidered with little moons, made with full train, 
and a Watteau pleat and fronts trimmed with Oriental lace. They 
wore Spanish polka-dotted lace veils, and carried bouquets -two of 
Jacqueminot and two of Bon Silene roses. The bride was attired in 
white Ottoman silk, made with a round court train and a front cov- 
ered with flounces of point duchesse lace, caught v.]) with orange 
flowers. The corsage was cut square and filled in with lace and 
orange flowers. Her bouquet was of white lilacs and roses. She 
wore a diamond and pearl necklace and diamond pendant, given by 
the groom, and a diamond pin and bracelet, the gift of the bride's 
father. The bride's mother wore lavender brocade, i^oint lace and 
diamonds, A reception was held at the house of the bride's parents, 
No. 330 Madison Avenue, The parlors were decked with a floral 
horseshoe, a handsome wedding bell, and many other handsome 
floral designs, bouquets and smilax. Pinard served refreshments. 
Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Burnham, Mr. and 
Mrs. E. S. Jaflfray. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Graves, the Misses Graves, 
]\Ir. and Mrs. Se^th B. French, Miss Lulu Barry, N. Whitman, Mr. 
and Mrs. E. H. Landon, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Landon, Mr. and 
Mrs. George T. Bliss, Mr. and ]\Irs, James McVickar, j\Ir. and Mrs. 
Richard Rogers, the Rev. Dr, Henry C. Potter, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. 
Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. William Allen Butler, the Misses Butler, the 
Countess de Moltke, Mr. and Mrs. L. Townsend Howes, Mrs. Charles 
Van Norden, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Bache Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler 
Van Vechten, 'Mx, and Mrs. W. H. Fogg, Stacey Clark, Mr. and Mrs. 



386 THE SEASON. 

H. A. Robbins, Mr, and Mrs. Loj-all Farragut, Mr. and IVIrs. John 
Lawrence, Mrs. Warren, the Misses Warren, Henry Coe, Stephen 
Baker, Dr. Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. Eobert Martin, James D. Living- 
ston, George French, Arthur Scribner, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Perkins, 
Mrs. C. Yanderbilt, Mrs. Kirthmd, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marie, the 
Misses Marie, ex-Governor and Mrs. John T. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. 
Eobert Nesbit, the Misses Nesbit, Mr. and Mrs. John Bigelow, Mr, 
and Mrs. Charles Morgan, Miss Agnes Binsse, the Misses Andrews, 
Mr. and Mrs. Walden Pell, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Jacob, Mr. and 
Mrs. W. H. Lee, Dr. A. B. Mott, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph De Euyter, 
Mr. and Mrs. Colgate, Miss Helen Hubbard, Howland Pell, Judge 
and Mrs. Benedict, Lieutenants Gilmore and McClellan, U. S. A., 
Miss Gertrude Lawrence, the Messrs. Hurry, Thomas S. Clarke, 
James B. Townsend, the Messrs. Martin, Dr. Holbrook Curtis, Dr. 
Bowditch Morton, Newbold Lawrence, Mr, and Mrs. Percy R. Pyne, 
Judge and Mrs. Ingraham, IVIr. and Mrs. Oliver Harriman, Mr. and 
Mrs. David Dows, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah M. Fiske, Mr. and Mrs. T. H, 
Pratt, the Rev. and Mrs. H. L. E. Pratt, the Misses Matthews, Miss 
Kate Cotting, Mr. and Mrs, Amos Cotting and Mr. and Mrs, W, A, 
Wheelock, 

The annual reception of the American Museum of Natural History, 
at Seventy-seventh Street and Eighth Avenue, took place, in the after- 
noon. The halls of the museum were filled with people, and outside, 
carriages drawn by horses whose glittering harness flashed in the sun 
constantly came and went. The reception was from two to five 
o'clock. Among those present were Robert Colgate, Benjamin H, 
Field, Adrian Iselin, Morris K. Jesup, D. Jackson Steward, Joseph H, 
Choate, Percy R. Pyne, Andrew H. Green, John B. Trevor, James M, 
Constable, William E, Dpdge, Jr., Joseph W. Drexel, Abram S. Hew- 
itt, Hugh Auchincloss, Oliver Harriman, Cornelius Yanderbilt, D. O, 
Mills, Charles G. Landon, J, T. Van Rensselaer, John Wheeler, W. H. 
Guion, G. W. Carleton, James W, Gerard, W. R. Stewart, W. W. Hop- 
pin, Jr., Henry Bergh, Erastus Brooks, Vernon H. Brown, General Di 
Cesnola, Professor A. A, Julien, of Columbia College, Braj'ton Ives, 
the Rev, Dr, William C, Ormiston, Sir Edward M. and Lady Archi- 
bald, Francis H, Leggett, D, D, Williamson, General Newton, R. B. 
Roosevelt, James F, Harper, William Saunders, John H. Bloodgood, 
Professors D. S. and B. N. Martin, Professor 0. C. Marsh, of Yale 
College, Augustus Schell, the Rev. Torrington Willard, J. L. Mott, 
Dr. H. G. Piffard, Christian Bors, Stewart L. Woodford, Benjamin A. 
Willis, Professor Thomas Eggleston, of the Columbia College School 
of Mines, General Alexander Shaler, Herman R. Le Roy, the Rev, H. 
M. Saunders, Verplanck Colvin, of Albany, and John S. Kennedy. 

Mr, and Mrs. Francis E, Rives, No. 8 Washington Place, enter- 
tained a number of ladies and gentlemen at dinner. 



WFDXESDAV, MAY IG. 387 

Mr. and Mrs. E. Tysen, No. 394 Fifth Avenue, entertained a party 
of friends at dinner. 

AVednesday, May 16. 

One of the prettiest country weddings that has occurred for some 
time was celebrated at East Orange, N. J. The groom was Mr. Alfred 
Boote, of this city, and the fair bride, Miss Clara M. Shcpard, daugh- 
ter of Mr. F. M. Shepard. The ceremony was performed by the Eev. 
George S. Webster, pastor of Elmwood Chapel, belonging to the 
Munn Avenue Church. The home of the bride's parents, on Munn 
Avenue near Arlington, was a perfect bower of floral beauty. The 
house, which stands back from the road in the centre of a beautiful 
lawn, has a wide piazza in front, which was enclosed with awning and 
covered with dancing crash. The large drawing-room was the scene 
of the ceremony, the bride and groom standing beneath a large marriage 
bell of white carnations, studded over with pink and pale yellow tea 
roses. The clapper was of scarlet carnations, and about the lining of 
white flowers were scattered little sprays of pink and white bouvardia. 
Back of them was a large mirror extending from floor to ceiling, which 
was covered entirely with the rarest of flowers, the base being com- 
posed of calla lilies and maiden-hair ferns. In the centre was a shield 
of Jacqueminot roses with the initials S. B. in white carnations. The 
pictures and doorways were draped with smilax, and baskets of rare 
roses were disposed about the rooms. The mirror at the other end of 
the drawing-room was banked with lilacs, roses, hyacinths, helio- 
tropes and ferns, while the hat-stand in the hall was almost hidden 
in flowers, on which rested a shield of white carnations, with the ini- 
tials of the bride and groom in scarlet everlastings. The large table 
in the dining-room, set by Pinard, who furnished the collation, was 
ornamented by a silver epergue filled with flowers, flanked on either 
side by large silver candelabra, holding pink candles. The floral deco- 
rations were by Purdue, of East Orange. The bride was unattended 
by bridesmaids. She was given away by her father. Her dress was 
of elegant heavy white satin, made with a full court train, which was 
bordered by a narrov/ plisse ; the front was trimmed with pleatings 
of white tulle, which were caught by tiny clusters of orange blossoms, 
white lilacs and snowballs. The corsage was cut square, and trimmed 
with point lace and a narrow band of pearls, and the lace-bordered 
sleeves came to the elbow, where they were met by white mousque- 
taire gloves. The long, misty veil of tulle, almost enveloping the fig- 
ure, was fastened by a cluster of snowballs, orange blossoms and white 
lilacs, and her bouquet was composed of pure Cornelia Cook roses 
and white lilacs. Mrs. Shepard, the bride's mother, was attired in 
heavy black silk, made en traine, and trimmed with black Spanish 
lace. Her ornaments v/ere diamonds. Miss Shepard, sister of the 
bride, wore white Ottoman silk en iraine, and pearl ornaments, and 
her other sister pale pink silk and pink roses. The ushers of the oc- 



388 THE SEASON. 

casion were Mr. William C. Marshall and Mr Harry H. Sheparcl, both 
of this city. Mr. F. M. Sheparcl, Jr., brother of the bride, acted as 
best man. The reception which followed the ceremony was restrict- 
ed to the relatives and most intimate friends, on account of the family 
being in mourning. The wedding was a very quiet one, but very ele- 
gant m all its appointments. During the evening Mr. and Mrs. Boots 
departed on their wedding tour, amid a shower of rice and dainty 
slippers. 

Miss Mary Burchell, the daughter of Henry J. Burchell, was mar- 
ried to W. W. Gardner, at eight p.m., by the Eev. Dr. "W. F, Morgan, 
at the house of the bride's parents, No. 58 East Fifty-third Street. 
Charles D. Crist was the best man. The ushers were Thomas Bur- 
chell, brother of the bride, Robert W. Blackwell, John C. Wheeler 
and Charles Whann. The bridesmaids were Miss Julia Gardner and 
Miss Ethel Gardner, sisters of the groom, and Miss Emma Burchell 
and Miss Gussie Burchell, sisters of the bride. They wore short 
dresses of white satin, and carried bouquets of roses. The bride's 
dress of white satin was trimmed with Spanish lace. Her veil was 
caught with orange flowers, and she carried a bouquet of white roses. 
About fifty persons witnessed the ceremony. A reception followed, 
at which about two hundred were present. Maresi served refresh- 
ments. The i)arlors were made bright with masses and bouquets of 
roses. The guests included Major Asa Bird Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. 
John Kemp, Charles Delmonico, Miss Delmonico and Mr. and Mrs. 
Dickson, of Morristown. 

Miss Maggie La Monde, daughter of William La Monde, was mar- 
ried to Albert M. Arneberg, in St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, 
Tottenville, S. I. 

Miss Bessie Hillard, the daughter of Francis A. Hillard, was mar- 
ried to Winslow M. Bell, in the evening, at the house of the bride's 
cousin, Mr. White, No. 125 Eemsen Street, Brooklyn. The Eev. W. 
C. Stitt performed the ceremony. 

The marriage of Miss Leonora Carstang Gray, daughter of Mrs. 
Elizabeth M. Gray, to Mr. John W. Pratt, took place, in the evening, 
at eight o'clock, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Clinton Avenue, 
near Fulton Street, Brooklj^n. A reception was held after the wed- 
ding, from half past eight to ten o'clock, at No. 1141 Fulton Street. 

Mr. and Mrs. Garrett H. Wyckoff celebrated their silver wedding 
by entertaining a number of friends at Gravesend, L. I. 

Mrs. J. T. Kirkland gave a lawn and luncheon-party at Orange, 
N. J. 



THURSDAY, MAY 17. 389 



Thursday, OTay 17. 

]\Iiss Maey Agnes Condit was married to Randolph Hurry, in the 
afternoon, in Trinity Chapel, by the Kev. Dr. Nevins, of New Jersej^ 
a relative of the bride. The best man was Edward H. Wales. The 
ushers were Gitt'ord Hurry, cousin of the groom, Thomas Clark, uncle 
of the bride, Dr. West lloosevelt and Albert Gallup. The brides- 
maids were Miss Elsie Condit, Miss Henrietta Crowley, Miss Grin- 
nell, Miss Eleanor Grinnell and Miss Papendick. They wore cos- 
tumes of mull of varj'ing color, Miss Condit' s being of white, with a 
white hat and red roses. Miss Papendick' s was of pink, with a hat 
trimmed with brown velvet, pink roses and brown chrysanthemums ; 
her bouquet was of pink roses. Miss Crowlej', attired in lilac, had a 
hat lined with lilac and trimmed with violets, her bouquet being of 
purple hyacinths and violets. The Misses Grinnell wore light green 
silk mull and their shirred hats had linings of dark green velvet and 
trimmings of ivy leaves. Their bouquets were of daisies, ivy leaves 
and mignonette. The costumes contrasted very prettil}''. The bride 
wore a combination of Ottoman brocade and plain satin trimmed with 
point lace. The corsage was cut square and filled with white lace, 
the back was laced and the elbow sleeves were edged with lace. The 
front was brocaded in velvet flowers, and the court train was cut 
square. A short overskirt trimmed with lace was worn. The veil of 
point lace was fastened with apple blossoms. There was no recep- 
tion, the families on both sides being in mourning. Mr. and Mrs. 
Crowell, of No. 3 East Twelfth Street, entertained the bride and 
groom and about thirty relatives at the wedding breakfast. The 
guests at the church included ]\Ir. and Mrs. Salem H. Wales, Mr. and 
Mrs. Elihu Root, Mr. and Mrs. John Sherwood, J. E. Schermerhorn, 
Mrs. James Hurry, Mr. and Mrs, Crowell, Miss Cotting, the Misses 
Binsse, Mrs. Breckenridge, the Misses Nesbitt, Mr. and Mrs. Shreve, 
Mrs. Dallas B. Pratt, Mrs. Whiting, Mrs. Livermore, the Messrs. 
Flanagan and many others, the church being well filled. 

Charles H. Weiler, of Germany, was married at four p.m. to Miss 
Wagner, daughter of a first cousin of Richard Wagner, the composer. 
The wedding, which was a quiet one, took place at the house of ]Mr. 
and Mrs. Wellington Clajip, in Audubon Park. Mr. and Mrs. Weiler 
will sail immediately for Germany. 

Mrs. J. W. Haven gave a ladies' lunch in honor of Mrs. Ellison, of 
Boston. Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Jessup, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs. Sher- 
wood, and Miss Furniss were among the guests. 

One of the best private concerts of the week was at the house of 
Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, in the evening, when Mrs. Florence Rice- 
Knox, Mrs. Imogene Brown, Mr. Lomas and Mr. Fritsch sang the 
quartet from Bigoleito, Signer Agramonte playing the accomj)ani- 



390 THE SEASON. 

ments. Mrs. Knox and Mrs. Brown also sang tlie "Mocking Bird." 
Mrs. Stephens's parlors were well filled, Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. 
Dickerson, Mr. Erastus Brooks, Mr, and Mrs. John Sherwood, Mr. 
and Mrs. D. Golden Murray, Mrs. Westervelt, Mrs. R. H. L. Town- 
send, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Traviss, President and Mrs. Barnard, Mr. 
and Mrs. Henry Day, Mr. Sale Hill, the Misses Morris, and many 
others being present. The party was given in honor of Mrs. Peter- 
son, of Philadelphia. 

A very fashionable and pretty wedding came ofP, at five o'clock in 
the afternoon, at St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, in Duffield 
Street, the pastor officiating. The groom was Mr. John Schoemer, 
and the bride Miss Anna Wilkensop, daughter of H. Wilkensop, Esq. 
The altar and chancel were beautifully decorated for the occasion 
with rare flowers ; roses, lilies, hyacinths and violets mingling their 
perfume. The four ushers all wore boidonnieres of a single rose and 
maiden-hair fern. They were Mr. Thomas F. Wagner, Mr. F. G. 
Kneer, Mr. J. K. Dahmann and Mr. N. T. S. McGrane. Mr. Charles 
Mentrop acted as best man. The only bridesmaid was Miss Mentrop. 
She was attired in a very pretty dress of white satin made dancing 
length, and trimmed with lace. Her bouquet was composed of dewy 
Bon Silene roses, and she w^ore pearl ornaments. The fair bride, who 
was given away by her father, looked very beautiful in a dress of 
cream-white Ottoman silk, made with a very long coui't train. The 
front was of white brocade. The square corsage and elbow sleeves 
were bordered with point lace, and the long floating tulle veil was 
caught by a cluster of orange blossoms and lilies of the valley. She 
wore diamond jewels and carried a large bouquet of white roses. 
At the conclusion of the ceremony a reception was held at the 
residence of the bride's parents, on Carleton Avenue. 



Friday, May 18. 

Mrs. W. a. Budd, of No. 164 Fifth Avenue, gave a large reception, 
in the afternoon. The drawing-rooms were beautifully decorated 
with flowers and an excellent collation was served. Miss Zelie de 
Lussan, Mrs. Andrews, Mr. Kronteil, Mr. Von Elst and Miss Cady all 
sang ciaarmingly, accompanied in moht instances by Mr. Morse. 
Among the thousand guests present were Mr. and Mrs. Ethan Allen, 
Mrs. Constant Andrews, Professor Pullen, Professor and Mrs. Botta, 
Professor and Mrs. Yeomans, Professor and Mrs. Charles Dudley 
Warner, Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, Professor B. Silliman, the Rev. Dr. and 
Mrs. Chambers, Mr. Noah Davis, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. 
Commodore Vanderbilt, Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, Mrs. and Miss Mc- 
Creedy, Mr. Walter S. Andrews, Professor and Miss Doremus, Mme. 
de Bounefoix, Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Sullivan, Mr. Cyrus W. Field, the 
Misses Jewett, Mr. and IMi's. W. H. Fogg, Miss Howell, Mr. Chinch, 



SATURDAY, JAfi' 19. 391 

Miss Faber, Mrs. Thomas Francis Meagher, Mrs. and Miss Vael, Kev. 
Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman, Colonel and Mrs. Conklin, Mr. George W. 
Ballon and Mrs. Wigham. 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Matthews received manj' acquaintances and 
friends in their handsome parlors, where a most enjoyable musical 
and literary treat was provided. M. Eobin, of Paris, Miss Ilemsen 
and Miss Florence Matthews sang, and a clever little French play, 
Les Deux Peurs, was w^ell acted by Mr. Norman Whitehouse and the 
Misses Matthews. 

Saturday, May 19. 

THE MEADOW BEOOK HUNT CLUB EACES. 

The meeting of the Meadow Brook Hunt Club, held on the club's 
course near Garden Citj^ came off with the favorable conditions of 
faultless weather, a good attendance and well-contested races. The 
special train carried down a large number of New York people. The 
many vehicles, the horses, and the gay attire of ladies and riders 
grouped around the grand stand or spread over the green meadow 
made a scene very pretty to look at. It was half past two p.m. when 
Colonel William Jay, J. G. K. Lawrence and Robert Stewart ascended 
the stand and jingled the bell to " come and weigh." The first race 
was for half-bred qualified hunters, a half mile on the flat, weight 
one hundred and sixty-five pounds. The starters were the Essex 
County Hunt's br. m. Madge, A. Ladenburg's w. m., N. G. Lorillard's 
br. g. Sindbad, and E. D. Morgan's br. m. Kathleen. Belmont's 
Mineola and Zbrowski's Fred E. were drawn. J. M. Kjiapp rode 
Madge, C. B. Holmes, Sindbad and A. B. Purdy, Kathleen. The lat- 
ter w^on by two lengths ; Sindbad -was second. The second race, an 
open sweepstakes steeplechase, for qualified hunters, about two miles, 
brought out four starters. J. D. Cheever rode his own b. m. Gitana, 
H. L. Herbert rode his own r. g. Boy Blue, George Work rode the 
Long Island Stables' br. g. Bombast, and E. Zbrowski his b. m. Lil 
E. Mr. Work put Bombast under the line an easy winner, Gitana 
being second. The next race, which gave the farming people a chance 
to bet and " feel a little wicked, " was the Kennel purse for horses 
owned by farmers over whose ground the club hunts. It was a 
laughable sight. George Ketchum rode F. Horton's b. g. Puck away 
from the rest of the field. The horse showed thoroughbred qualities, 
but his owner vowed he had " been ploughing stiff sod with him all 
the week." P. Pryor's Hempstead Boy was second, and John Brown's 
Fan third. The stakes w^ere $35 to" first and $15 to second. The 
fourth race, a heavy weight sweepstakes for a cup presented by E. D, 
Morgan, was won by Mercury, the property of the Long Island Sta- 
bles, ridden by S. S. Sands. A length behind was Belmont's Carme- 
lite ridden by H. L. Herbert. A. Dongan was thrown by his eh. g. 



392 THE SEASON. 

Phantom. There were nine starters in the Polo sweepstakes, a half- 
mile flat race. H. B. Eichardson's Tom Boy, formerly Incognita, 
came in ahead, the Long Island Stables' Puck, ridden by George 
"Work, being second. The contest for the Hunt Cup was a very good 
one, the three miles over hurdles being run by six horses. Hobson's 
Choice, ridden by his owner, Stanley Mortimer, was an easy winner, 
E. D. Morgan's Kenney and J. D. Cheever's Vivian following in the 
order named. Mr. Work, Mr. Cheever and Mr. La Montague all in- 
dulged in falls. Consolation was given in the last race to Duggan's 
Phantom, ridden by Mr. Ladenburg, Morgan's Kenney, ridden by 
George Work, being second. Mr. Holmes on Gebhard's Biloxi got 
around first through a noble scorn of jumping the hurdles. Among 
the people present were Mr. and Mrs. James Brown Potter, Mrs. Eich- 
ard irvin, Jr., Mrs. John G. Heckscher, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bobbins, 
S. AV. Bridgham, Mr. and Mrs. A. Belmont, Jr., Miss Jean Turnure, 
Mrs. Valentine G. Hall, Miss Anna Hall, Miss Daisy Stevens, Miss 
Kate Bulkeley, Miss Beekman, Mrs. William Douglas, Mrs. John 
Lowerv, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Waterbury, Archibald Murray, ]\Irs. 
E. L. Ludlow, Lady Mandeville and E. N. Dickerson, Jr. Mr. Jay 
brought on his coach Mrs. Jay, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Sands, Mr. and 
Mrs. Purdy, Miss Work, Miss Oelrichs and Eichard Mortimer. On 
E. D. Morgan's break were Mrs. Morgan, J. F. D. Lanier, Mrs. Yznaga 
and F. D. Appleton. Mr. Belmont also brought a party. 

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lockwood gave a pleasant dinner-party, at 
their rooms in the " Palermo." Covers were laid for ten, and all the 
decorations of the table were exquisite. In the centre was a large 
porcelain barge, of Japanese workmanship, filled v/ith red and white 
roses. The menu cards contained original pen-and-ink sketches, by 
Mrs. Lockwood. Among the guests were Colonel Henry C. Lock- 
wood, Miss Kate Barbour, Miss Nellie Wallace, Miss Booth, Mr. Ed- 
ward Anderson, and Miss Fanny Lockwood. 

The Art Loan Collection Committee in aid of the Statue of Liberty, 
met, in the afternoon, at the residence of Mrs. Burton N. Harrison. 

Mrs. J. W. Haven, of No. 238 Madison Avenue, gave a very elegant 
ladies' luncheon. The floral decorations were very beautiful. Among 
the guests present were Mrs. Post, Mrs. John Sherwood, Mrs. G. G. 
Haven and Mrs. John Ellis. 

Monday, May 21. 

Mks. George F. Damon, of the *' Park View," Fifty-ninth Street, 
gave an elegant luncheon, in honor of Mrs. Eobert Macready, who has 
recently come from Cincinnati to make her home in New York. The 
other ladies present were Mrs. Wright, ]Mrs. Burr Wright, Mrs. J. A. 
Bostwick, Mrs. M. W. Stone, of Staten Island, Mrs. Buck, Mrs. Theo- 



TUESDAY, MAY 22. 393 

dore Lee, IVIi-s. Bella Felt and Miss Carmichael, The floral decora- 
tions were very elaborate and beautiful. 

A handsome party at the house of the Misses Furniss was as well 
attended and as gayly dressed as if the season had just begun. It 
was given for Mr. and Mrs. Kobin, of Paris, and was entirely musical. 
The singing of Mr. Eobin, the playing of Mrs. Walter Andrews, the 
duet between Mr. Oudin and his fiancee. Miss McCullough, the clear 
soprano of Mrs. Betts and the fine baritone of Mr. Yon Eltz were all 
highly commended. Among the guests were Mrs. Julian James, Mr. 
and Mrs. Judge Daly, Mr. and Mrs. Hovv'land, Baron and Baroness 
von Schonberg, Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood, Mr. and Mrs. Livermore, 
Miss Roosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. Lippincott, of Philadelphia, Mr. Mon- 
roe Butler Johnstone and Mr. llussell. The music had the unusual 
accompaniment of a splendid thunder-storm, which rolled over the 
city with such resonance as to drown the voices of the actors at many 
of the theatres ; and the rain poured so profusely that Fifth Avenue 
was a canal at twelve o'clock. 

The St. Nicholas Club celebrated Pfingst Monday. 

The Society of the Cincinnati celebrated their centennial by a trip 
to the Verplanck mansion at Newburg. 

Tuesday, May 22. 

Miss Alice Heinze, the daughter of Otto Ileinze, was married to 
George Waetjen, son of H. C. Waetjen, of Bremen, at five p.m., in 
Grace Church, Brooklyn, by the Eev. Dr. Snivel}^ rector of the 
church. Carl Miller was the best man. The ushers were Arthur 
Heinze, F. Lacej^ William Stursberg and Alfred Faber. There were 
four bridesmaids. Miss Heinze, Miss Lida Heinze, Miss Nellie Hard 
and Miss Koop. They were attired in t.isteful costumes of lemon silk 
with short sleeves low-cut corsages and short skirts, and they carried 
bouquets of various colored roses. The bride appeared in a white 
satin robe trimmed with point api^lique lace, a lace veil fastened with 
mj^rtle, and carrying a bouquet of roses and lilies. A recejotion was 
held at Mr. Heinze's house. No. 60 Pierrepont Street, where the mar- 
ried couple received congi-atulations under a canopy of smilax. Many 
fine presents were shown. The bride and groom will sail for Bremen 
after travelling in this country. The guests included Mr. and Jlrs. 
Louis Waetjen, H. Waetjen, Mr. and Mrs. William Tool, Mr. and Mrs. 
Eberhard Toel, Mr. and Mrs. Mosle, Mr. and Mrs. Force, Mr. and 
Mrs. Richard Lacey, ]\Ir. and lilrs. Theodore Dreyer, Mr. and Mrs. F. 
Achelis and Mr. and Mrs. George Witter. 

Mrs. Judge Peabody gave a handsome party to her future sister-in- 
law, Miss Mary King, daughter of Mr. John A. King, of Jamaica, L. L 



394 THE SEASON. 

The expectant groom is General Scliuj'ler Hamilton, who to his old 
name and lineage adds the prestige of personal bravery and devotion 
to his country's service. He is the father of the young A.ssemblyman 
Kobert Ray Hamilton. Miss King is a great-granddaughter of Rufus 
King, and a noble woman. Mrs. Peabodj'-'s party brought together 
the Rhinelanders, Hamiltons, Kings, Van Rensselaers, Morrises and 
Schuylers. Not often is there a more noteworthy engagement. 

At the Lexington Avenue Opera House, the Amateur League gave 
its seventh dramatic performance and reception of the season. The 
entertainment was not a complimentary one, but was given for the 
purpose of establishing a fund for the j)urchase of a club-room. 

The Presbyterian Church at Inwood-on-the-Hudson was the scene 
of a very pretty wedding on Tuesday, when Miss Florence L. Perkins 
and Mr. James Crawford McCreery were married. After the cere- 
mony the guests were driven over to the residence of the bride's 
parents, where a handsome reception was held. The biide received 
a number of presents, including articles of silverware, china and bric- 
ii-brac. 

Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer gave a dinner-party.- 



Wednesday, May 23, 

At half past twelve p.m. Miss Ella Reed, daughter of Horatio Reed, 
Esq., was married to Mr. Addison F. Andrews, son of Rufus F. An- 
drews, Esq. The wedding was quietly celebrated at the residence of 
the bride's parents, No. 312 West Fiftj'-fifth Street, the Rev. Robert 
Colly er, of the Chm-ch of the Messiah, being the officiating clergy- 
man. The brother of the groom, Mr. Herbert F. Andrews, was best 
man. The bride looked very joretty in a dress of white silk and nun's 
veiling. Her flowers were white lilacs, and her jewels, diamonds. A 
weddiDg breakfast was served immediately after the ceremony. Dur- 
ing the afternoon the bride and groom left for Washington, their 
future home, accompanied by the congratulations of their numerous 
friends. The bride received many handsome gifts. Mr. Andrews is 
in the War Department at the Federal Capital, at the same time act- 
ing as correspondent for one or two papers, and as private secretary 
to his uncle, Congressman Ambrose A. Ranney, of Boston, Mass. 

Miss Estelle Livingston, daughter of Johnston Livingston, of No. 
277 Fifth Avenue, was united in marriage, at the residence of her 
father, to Mr. Geraldyn Redmond. The wedding was a very quiet 
one. The Rev. Dr. Preston read the service, the fair bride being 
given away by her father. Many beautiful and costly presents were 
received. 



TIIURISDAY, MAY 24 395 

In the cveninj^ Mrs. Charles E. Doremns gave a pretty amateur 
theatrical entertainment, in which she herself played, assisted bj' her 
husband, the Misses Van Auken and several gentlemen. Music and 
recited verses were part of the entertainment offered to the guests. 
Mrs. Doremus was Miss Ward, of Kentucky, and has the amiable 
gifts of a Southern hostess, ilrs. Doremus has translated a play from 
the French, which will be seen later, perhaps, on a larger stage. 

Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman Beach, of Xo. 30 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, 
gave a wedding reception. 

TUursday, Itlay 24. 

OPENING OP THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. 
MR, AND MRS. ROEBLING's RECEPTION. 

Colonel "Washington A. Koebling, the Chief Engineer of the 
Bridge, and his wife, of No. 110 Columbia Heights, gave a reception 
to over one thousand guests, directly after the ceremonies at the 
Bridge. It lasted until about seven o'clock. The house was hand- 
somely decorated outside with flags and lanterns, as were all the 
neighboring houses, making the scene one of much beauty. Inside 
the long drawing-room the floral decorations were numerous. Both 
mantels were banked with red and white roses, wisteria and white 
lilacs, and there was a large cluster of white callas in the centre. On 
either side of the folding doors was a large shield of Jacqueminot 
and Marechal Niel roses. In front of the large mirror was an im- 
mense basket of gilt-straw filled with Bon Silene roses and lilacs, and 
vases of cut flowers were disposed about the rooms, A bust of J. A. 
Eoebling was on one side of the front room mantel. On it was placed 
a wreath of immortelles, and on the opposite side was a bust of Wash- 
ington A. Koebling, crowned by a wreath of laurel, to which was at- 
tached two white satin ribbons caught by tiny American flags. On 
one appeared the words, " Chief Engineer Washington A. Koebling, 
May 2-4th, 1883," in scarlet letters, and on the other in blue M'as 
engraved, " Brooklyn Bridge. Let him who has won it bear the 
palm." Mrs. Koebling received in a dress of heavy bhick silk, 
trimmed with crepe, and worn with a large bunch of purple violets. 
She was assisted in receiving by the following ladies : Mrs. F. W. 
Koebling, of Trenton, Mrs. Frederick Wesson, of New York, daughter 
of Bishop Littlejohn, Mrs. N. T. W. Hatch, Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Colonel 
Hook, sister of Mrs. Koebling, and many of the ladies who comprised 
Mrs. Koebling' s Bridge party. The President was among the first to 
arrive, and he warmly congratulated the engineer. He remained 
over an hour, talking, listening to the music of Lander's Band and 
admiring the flowers. Among others present were Governor Cleve. 
land, Mayor and l^Irs, Seth Low, Secretary Freiinghuysen, Attorney. 



396 THE SEASOX. 

General and Mrs. Brewster, General Lonp;street, General Lloyd Aspin- 
wall, Mr. and Mrs. John Sherwood, William A. PierrepoQt, Henry E. 
Pierrepont, the Eev. Dr. Storrs, Secretary Chandler, Bishop Little- 
john, Henry J. Kelsev, of New Jersey, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Ford, 
Mr and Mrs. Koger A. Pryor, Professor D. V. Wood, of Stevens In- 
stitute, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Fowler, F. W. Barlow, Martin Cor- 
yell, Captain Kichard Worsam Meade, U. S. N., W. E. Van Keed, 
General John J. Milhan, A. W. Humphrey, Julius Euger, Oliver W. 
Barnes, William S. Auchincloss, Benjamin Homans, William P. 
Shinn, F. Thornton Hunt, Dr. P. H. Van Der Vveyde, Mrs. Samuel 
W Boocock, Alexander M. White, F. Miguel Kodriguez, William P. 
Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Nason, D. E. Morgan, of Middletown, 
N. J., William M. Allaire, Henry E. Hutchinson, H. D. Polhemus, 
Worthington Chauncey Ford, W. H. Force, Otto Witte, Dr. John G. 
Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Martin T. Lynde, Mr. and Mrs. Almet F. 
Jenks, James F. Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Shippy, Mr. and Mrs. 
Joseph Pool, Thomas Jansen, F. C. Prindle, Henry A. Martin, Miss 
Saltus, Eear-Admiral and Mrs. Nicholson, U. S. N., Mr. and Mrs. 
Eobert H. Turle, Horace Eussell, A. F. Cross, Mrs. Henry Prentice, 
Mrs. Alexander L. Holley, Mr. and Mrs. Maximilian E. Land, William 
H. Cromwell, Mrs. Joseph M. Wilson, D. McN. StaufPer, the Misses 
Pierrepont, Mrs. G. H. Wynkoop, Dr. G. H. Wynkoop, J. F. Tams, 
Creighton Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Prentice, Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Kissam, 
Judge Benedict, B. F. Tracy, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Eobinson, Mr. and 
Mrs? A. S. Swan, General and Mrs. Slocum, the Eev. Dr. Noah Hunt 
Schenck, the Eev. Drs. Snively, Putnam, Thomas and Baker, Mr. and 
Mrs. Eipley Eopes, the Eev. Dr. H. C. Potter, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. 
Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. George I. Seney, Mrs. S. V. White, Mr. and 
Mrs. Andrew J. Onderdonk, Moses S. Beach, Mrs. John G. Johnson, 
ex-Senator Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Eedmond Keresey, Charles Eogers, 
John S. Cunningham, H. D. Polhemus, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Ben- 
son, Charles E. Emery, H. E. Bradbury, John Foord, Alexander M. 
White, Mrs. M. H. Murtin, W. C. Sanger, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sanger, 
the Misses Sanger, Mr. and Mrs. Pierrepont, John Jay Pierrepont and 
George H. Frost. 

THE DINNEE-PAKTY AT MAYOR LOW'S. 

The Presidential party arrived at Mayor Low's house, at Columbia 
Heights and Pierrepont Street, as it -was growing dusk. They 
entered a house the exterior of which is unpretentious and yet very 
handsome, being built of Philadelpnia brick and having bay windows 
and a roof with low' gables. It was made beautiful by rows of small 
lamps set closely along the lines of the roof, by clusters of flags be- 
tween the windows, and festooned flags reaching around it and across 
the street. The interior was simply beautified by flowers. From the 
windows a view of fairy-land itself almost could be had. The little 
park bordered by the handsomely decorated houses of S. B. Chitten- 



THURSDAY, MAY 24. 397 

den, Henry Pierrepont and others Tvas beautified with innumerable 
Jnpanesc lanterns, some hanging from trees, others from immense 
Japanese umbrellas, -while others formed the initial of the President's 
name. The table was set with quiet taste in the dining-room at the 
rear of the house on the first fioor. In the centre was a large bou- 
quet of cut flowers. The menus had a f)icture of the bridge painted 
at the top, and were very pretty. The President sat at the right of 
Mrs. Low and Bishop Littlejohn at her left. The host sat between 
Mayor Edson and Governor Cleveland. Grace was said by the 
Bishop. The dinner was not formal, and it was over at nine p.m., 
when the party took carriages for the boat at Wall Street Ferry to 
witness the fireworks, which, however, were then nearly over. Be- 
sides those mentioned there were present Admiral George H. Cooper, 
Commodore Upshur, Abram S. Hewitt, Lieutenant-Governor Hill, J. 
O. Low, Controllers Campbell and BrinckerhofE, J. S. T. Stranahan, 
E. H. K. Lyman, the liev. Dr. R. S. Storrs, W. C. Kingsley and 
Speaker Chapin. 

Later in the evening. President Arthur and Governor Cleveland 
were given a large recejition in the Brooklyn Academy of Music. 

The officers of the Equitable Life Company had a crowd of beaus 
and belles on the top of their lofty building. Mrs. Charles Post took 
a number of young people to the roof of the Post building in Hanover 
Street. A largo party, among whom were Mr. and Mrs. James L. 
Breese and Mr. und Mrs. John Draper, had a beautiful view from Mr. 
James "Waterbury's yacht. Mr. James L. Harriman had a number of 
his friends, among whom were Mrs. Whitney, Mr. and Miss Turnure, 
Mr. Blum, and ]Mr. Ely Goddard, on board the steamer San Antonio, 
chartered for the occasion ; while Mr. E. N. Dickerson, Jr., offered 
the hospitalities of his offices in Temple Court to a party, including 
Mr. and Mrs. Frank White, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leavitt, Miss 
Binsse, Miss Eyder, Mr. Cheever and Mr. George W^ork. The festivi- 
ties by no means ended with the last flicker of rockets and Boman 
candles. Suppers and dances follovv'ed at many private houses. 

Mrs. Richards gave as a counter-attraction to the fireworks a small 
dancing-party for her nieces, the Misses King, of Y\'ashington, and 
Mr. and Mrs. William Breese entertained several friends at a theatre 
and supper-party. 

Among the largest of the dinner-parties given was that of Mr. 
Charles Lyman in the Mills Building to his fiancee. Miss Kate Corse, 
at which some twenty guests were present, ^h. and Mrs. Samuel 
Borrowe took a party of forty and upward to the highest jDoint of the 
Equitable Building, and afterward entertained them at their hospita- 
ble house with dancing and a supper. With this party, among 
others, were Mr. and Mrs. James Otis, the Misses Otis, Mr. Charles 



308 THE tiEASON. 

Post and Miss Post, Mr. James Alexander, Miss Alexander and tlio 
Misses Routii. 

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lord also entertained a partj' on the Equitable 
roof. 

Miss Charlotte L. Burland was married to Walter Southard, at the 
house of her parents, No. 471 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, the Eev. 
Dr. J. S. Simmons officiating. George Tripler was the best man. 
Miss Lillie Knowles was the only bridesmaid, and H. D. B. Southard 
acted as the usher. The bride's dress was of mauve silk. Among 
those present were Mr. and Mrs. Balch, Mr. and Mrs. Horton, Mr. 
and Mrs. Price, IVIr. and Mrs. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Eldiidge, Mr. 
and Mrs. Seymour and Mr. Nutting. The bride and groom started 
on a wedding tour northward. 

The Twelfth Kegiment gave a review and reception at the Madison 
Square Garden, and welcomed home their colonel, S. V. R. Cruger, 
from his trip to Europe. 



Friday, May 25. 

A DELiGHTFCTL party was given by Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Fiske in Mr. 
Fiske's steam yacht Theresa, to Mr. John Bums, of Scotland, and 
Mrs. Burns and fifteen other guests. West Point was visited and a 
collation was served on the trip. • 

The President was given a dinner-party by Willard Bartlett at the 
"University Club, in the evening. The guests included William Dowd, 
Chauncey M. Depew, Elihu Root, Mayor Low, Surrogate Rollins, F. 
J. Phillips, Charles A. Dana, Judge Richard O'Gorman, Robert Bon- 
ner, Henry J. Cullen, Salem H. Wales, Franklin Bartlett, William H. 
BufEum, Sherman W. Knevals, Thomas Hitchcock and George Bliss. 



Saturday, OTay 26. 

FASHIONABLE FOUK-IN-HAND DEIVEES. 

It was a pretty sight, the start of the eleven drags which made up 
the jjarade of the Coaching Club, in the afternoon, as thej' unwound 
like bright ribbon from the green centre of Madison Square and v/ent 
weaving their waj^ up Fifth Avenue. It was witnessed by tens of 
thousands of people with various degrees of pleasure, ranging from 
the ridicule of the cynical gamin, the crowing and " goo-gooing" of 
the babies, and the solid satisfaction of old club men, to the beating 
hearts of real Hinglishmen, the unutterable joy of young ladies and 
the dangerouslj'-violent thrill that shook the lilies on the " dude's" 
lapel. The line of drags formed on the east side of Madison Square, 



SA TURD A Y, MA T 26. 399 

facing south. The coaches shone with new paint, the horses were 
ahnost nickel-pLited thej^ were so sleek, and the footmen were dilated 
with pride and cotton. The start was just ten minutes late, it being 
4.55 when Colonel Jaj' unreefed his whip- arm, the horn tooted and 
hoofs and wheels began to make the sound dear to the coaching 
man's heart. 

The club was organized in 1875 with nine members, who owned 
seven coaches, all of the latter being of English manufacture except 
Leonard Jerome's. The present members of the club are Isaac Bell, 
Jr., August Belmont, August Belmont, Jr., Perry Belmont, James 
Gordon Bennett, Frederic Bronson, Neilson Brown, W. P. Douglas, 
George R. Fearing, Chevalier Hugo O. Fritsch, Frederic Gebhard, 
Theodore A. Havemeyer, George Grisvvold Haven, Colonel William 
Jay, Leonard Jerome, Delancey A. Kane, S. Nicholson Kane, Pierre 
Lorillard, Frederick K. Neilson, James V. Parker, Francis R. Eives, 
Christopher R. Robert, Fairman Rogers, J. Roosevelt Roosevelt, F. 
Augustus Schermerhorn, G. Peabody Wetmore, George H. Bcch and 
Reginald W. Rives. The membership of the club is limited to thirt}'- 
live, and each member must be an owner or part owner of a drag. 
The driving uniform of the club comprises a dark green coat, gold 
buttons, yellow striped waistcoat, drab trousers and high white hat. 
Colonel William Jay drove four dark chestnuts in front of a coach 
with yellow body and red under-carriage. James V. Parker followed 
with his roans and a black coach having blue under-carriage and red 
stripes. Pierre Lorillard held the reins over a bay team. Plis coach 
was a dark green body and yellow wheels. HugD Fritsch drove gray 
and brown leaders and gray and chestnut wheelers, in front of a yel- 
low and blue coach. F. A. Schermerhorn's coach is claret-colored, 
with red under-carriage. He drove bay thoroughbreds. J. R. Roose- 
velt guided a cross team of chestnut and grays in front of a blue 
coach with red wheels. T. A. Havemeyer' s coach is dark blue, and 
bis horses were browns. George A. Bech followed with a dark blue 
coach with yellow wheels, and chestnut and gray horses. F. R. Rives 
had gray steeds in front of a blue and red coach. F. K. Sturgis's was 
a blue coach with claret body and canary wheels drawn by chestnuts 
and roans. Frederic Bronson was on his blue coach with red wheels 
and drove chestnuts and roans. Colonel Jay's chestnuts and foot- 
man wore snowball blossoms in place of rosettes. Mrs. Jay sat by 
her husband on the box, and back of them were Mr. and Mrs. W. K. 
Vanderbilt, F. R. Appleton and Miss Oelrichs. The next coach in 
line was that of George Bech, whose horses and servants were deco- 
rated with small red blossoms. Mrs. F. Kewbold was on the box, 
and behind were F. Newbold, Mrs. Richard Irvin, Jr., Miss Grace 
Stebbins and Mr. Braem. Following this party was F. A. Schermer- 
horn's drag, the horses and servants wearing red favors, Mrs. J. I. 
Kane was on the box, and Miss Schermerhorn, Miss Marie and Mr. 
Kane made up the load. Hugo Fritsch's coach, decked with yellow 
favors, carried Mrs. Fritsch, Mr. and Mrs. William Breese, Baron 



400 THE SEASON. 

Schaeffer and Miss Gibert. J. R. Eoosevelt's coach carried Mrs. 
Eoosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton and Mr. and Mrs. F. 
Sherman. F. K. Sttirgis's coachmen and horses wore yellow favors. 
Mrs. Sturgis rode by her husband, and behind them were Mr. and 
Mrs. George H. Bend and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kernochan, F. E. Eives 
and Miss Eives sat on the box of the seventh coach, and behind them 
were Mr. and Mrs. James M. "Waterbiiry, Mrs. David King and F. D, 
Eiggs. The coachmen and horses wore blue favors. Pierre Lorillard 
and Mrs. Lorillard sat on the box of the eighth coach, and Mr. and 
Mrs. S. V. E. Cruger, F. Gray Griswold and Miss Bulkeley were the 
other passengers, T. A. Havemeyer's horses were decked in purple 
and white. The passengers were Mrs. Oelrichs, on the box, Miss 
Beckwith, Mr. and Mrs. Wetmore and C. M. Oelrichs, Coach No. 10 
was J. V. Parker's, and the favors were white blossoms. Lady Mande- 
ville sat by the driver, and Mr. and Mrs. Jordan L. Mott, C. C. Bald- 
win and Miss Lansing occupied the wide seat. Frederic Bronson's 
coach was greeted with '* That's the last." Mrs. Bronson, Mr. and 
Mrs. T. Newbold and Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin, Jr., were the pas- 
sengers. There was a throng of carriages in Fifth Avenue, which 
prevented the coaches keeping together all the time, so as to make the 
best appearance. In the Park, hov.ever, they made a fine sight. 
Crowds lined the avenue and drives until the coaches passed for the 
last time. They came down Fifth Avenue, round Madison Square 
and up to the door of the Hotel Brunswick about half x)ast six p.m. 
A handsome table in the shape of a whiffle-tree was set in the ball- 
room and decorated with large beds of roses and effigies of dogs, rab- 
bits, etc. Opposite Colonel Jay, who sat in the middle of the whiffle- 
tree, was a stand of flowers and the initials " C. C." in horseshoes of 
red and white carnations. Horns, whips and other coaching em- 
blems adorned the walls. The musical programme was printed on 
pink satin. The menus were gilt-edged and square folded, and bore 
a picture of a four-in-hand, whips, horns, whiffle-trees and horse- 
shoes. The dresses of the ladies were mostly in excellent taste, white 
and delicate shades predominating. Lady Mandeville wore a toilet 
of white nun's veiling, almost covered with white antique lace. Her 
bonnet was trimmed with wine-colored velvet and tiny white flowers, 
and she carried a bouquet of white lilacs and pink roses. Mrs. 
Eoosevelt's dress was of crushed-raspberry satin, with a pointed 
overdress of point lace. Her bouquets were composed of white and 
yellow Marguerites, and her bonnet, of the crushed-raspberry satin, was 
trimmed with daisies. Mrs. F. K. Sturgis's dress was of black and 
silver brocade, with a bonnet of black and silver and a bouquet of 
white roses. Mrs. Bronson appeared in electric-blue and gold bro- 
cade in a design of lace, worn with a pink bonnet ; her bouquet 
being of Jacqueminot roses. Mrs. Irvin's toilet was white China 
veiling and Oriental lace, her white hat being trimmed with white 
ostrich tips, and her bouquet was composed of mignonette and Bon 
Silene roses. Mrs. Schermerhorn was attired in a redingote of steel- 



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blue silk over a skirt of strawberry pink satin trimmed with lace 
rutSes. Her bonnet was white and her bouquet was composed of red 
roses. Mrs. Lorillard wore a toilet of olive green and fawn color. 
The skirt of the olive green silk was laid in broad side-pleats and the 
English driving jacket was of fawn brocade with a vest of embroid- 
ered lace. She wore a pink bonnet and carried a bouquet of Bon 
Silene roses. Miss Beckwith wore white satin and lace with a white 
bonnet and bouquet of lilies and roses. Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt was 
attired in white Surah foulard combined with flovrered foulard, a 
white bonnet and bouquet of Bon Silene roses. Mrs. Jay wore a 
dress of cream-white Ottoman silk made with trimming of narrow 
rows of gold braid. She carried two large bouquets of roses. jNIi's. 
Fritsch's dress was of crushed-strawberry satin and lace with a bon- 
net to correspond trimmed with pink flowers. Mrs. Rives w^ore 
black Henrietta cloth trimmed with jet. Mrs. Oelrichs wore w^hite 
silk and dotted foulard trimmed with revers of blue velvet. 

THE OBANGE LA.WN TENNIS CLUB. 

The afternoon trains to Orange carried a number of young gentle- 
men who were distinguished from the crowd that filled every avail- 
able seat, as usual on Saturday afternoons, by having with them a bag 
and a catgut and ash implement known as a racquet. The station at 
w^hich they alighted was Mountain, and their objective point the 
grounds of the Orange Lawn Tennis Club at Montrose. This club 
has the most members of any club in the United States devoted ex- 
clusively to the practice of tennis. Tho ceremonies which marked the 
formal opening of the season were w^ell attended, not only by a gay 
throng of society people from Orange and the neighborhood, but also 
by many " crack" players from friendly though rival clubs, who went 
to wield a bat and show their skill in " serving," " returning," *' vol- 
leying," and " half-volleying." Among those who thus " helped to 
make an Orange lioldiay" were Messrs. Van Rensselaer, Rankin, 
Saunders, Smith, Schneider, J. H. Miller, and J. A. Miller, Jr., from 
the Staten Island, Newport, St. George's and Newark clubs, and 
Messrs. Hitch, Wilmerding, Buckham, Winslow, Campbell, Coolidge, 
Colgate, Glaenzer and Wood represented the home club at the nets. 
No regular matches were made up, but the various scratch games 
served perhaps better to keep the numerous visitors in good humor, 
and some clever play was to bo witnessed all the time at one or other 
of the nine courts marked out. The club grounds have an exception- 
ally beautiful situation. Surrounded on all sides by dense masses of 
trees which gloried in the fresh, crisp verdure of a long-delayed 
spring, the little square plot of close-cropped turf looked at its best 
when, in addition to what nature had provided for it, the bright 
dresses of the ladies and the glitter and sparkle of the numerous car- 
riages lent an additional attraction to it. The guests began to arrive 
about four, and among them were jVIrs. J. C. Wilmerding, LIi-s. P. 



4:02 THE SEASON. 

Lydig, the Marquise de Lanza, the Countess de Moltke, Mrs. P. H. 
"Wills, Mrs. W. E. Hall, Mrs. Samuel Campbell, Mrs. W. E. Coolidge, 
Miss Ada Byron, Miss Marie De Range, Miss Hamill, Miss Tilling- 
hurst, IVIr. and Mrs. Pratt, Mrs. Gould, JSIrs. Lazarus, Mrs. Arnold, 
Miss Sumner, Mrs. G. E. Glaenzer, Mrs. G. Colby, Mrs. David Dodd, 
Miss Rodgers, Mrs. F. E. Martin, Mrs. J. E. Plankett, J. G. Heck- 
scher, Frederick Phillips and many others. Some dissatisfaction -uas 
expressed by members of the club that the annual tournament of the 
National Lawn Tennis Association should be set down to be played 
at NewjDort instead of Montrose, as in respect to convenience of 
access and space for courts they claim that the latter ground is far 
superior to that at Newport. A handsome new ladies' club house 
will be erected in about two weeks by the club. Every lady in a 
members family belongs to the club, but it is hoped the providing of 
suitable quarters will increase the interest taken in the game by 
ladies living in the neighborhood. 

A BEEAKFAST TO MISS SARA JEWETT. 

Around a large horseshoe table in Delmonico's ball-room, in the 
morning, gathered the members of the Esthetic Society of Jersey 
City to honor Miss Sara Jewett with a breakfast. The table was 
richly decorated with fantastic forms and figures that vied with the 
edibles in richness and variety. The club and its guests sat down to 
breakfast at twelve o'clock. Among those present, beside Miss Jew- 
ett, were ISLrs. Croly, Mrs. Johnston, Miss Agnes Lasar, ]\Irs. Laura 
B. Starr, ]\L.'s. Courtney, IMi's. Hermann, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Milde- 
ber^er, :Mrs. Satter, ]\Irs. Hewitt. Miss Peckham, Mrs. Clementine L. 
Studwell, Mrs. Davidson, Miss Lillian Whiting, Mrs. Florence Eice- 
Knox, Miss Brown, Mrs. Fleury, Miss Eogers,. Mrs. Doubleday, Miss 
Stutsman, I^Irs. Phillips, Miss Jeffries, Mary Kyle Dallas, :aiiss Louie 
Hornig, Miss Nettie Helme, Mrs. George Giftord, Mrs. E. F. C. Young, 
Mrs. Mack, Mrs. Bunce, ]\1j.'s. Barrow, Mrs. Connell, Miss Imogen 
Kenzel, Mrs. Lj'lo, Miss Bertie Brown, Miss Lizzie E. Burst, Mrs. 
Eobert Gilchrist, Miss Clare Bunce, Mrs. Tylie, Miss Georgie Welch, 
Mrs. Dudley, IMi's. John Burst, Mrs. George Toffey, Mrs. Joseph Mc- 
Coy, Mrs. John Savage, Miss Cowell, Mrs. May Croly Eoper, Miss 
Vida Croly, Mrs. Connelly, Mrs. Batty and ]\Irs. Ferris. Miss Jewett 
sat near the middle of the horseshoe dressed in an amber-colored crape 
dress and a gilt bonnet. "When the ladies had got to the place where 
the cigars are usually lighted and the cognac brought on they omitted 
those formalities and jumped from ice cream to speeches with sud- 
denness. Mrs. Erminie A. Smith said smilingly that the Esthetic 
Society did not fawn on lilies, weep over sunflowers, or parade in 
knee-breeches. They simply searched after the beautiful. Her allu- 
sions to Jersey lightning and Jersey mosquitoes were received with a 
violent clapping of delicate gloved hands. Miss Jewett was the sec- 
ond speaker. She thanked the society for the banquet in her honor, 



MONDAY, MAY 28. 403 

and said she was so happy she couldn't'espress herself. To the toast 
*' Woman in the drama," Mrs. Croly responded, Mrs. Studwell and 
Miss Lasar sang a duet ; Mrs. Mary Croly Roper gave a recitation ; 
Mrs. Fanny Barrow responded to " Modern Motive Power" ; Miss 
Florence Newton gave a reading ; Mrs, llice-Knox and Mrs, Imogen 
Brown gave a duo ; Miss Emilie Groesbeck read a selection ; and 
Mrs. John Savage closed the literary entertainment with a speech on 
*' Guests of the Esthetic Club." Miss Jewett was presented with a 
handsomely bound volume of poems written by the young ladies of 
the ^Esthetic Society entitled " Echoes of the Esthetic Society." On 
the fly leaf of the book was written the following: " Ka-tei-tei-sta- 
kuast," which being interpreted means " a beautiful flower." 

A large party of young people went by special boat, in the morn- 
ing, to Newtown, L, I,, where a luncheon was enjoyed at the resi- 
dence of Mrs. B. W. Strong, and the sail back to the city through 
Flushing Bay and the East River again delighted the guests. 

Several parties went out of town to spend Sunday, the largest of 
which went to Mr. Delano's at Newburg, where its members had been 
especially invited by Miss Delano. Among them were Miss Waldo, 
Miss Smith, Miss Jane Campbell, Miss Blodgett, Mr, Blodgett, Mr. 
Miller and Mr. Eldridge. 



Monday, May 28. 

Mks, Fkanklin S. Paddock gave a tea for her sister, the Baroness 
de Trobriand, who is here on a visit. The Baroness was Miss Gor- 
don; the Baron, a lieutenant in the French Navj'-, is a nephew of 
General de Trobriand, who married Miss Mary Jones many years ago. 

Mrs. Eastman Johnson gave a musicale, and there were several the- 
atre parties in the evening. 

About one hundred members and guests of the New York Free 
Trade Club met at the annual dinner of the club, at Clark's restau- 
rant in West Twentj^-third Street. Everett P. Wheeler, president of 
the club, presided. Among others present were Parke Godwin, Gen- 
eral L. P. di Cesnola, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas G. Shearman, 
Henry George, F. Hopkinson Smith, General Clinghara, of North 
Carolina, J. S. Moore, George Littell, Simon Stern, H. B. B. Sta- 
plers, Charles Evans, Commander Gorringe, Benjamin A. Willis, 
Orlando B. Potter, General John B. Gordon, of Georgia, J. Schoen- 
hof, E. Ellery Anderson, Adolph Warner, W. Weletsky, the Russian 
Consul-General, C. G. Petersen, Simon P. Gallardo, of Mexico, G. C. 
Wiltse, U. S. N., the Rev. Dr. John R. Paxton, Le Grand Lockwood, 
Poultney Bigelow and John D, Jones. 



404 TUE SEASON. 



Tuesday, May 29. 

Trinity Chapel, in West Twenty-fiftli Street, "vvas the scene, in the 
afternoon, at half past four, of the marriage of ]Mrs. Annie E. Star- 
buck, daughter of the late Thomas Smith, Esq., to Mr. Bartholomew 
B. Quinn, of Cleveland. The ceremony was performed by the Eev. 
J. W. Shackelford, rector of the Church of the Kedeemer. The 
ushers were Messrs. H. S. and F. C. Hilliard. They wore hoidoimieres 
composed of a single Nephetos rosebud. The bride walked in on the 
arm of the groom. She was attired in a handsome travelling costume 
of brown satin and bronze and gold brocade in a design of pomegran- 
ites. Her bonnet corresj)onded, and she wore a fichu of point lace. 
Her bouquet was composed of Bon Silene rosebuds, and her orna- 
ments were diamonds. Directly after the ceremony, the bride and 
groom left for Philadelphia. On Thursday evening they held a large 
reception at the Gilsey House, and Friday morning they left for 
Cleveland. The bride was the recipient of many beautiful presents. 
Among the guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Eipley Eopes, 
and the Misses Kopes, Mr. Amos WoodrufE, Mr. Charles Lowther, 
Mrs. E. B. Hilliard, Judge and Mrs. Cowing, Mrs. J. C. Watson, Mr. 
and Mrs. John Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. Livingston Eoe, Judge Coch- 
ran, Miss Carrie Hilliard, Miss Cochran, Dr. and Mrs. Eing, and Mr. 
and Mrs. H. A. Topham. 

In the evening, at the residence of the bride's mother, in East 
Forty-third Street, Miss Lena Knowlton was married to Dr. William 
Hoag, the Eev. Dr. E. Heber Newton performing the ceremony. 
Miss Annie and Miss Minnie Knowlton, sisters of the bride, acted as 
bridesmaids. They wore very pretty toilets of lace and satin, with 
natural flov/ers. The ushers were Mr. A. H. Meyer, Dr. Howland, 
Mr. Haskell, and Mr. W. S. Van Vleck. Mr. Eobert Mitchell acted 
as best man. The bride wore a rich toilet of white satin, made with 
a long court train, and trimmed with duchesse lace. The long veil 
of tulle was caught by a diamond pin, and she carried a bouquet of 
lilies of the valley. A reception followed the ceremonj'. The draw- 
ing-rooms were decked with flowers, and many beautiful presents 
were received. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. George Morri- 
son, Mr. and Mrs. Pancoast, the IMisses Pancoast and Mrs. A. P. 
Smith. 

In the evening also occurred the v/edding of Miss Julie Shaw to 
Mr. Simeon Ford, at the residence of the bride's father. No. 20 East 
Forty-third Street. The Eev. Dr. E. Heber Newton officiated. The 
drawing-rooms were decked with roses, lilies and heliotrope for the 
occasion. There were no bridesmaids. The ushers were Mr. G. W, 
Lawrence, Mr. S. T. Shaw, Mr. J. L. Ford, Mr. C. L. Frost, Mr. 
Arthur Gye, Mr. Mun, Dr. W. B. Adam and Mr. Seaver. The best 
man was Mr. S. E. Buchanan. The bride's toilet was of white satin, 



WEDNESDAY, MAY 30. 405 

the front being trimmed with point lace flounces. The long floating 
veil of tulle was caught by a cluster of orange blossoms. A receptii)n 
followed the ceremoii5\ Among the guests piesent were Mrs. Ford, 
the Misses Pearce, Mrs. John Earle, Miss Tappan, Miss Louise 
Marsh, Miss Yidand, Mr. and Mrs. Ilobert Vidand and Miss ]\Iacy. 
Many beautiful wedding presents were received. 



VTedncsday, May 30. 

Decoration Day and the races have made the week one of out-door 
sports ; and the races had the additional attraction of a coaching 
parade. A dash of rain made the start rather disappointing, but the 
sky soon clearetl and was brighter than before. The dresses of the 
ladies were unusually gay. Mrs. Jay wore white silk with gold em- 
broidery and carried large bouquets of pink roses ; Miss Newbold 
wore bright electric blue ; Miss Beckwith was in pink ; Mrs. Wet- 
more in white satin ; Mrs. Oelrichs and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt wore 
white silk and flowered foulard ; Mrs. Lorillard wbre olive green with 
a pink bonnet ; Lady Mandeville was in white with a red velvet hat ; 
Mrs. Bronsonin blue and gold brocade ; Mrs. Sturgis wore a black and 
silver brocade ; Mrs. Eoosevelt deep crimson satin with overdress of 
point lace ; Mrs. Breese white and garnet ; Mrs. Fritsch had a charm- 
ing toilet of crushed-strawberry satin, with a bonnet trimmed with 
white flowers. Every lady carried an immense bouquet. It is to be 
observed that the monde goes to the theatre in cotton gowns. These 
pretty and cool cambric foulards appeared also at the races— a new 
departure and a sensible one. The races seem to have recovered 
their lost fashion, which is a thing to be rejoiced at. For a year or 
two past there had been a languid attendance and an absence of those 
whose presence makes the scene gay. An instantaneous photogra- 
pher might have done some good work in reproducing many lovely 
and graceful flgures at the moment when they were most advantage, 
ously placed, such as, for instance, Mrs. Antonia Terry, when, in a 
costume of shimmering blue and carrjdng a long-handled shepherdess 
parasol, she came down the club-house steps, the green leaves glisten- 
ing from a recent shower forming a framework round her handsome 
head. ' The coaches were well freighted with belles both married and 
single. On Mr. Bronson's coach were Mr. and Mrs. William Duer, 
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt and Lady Mandeville. Mrs. Duer 
was quietly dressed in violet and black. On the front seat with Col- 
onel lieed was Mrs. James B. Potter. Mr. Lorillard drove Mrs. Van 
Eensselaer Cruger and Miss Biilkeley, both in white. Mrs. Cruger 
wore a very piquant little bonnet, evidently just from Paris. Miss 
Bulkeley's costume of soft white lace and rich brocade would have 
been admirably adapted to a garden fete, but, although very becom- 
ing, was hardly suited to a race course on a showery day. Among 
the more youthful matrons, not long since brides, none looked hand- 



406 THE SEASON. 

somer than Mrs. W. Sands, who wore a long coat of hunter's green 
over a skirt of white silk and lace. The greatest animation prevailed 
during the entire day, and betting went briskly on, as much among 
the women as the men. That the ignorant and uninstructed lost 
pretty heavily is beyond a doubt, as, except among professionals, the 
merits of the different horses seemed to be very imperfectly known, 
and the ladies made the most piteous appeals to their gentlemen 
friends for information, which was followed by reproaches not soft 
or low when advice reluctantly given resulted in disaster and disap- 
pointment. It would be better from every point of view if ladies 
would be content to stake sugar plums and gloves on their chosen 
colors, and leave pool-making and betting to the men. 

Mrs. Sturgis M. Powers gave a reception, in the evening, which was 
numerously and fashionably attended. The hostess received the 
guests in a dress composed of olive green satin and Ottoman silk, 
trimmed with a garniture of roses ; she carried a bouquet of roses, 
and wore diamond ornaments. Her daughter, Miss Sarah Powers, 
was attired in whitfe nun's veiling and satin, with trimmings of lace, 
and she carried a bouquet of Marechal Niel roses. Among the guests 
were Mr. and Mrs. Peters, the Misses Peters, Mr. and Mrs, McKeon, 
Mr. Paul McKeon, Mr. and Mrs. Hall, Mr. and Mrs, Samuels, Mr. 
and Mrs. Connelly, Miss Connelly, Mr. Edward Hughes, Miss May 
Hughes and Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham. A collation was served at 
midnight, after which dancing was begun and kept up until a late 
hour. 

Miss Fannie McKenzie was married to John McLeod Matheson, of 
Edinburgh, at the Clarendon Hotel. 



Tlinrsday, May 31. 

Me. and Mes. Geoege Hadden Palmee gave an enjoyable dinner, 
in honor of Mrs. Hoyt Lehmann, who has just returned from a long 
residence abroad. Covers were laid for ten, and the floral decora- 
tions were very pretty. The guests were Mrs. Hoyt Lehmann, Mr. 
Frederick Lehmann, Mr, Arthur Leary, Mr. Oliver King, Mr, Charles 
Fearing, Miss Lehmann, Miss Louise Kyder and Miss Parker. 

The last meeting for the season of the Pedestal Fund Art Loan 
Committee was held at the house of Mrs. Brayton Ives. The com- 
mittee will not do much official work until the autumn, as most of its 
officers are either in Europe or going thither immediately. 

The marriage of Mr. Waldo Story, eldest son of Mr. W. W. Story, 
vrhich took place recently in Home, was accompanied by much pomp 
and ceremony. The civil marriage was celebrated in the Campidoglio, 



SATURDAY, JUNE 2. 407 

in the presence of the Eoman Syndic, Duke Torlonia, The religious 
ceremony was performed in the American Chapel by the Eev, Dr. 
Nevin, he and the United States Minister, Mr. W. W, Astor, being the 
witnesses for Mr. Story. The bride's witnesses were Lord Bagot and 
Mr. Beaiiclerk, of the British Legation, and her bridesmaids were the 
Hon. Katharine Bagot, Miss Blanche Broadwood, Miss Lee and Miss 
Fry. Mr. Julian Story was best man, and Mr. Julian Stui'ges one of 
the ushers. 

Friday, June 1, 

Mb. Alfred V. Meserole, of New York, was married to Miss Cor- 
nelia F. Johnston, of No. 60 Remsen Street, Brooklj^n, in the after- 
noon, at the residence of the bride. Owing to the recent death of 
Mr. Meserole's father, the wedding was private. There were no 
ushers, and none but the immediate relatives and friends of the family 
were j^resent, including Miss Johnston's mother and grandmother. 
The bride was dressed in a very handsome costume. The front of 
the skirt was brocaded with silk and a long train was affixed. The 
marriage ceremonies were performed by the Kev. Dr. Edward R. Coe, 
of the Reformed Dutch Church, Fifth Avenue and Forty-eighth 
Street. The newly married couple left for an extended tour. 

The Land and Water Club, at "Whitestone, was the scene of a pleas- 
ant informal gathering. The guests were received by the House 
Committee, and the yachts Montauk and Clio were gaj^ly dressed with 
flags in the offing. The lawn tennis ground and other devices for 
pleasure seemed to meet with approbation, and the hosts, Messrs. E. 
N. Dickerson, Frank W. "White and Delancey Nicoll, received many 
compliments. Tuesday and Friday will be Ladies' Day, and a launch 
at the foot of Ninety-second Street will be readj' to take members to 
the house during the summer. Miss Haven, the Misses Lawrence, 
Miss Ashburne, Miss Turnure, Mr. and Mrs. Lentilhon, Mr. Cryder, 
Mr. and Mrs. Pierson, Mr. Theodore Johnson, Miss Endicott, Com- 
modore Piatt and Mr. McK. Minton were among the guests. 



Saturday, June 2. 

The annual opening games of the Ladies' Club for Outdoor Sports, 
of New Brighton, were held, in the afternoon, on the Cricket Grounds 
at Camp Washington. The day was clear and not too warm, a fresh 
breeze blowing from the Bay. The grounds are beautifully situated 
at the water's edge, and are in three terraces and very level. A tent 
for the musicians and visitors had been erected on one part of the 
ground, and a little house for the committee. A little before three 
o'clock the company began to arrive, and soon the green sward was 
dotted here and there with picturesque groups of young people, some 



408 THE SEASON. 

of them swinging tennis racquets in one hand or '' trying" a throw. 
Many drove down in their carriages and watched the scene from the 
roadway. After playing a game or two, the phayers would suddenly 
vanish from sight, and would be discovered seated on the soft grass, 
telling jokes, or fanning themselves with their racquets. Sentimen- 
tally-inclined couples took a camp chair or two, and wandered down 
to the water's edge, where they quoted poetry and gazed into each 
other's eyes until nearly sundown. There were twelve tennis courts 
set up and six sets of croquet. No regular match games were played, 
and not many irregular ones, the meeting being more of a large social 
reception than anything else. Many guests came down from New 
York, among them some of the best tennis players belonging to the 
various clubs of the city. Music was furnished by the Seventh Regi- 
ment Band, and the costumes worn by the ladies were light and gay 
colored, forming a very pretty picture against the vivid green of the 
grass and the blue of the sky and water. Among the tennis clubs in- 
vited to be present were the Clifton Club, the Seabright, the Brooklyn 
Heights, the Elizabeth, the Boinay Eouge, the two Orange chibs and 
the Morristown club. Many representatives from all these were pres- 
ent. 

Monday, June ^, 

]\Iiss Marie Louise Morgan, the daughter of William R. Morgan, 
and granddaughter of Dudley Selden, was married at three p.m. to 
Edward S. Frith, of this city, by the Eev. Thomas J. Ducey, pastor 
cf St. Leo's Roman Catholic Church. The ceremony took place at 
the house of the officiating clergj-man, No. 16 East Twenty-ninth 
Street. Jules Montant waa the best man. After the ceremony the 
bride and groom were driven to the Morgan homestead, at Eighth 
Avenue and Sixty second Street, where a reception was held. The 
house is a fine old structure with a carriage-way through it, and it 
w^as elaborately decorated. The newel post, chandeliers and music- 
balcony in the hallway Vv^ere hidden by smilax and roses. The ushers 
at the reception were W. R. Morgan, Jr., the bride's brother, and 
Augustus Montant. The bride and groom stood beneath two large 
j)alms. The wedding-dress was of white Ottoman silk, having a court 
train, pearl-embroidered front, garnished with white lilacs, square 
corsage, and elbow sleeves. The veil was of old point lace which was 
worn by the bride's mother at her wedding. It was fastened with 
diamonds and a wreath of orange blossoms and lilacs. The hand 
bouquet was of white lilacs. Diamond bracelets, earrings, pendant 
and pin, the latter a gift of the groom, were also v/orn. Mrs. Morgan 
was attired in a silver gray and pink brocade dress with a front of 
pearls and pink feathers on her shoulders. Among the guests were 
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jones, Mr. and Mrs. John La Farge, the Misses 
La Farge, Mr. and Mrs. John Lawrence, the Misses Lawrence, Mr. 
and IkLrs. George Lorillard, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Du Vivier, Mr. and 



TUESDAY, JUNE 5. 409 

Mrs. L. B. Binsse, the Misses Binsse, Mrs. A. P. Montant, Miss 
Brady, Miss Palmiere, Miss Hcannah Townsend, the Misses Frith, 
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lowery, ]Mi'. and Mrs. del Monte, jNIr. and Mrs. 
John Lawrence, the Misses Lazarus, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, 
Mr. and Mrs. James Buchanan, the Misses Hamilton, Miss Heckscher, 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moran, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morgan, Mr. 
and Mrs. George Merritt, Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald, Mr. and Mrs. 
Fernando Yznaga, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goelet, Dr. and Mrs. Seward 
Webb, JNL*. and Mrs. Coleman Drayton, ^Ix. and IVIi-s. James M. 
Waterbury, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Bronson, Marquis and Marquise 
Lanza, Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont, Mr. and Mrs. de Neufville, 
Mrs. James Otis, Arthur Leary, Miss Rhinelander, the Misses Kem- 
sen, Mr. and Mrs. William Strong, Mr. and ]\L:s. William Ehineiander 
Stewart, Miss Schieifelin, the Misses Schenck, the Misses Sands, the 
Misses Seward, Mrs. J. Van Eensselaer, ]\Ir. and Mrs. L, K. Wil- 
merding, j\Ii-. and ]\Ii's. W. Boerum Wetmore, Miss Work, Mrs. Richard 
Irvin, Jr., Mr. and IVIi'S. James G. King Duer, Miss Caroline Duer, 
the IVIisses Byrd, Miss Beckwith, Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Cutting, Mr. 
and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Mr. and the Misses Frith, Mr. and Mrs. 
Duncan Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Floyd- 
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beckwith Livingston, Ely Goddard, 
Poultney Bigelow, Frank Griswold, J. H. Hamersley, Henry Jones, 
Mr. Delafield, William Graham and S. Nicholson Kane. 

F. C. Bangs, the actor, and Mrs. Agnes Singer La Grove, whose stage 
name is Agnes Leonard, were married in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, 
at noon, by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. 

Tuesday, Juuc 5. 

:Miss Mary Stores, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Richard S. Storrs, was 
married, at eight o'clock, to Philip Yv'ashburn, of V/orcester, Mass., 
at the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn. The chancel was filled 
with roses, lilies, snowballs, bridal v/reath and heliotrope, flanked on 
either side by palms and ferns. There were no bridesmaids. The 
ushers were Rodger Foster, son of Judge Foster, of Massachusetts, 
J. S. Ward and Mr. Stephenson, of Brooklyn, and Mr. Clarke, from 
the South. The bride entered on the arm of her father, who was in 
clerical dress, and to the strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March, 
walked up the aisle attended by the ushers. At the chancel stood 
the groom and his best man, Charles G. Washburn. The ceremony 
was performed by the Rev. Dr. Coe, of New York, son-in-law of Dr. 
Storrs, and the benediction was pronounced by Dr. Storrs, who is 
pastor of the church. The bride wore a simple but pretty dress of 
cream-white satin, made with a train, which was bordered by a plisse. 
The corsage was cut square, and the sleeves came to the elbow. The 
long tulle veil was caught by a wreath of orange blossoms, and she 
carried a bouquet of Nephetos roses. A reception was held at Dr. 



410 THE SEASON. 

Storrs's house, No. 80 Pierrepont Street, The floral decorations were 
beautiful. There were music and a collation. Among the guests 
were Bishop Littlejohn, theEev. Dr. and Mrs. W. Coe, Mr. and IMi-s. 
Louis Packard, Mrs. S. B. Chittenden, Mrs. N. T. Hatch, Mr. and 
Mrs. Almet F. Jenks, Miss Mabel Jenks, IVIi-. and Mrs. George I. 
Seney, the Misses Seney, Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. Sheldon, Mr. and 
Mrs. Eli Kobinson, Mr. and Mrs. William H. P. Prentice, Mr. and 
IMrs. E. H. P. Lyman, M'. and Mrs. Henry E. Pierrepont and the 
Misses Pierrej)ont. 

There was a large company at the Madison Square Presbyterian 
Church, in the evening, at the wedding of Wilson Schoals Phraner 
and Miss Caroline Mabel Coe, daughter of Spencer W. Coe. The Eer. 
Dr. Phraner, of Sing Sing, father of the groom, performed the cere- 
mony, assisted by the Eev. C. H. Parkhurst, the pastor. F. S. Phra- 
ner was the best man. The ushers were Spencer C. Coe, F. Faber, 
W. P. Howe, Charles L. Alvord, D. D. Mangan, W. J. DuUes, H. J. 
Sohns and H. C. Hollbrook. The bride's dress of white corded silk 
had a front richly embroidered. The veil of silk tulle was caught 
with orange flowers. A reception was held at the house of Mr. Coe, 
No. 3 West Forty-second Street. 

Miss Normie L. Fanning, daughter of Abram M. Fanning, and 
James M. Hunt, were married at seven p.m., by the Eev. Dr. E. S. 
MacAi-thur, at the house of the bride's parents. No. 345 West Fifty- 
sixth Street. The Eev. H. B. Hunt, father of the groom, assisted in 
the ceremony. The ushers were Emory W. Hunt, C. T. Adams, T. 
B. Curtis and Benjamin Barker, Jr. The bride's dress was of white 
silk and Spanish lace. The wedding was quiet on account of mourn- 
ing. 

Miss Jennie Hamilton Eeid, daughter of Edward A. Eeid, was mar- 
ried to William H. Colwell, at half past eight p.m., by the Eev. Dr. 
E. D. Clark, at the house of the bride's parents. No, 32 East One 
Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street. The ushers were E. M. Eeid, A. 
E. Eeid, F. W. Douglass and W. E. Trotter. The bride's dress was of 
white satin with train of brocade Ottoman. The pair will sail on the 
City of Eome on Saturday. 

Miss Ella Williams, daughter of Mrs. Williams, of No. 163 East 
Thirty-sixth Street, was married to Charles 0. Holt, in the evening, 
at the bride's house, by the Eev. ]Mr. Van Dyke. T. J. Cox and 
Starsks Lewis were ushers. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. S. 
J. Pettingill, ]VIr. and Mrs. James Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick 
Green, Mr. and Mrs. William H. C. Holt, Mrs. Charles 0. Holt, Dud- 
ley E. Tarrett, Miss Tarrett, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Taylor, Mrs. George 
Blake, the Misses Blake, Mr. and Mrs. F. Blake and Mr. and Mrs. F. 
Thorp. 



WEDNESDAY, JUNE G. 411 

Miss Hattie L. Donbleday, dangliter of "William Doubleday, was 
married to Julius F. Borroto, at tlie house of the bride's father, No. 
141 East Tentj'-eighth Street, in the evening, by the Rev. Edward 
Houghton, of the Church of the Transfiguration. The best man was 
F. Borroto, the groom's brother. The only bridesmaid was Miss 
Minnie Doubleda5^ F. Doubleday gave the bride away. The wed- 
ding-dress was of seal-brown satin de Lyon combined with embossed 
ecru satin. The wedding was a quiet one. Among the guests were 
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Boree, Mr. and Mrs. Spreng, Mr. and Mrs. 
Coopat, Mr. and Mrs. Martinez, [Mr. and Mrs. Van Ard and Mr. and 
Mrs. Hays, of Newark. 

Wednesday, June 6. 

A SPECIAL train left the Grand Central Depot at 10 : 15 a.m. for Garri- 
sons, N. Y., with a good number of people aboard on their way to the 
wedding of Hugh Oliver Northcote and Miss Edith Fish. The groom 
is the son of Sir Stafford Northcote, of Devonshire, England, the 
conservative leader in the British House of Commons. He is con- 
nected with the firm of Kennedy, Tod & Co. The bride was the 
daughter of the Hon. Hamilton Fish, and is the latest married of 
Miss Nellie Grant's bridesmaids. The scene of the wedding was a 
beautiful one, the little Church of St. Philip's-in-the-Highlands being 
romantically situated on the high grounds opposite West Point. The 
interior of the church was trimmed with daisies, buttercuj^s and other 
flowers and plants. The ceremony took place at 12 : 15 p.m., the ser- 
vice being read by the rector, the Rev. Walter Thompson. The pro- 
cession up the aisle was formed differently from the usual custom, 
being headed by the bride on the arm of her father ; after them came 
the bridesmaids, the ushers remaining behind. Miss Fish made a 
tine appearance in her white satin robe, with oourt train, high neck, 
long sleeves and front covered with flounces of point lace and gar- 
nished with orange blossoms. The veil was of point lace, caught by 
orange blossoms, and the hand bouquet was of lilies of the valley. 
The bridesmaids were Miss Constance Rives, Miss Emily Beale, of 
Washington, Miss Kean, Miss Morris, Miss Mary Perkins, of Boston, 
Miss Bessie Marbury, and Miss Gertrude Hoyt. Their dresses were 
of white muslin, made short and trimmed with Valenciennes lace, 
and they wore white Gainsborough hats to match. Their bouquets 
were studies in color ; the two first-named carried Jacqueminot roses 
tied with blue ribbon ; the second two moss rosebuds tied with pink 
ribbon ; the third two Marechal Niel roses tied with yellow ribbon, 
and the last pink Princesse was tied with lavender ribbon. Each 
bouquet had a sprig of mignonette in it, as did Mrs. Fish's, which 
was of carnations. Mrs. Fish's dress was of blue velvet brocade, 
Venetian lace and bonnet to match. The ushers wore for bouton- 
nieres the English gardenia blossoms, which grow at the Cape of 
Good Hope. The ushers were Hamilton Webster, Thomas Maitland, 



412 THE SEASON. 

Hamilton Kean, Frederick Phipps, of England, and Henry Farrer, of 
England, a cousin of the groom. The groom's best man was Alexan- 
der Baring, cousin of the groom. A wedding breakfast was enjoyed 
at Mr. Fish's house, Glenclyffe, a low Queen Anne structure of red 
brick, in the centre of handsome grounds, and commanding a viev/ of 
West Point, Cro' Nest, and many handsome country seats and points 
of historical interest. One of the latter is the site of the house where 
Benedict Arnold heard the news of Andre's capture. The house was 
very simply but richly decorated with beds of choice cut roses and 
lilacs and other flowers and jDlants by Klunder. The health of the 
bride and groom was toasted during the breakfast, and the pair 
started about four p.m. for a short trip before sailing for Europe next 
week. The guests returned on the si^ecial train at half past five p.m. 
The mother of the bride gave her a splendid pearl necklace, the 
groom gave solitaire diamonds, and there were many costty presents. 
About two hundred guests were present. Among them were Mr. and 
Mrs. James B. Potter, Mr. and Mrs. F. Bronson, llx. and Mrs. Will- 
iam Astor, F. K. Kives, IVIr. and Mrs. J. E. Ptoosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. 
J. Coleman Drayton, Mr. and Mrs. William Jay, John Jay, Mr. and 
Mrs. W. M. Evarts, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. J. 
Kennedy Tod, the Messrs Eutherfurd, the Misses Eutherfurd, Mr. 
and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Eobert Livingston, the Misses King, Mr. 
and Mrs. Frelinghuysen, Mr. and Mrs. James Otis, Charles de Eham, 
Mr, and Mrs. Ward McAllister and Colonel and Mrs. Grant. 

A prettj^ and enjoyable country wedding occurred at one p.m., at 
St. James's Protestant Episcopal Church, in Newtown, Long Island. 
The bride was Miss Katherine Eemsen Schuchardt, daughter of 
the late Frederick G. Schuchardt, and the groom Arthur Middle- 
ton Hunter. Two special cars from Hunter's Point carried out 
two or three hundred city guests. They were met at the station 
by omnibuses and carriages. The chancel was a mass of green 
foliage, with large clusters of snowballs, daisies and bridal wreath 
scattered here and there. The bridal party entered to the strains 
of Mendelssohn's Wedding March. At the altar they were met 
by the groom and his best man and brother, S. Des Brosses 
Hunter. First came the four ushers— Eeginald Francklyn, F. Gray 
Griswold, Charles K. Munn and N. G. Lorillard. They all wore bou- 
tonnieres of a single white rose. Following were the four brides- 
maids — Miss Annie Hunter, sister of the groom. Miss Mamie Bulkley 
and Miss Georgie Heckscher, of this city, and Miss Fannie Strong, of 
Newtown. Little Misses Cassie and Margaret Leverich preceded the 
bride. They wore quaint costumes of India mull made in Mother 
Hubbard fashion, and tied by broad white brocaded satin sashes. 
Their hats were of Leghorn and trimmed with wreaths of white 
lilacs ; they wore black silk stockings and patent leather slippers, and 
carried large bouquets of pink and white roses. The bride came last, 
on the arm of her brother, Frederick Schuchardt, who gave her away. 



WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6. 4.13 

She -^oro a crcam-wliite satin dress, made with a long court train, tho 
front of brocade, being draped by a row of orange Howers and droop- 
ing buds. The corsage was cut square and bordered by point lace, 
and the elbow sleeves were met by long mousquetaire gloves. Tho 
long veil of old point lace was fastened by diamond pins, and sho 
carried a bouquet composed of lilies of the valley. The Eev. Dr. 
Samuel Cox, the rector, read the service. A reception was held at tho 
house of H. S. Leverich, about a mile distant, the company being 
conveyed in carriages. The house is old-fashioned and is surrounded 
by old shade trees. The parlors were decorated with snowballs, 
bridal wreath, daisies and evergreen, and with baskets of roses. Be- 
tween the two rooms hung a cluster of evergreen and bridal wreath, 
and behind the bride and groom were massed flowers and foliage ex- 
tending to the ceiling, in the centre of which hung a large marriage 
bell of "whits roses and carnations. A special train at half past four 
brought the guests back to town. Among those present were Mrs. 
James Strong, Miss Etta Strong, Mrs. George Hadden Palmer, Mis3 
Louise Ilyder, Dr. Frank Metcalfe, Arthur Leary, the Misses Kemsen, 
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Heckscher, J. D. Cheever, Mr. and Mrs. Pierro 
Lorillard and Mr. Heckscher, the bride's grandfather. 

Miss Mary Y. Hatch, the daughter of A. S. Hatch, President of tho 
New York Stock Exchange, was married to Henry Bradford Willard, 
son of George L. Willard, at half past eleven a.m., in the house of the 
bride's father, " The Castle,' ' at Tarrytown. The ceremony was per- 
formed by the Rev. Dr. W. M. Taylor, and took place in the largo 
round parlor in the tower, which was simply decorated with loose cut 
daisies. The best man was Kichard H. Arnold. The ushers were 
Henry E. Cole, W. Howard Mitchell, Edward W. Hall, F. L. Anthony, 
B. B. Hopkins and Frederick H. Hatch. The bridesmaids were Miss 
Jenny, Miss Lulu, Miss Jessie and Miss Emily Hatch, sisters of the 
bride. The two latter, young girls, were dressed in white Swiss and 
embroidery. The others Vv'oro costumes of Irish point over white 
silk. The bride's dress was a handsome one of white embossed vel- 
vet, trimmed with point duchesse lace. Her veil was of Spanish lace, 
and was caught with white ostrich feathers. She wore a corsage bou- 
quet of daisies. A wedding breakfast was served after the ceremony, 
and Lander's orchestra furnished music. The company present in- 
cluded only near relatives, the wedding being kept quiet on account 
of the recent death of a brother of the bride's father. Before tho 
ceremony Dr. Tavlor christened Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Roessle's little 
girl, Theodosia Hatch Roessle ; and Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hatch's 
four children, Charles TefEt Hatch, Alfrederick S. Hatch, lone Tefft 
Hatch and Hamlin Brooks Hatch. 

Miss Isabel Dyett, the daughter of Anthony R. Dyett, was married 
to John E. Hill, in the evening, at the Church of the Holy Spirit, at 
Madison Avenue and Sixty-sixth Street, at eight o'clock, by the Eev. 



414 ' THE SEASON. 

Dr. E. C. Guilbert, tlie rector. The best man was John C. Juhring. 
The ushers were Eugene Kellj^ Charles H. Dyett, brother of the 
bride, Heniy Day and Charles Meigs. There were no bridesmaids. 
The bride wore a dress of white Ottoman silk trimmed with duchesse 
jDoint lace. A tiille veil was worn with white roses and lilies of the 
valley, and ornaments of diamonds. A reception was held from half 
past eight to ten p.m., at No. 121 East Fifty-seventh Street, the house 
of Mr. Dyett. The parlors were decorated with cut flowers and 
plants. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. Hanford, Miss Hayes, 
Miss Kidley, Mr. Cornell, K. W. Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden, Mr. 
and Mrs. Koddy, Mr. Watson, Arthur Dyett, Miss Anna Miller, Mr. 
and Mrs. W. L. Juhring, John Juhring, ]\Ii's. Hurlburt, Albert Eid- 
ley, Mr. and Mrs. Parker, Mr. and JMi-s. F. H. Thomas, the Misses 
Storm, Mrs. Storm, Mr. Sinclair, Pdchard Dodge, George Coffin, Miss 
Alice Hanford, the Messrs. Bowles, Mrs. Dawdey, Mr. and Mrs. Hazel- 
ton, Jlr. and Mrs. Eobeii; McBride, Mr. and Mrs. Maynard, Mrs. 
Hughes, Mrs. Anderson, Mr. Malcohue, Mr. Stafford, the Misses 
Crommelin, Mrs. Kettell, Mr. and Mrs. Parmly Brovrn, Curry Watson, 
Miss Minnie Pierson, Miss Gussie Brown and Miss Burkman. 

Miss Anna Bell Niblo vras married to Edward F. Hawkins, in the 
evening, at the Central Baptist Church, by the Eev. H. M. Saunders, 
the pastor. Miss Estelle Hawkins and Miss Sadie S. Blair were the 
bridesmaids. The groomsmen were Abbot C. Hawkins and George 
W. Hawkins, and the ushers, Arthur Horton, B. F. Hooper, Thomas 
K. McAdam, Dr. John Kesbit, E. F. Wright and J. B. Hulsizer. A 
reception was held at the house of the bride's parents in West 
Twenty-fourth Street. 

St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, was the scene, 
at half past four, of the wedding of Miss Pattie Clark, daughter of 
Mr. George H. Clark, to Mr. Edgar Southworth Pratt. The officiating 
clergyman was the rector, Eev. Mr. Pycott. The bride was attended 
by two little girls as bridesmaids. They were Miss Mamie Eoberts, 
her cousin, and Miss Mary Phelps. Their dresses were of soft white 
India mull, made in Mother Hubbard fashion, and carried large baskets 
filled with yellow and white daisies and i^ink and white roses. The 
ushers were Mr. Frank Landon and Mr. Edward Lentilhon, both of 
New York, and Mr. Lawrence K. Pratt, brother of the groom, acted 
as best man. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a 
travelling dress of olive green ladies' cloth and olive green velvet, 
with a bonnet to correspond. Point lace and a bouquet of white 
roses finished the corsage, and she wore a diamond -pin, one of her 
wedding gifts. At the conclusion of the ceremony the bridal party 
left the church, to the strains of the "Lohengrin AVedding March," 
played by Mr. George Pell, of New York, and drove to the residence 
of the bride's parents. No. 110 St. Mark's Avenue, where an informal 
reception was held. The presents received were many and beautiful. 



WEDNESDAY, JUNE (S. 4:15 

Amon^ tliG guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs Dallas Bacho 
Pratt, :^Ii-s. Horace L. Pratt, mother of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. 
Southworth Pratt, the Misses Cora and Grace Clark Mr^^ and Mrs. 
Hu-er Pratt, Mrs. AV. K. Phelps, Mr. and Mrs. Roswald Clark, Mrs 
J. Stout, Miss Eoberts, ili'. James Pratt, and Mrs. Covmgton, of 
North Carolina. 

The Church of the Redeemer, on Fourth* Avenue, Brooklyn, was 
filled, in the evening, with a large company of guests, at eight 
o'clock, to witness the wedding of Mrs. Mary Townsend Scudder to 
Mr Richard Fair. The chancel was decked with flowers. The cere- 
mony was performed by the Rev. Dr. George Smith, rector, assisted 
by the Rev. Dr. Eccleston, of St. John's Church, Staten Island. 
There were no bridesmaids. The best man was Mr. James M. Fair, 
his brother The ushers were Mr. Boke, Mr. Dvvight, Mr. Rudert 
Mr Esterbrook, Mr. Fisher and Mr. Dwyer. The bride was attired 
in a pretty dress of soft- white French organdie, trimmed with Ori- 
ental lace and orange blossoms, the long veil of tulle being caught by 
a cluster of the same flowers, and a diamond pin. At the conclusion 
of the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of the bride s 
mother, at No. 542 Pacific Street. The presents were many and 
handsome. During the evening the bride and groom departed on 
their wedding tour. 

The seventh annual garden party given for the benefit of the Brook- 
lyn Diet Dispensary was held, in the afternoon and evening, on the 
beautiful lawn surrounding the residence of William Moses, Esq., at 
the corner of Yv^ashington and Atlantic Avenues. Despite the severe 
thunder shower that came up in the afternoon, the garden party was 
a brilliant success, and netted a handsome sum for the worthy charity 
for which it was given. The lawn was gayly decorated. Flags of all 
nations and gracefully waving streamers of bunting adorned all the 
trees and shut out the spectacle inside from the unpaying multitude. 
Hundreds of Chinese lanterns lined the walks, and electric lamps 
flashed and spluttered out their scintillations. The colored fires, 
which were kept burning here and there throughout the grounds, 
shed a weird and fascinating light. The accommodations in the res- 
taurant were excellent, the fireworks successful, and the music ren- 
dered during the evening by the Fort Hamilton Band delightful. 
The flower tables were especially charming, and the g3Tsy encamp- 
ment an interesting spot. The following ladies and gentlemen were 
the officers who had charge of the entertainment : President, Mrs. 
George Stannard ; Vice-President, Mrs. F. B. Fisher; Treasurer, 
Hon John W. Hunter ; Assistant Treasurer, Mrs. J. P. Dike ; Re- 
cording Secretary, Mrs. R. B. Fithian ; Corresponding Secretary, 
Mrs. H. J. Stevenson, 



416 ■ THE SEASON, 

Tlinrsday, June ^, 

Miss Maegaeet Livingston Dottw was married to Edward Nicoll 
Townsend, son of the late Solomon Townsend, in the afternoon, at 
Ashburn, near Ponghkeepsie, the home of the bride, by the Eev. 
Henry L. Ziegenfuss, rector of Christ Church, assisted by the Rev. 
W. Montagu Geer, of Oyster Bay, L. I. The best man was Maurice 
E. Townsend, and the ushers were Colonel Robert Townsend and 
Charles G. Douw, the former of the Governor's staff. The brides- 
maids were Miss Maria Fonda Townsend, sister of the groom, Miss 
Helen Louise Douw, sister of the bride, and the Misses Mary and 
Neville Taylor. Miss Douw wore pale blue Surah silk and pink 
roses ; Miss Townsend pink Surah silk and Marechal Niel roses ; the 
Misses Taylor white mull, with pink and blue sashes respectively, 
and they scattered roses in the procession. The bride wore a robe of 
white silk and organdie, and a tulle veil fastened with orange blos- 
soms from her father's conservatory, and a j^earl pin, an heir-loom in 
the family. The wedding was quiet on account of the recent death 
of a relative. Among the guests, who were only relatives, were Gen- 
eral Pierre Van Cortlandt, General J. Watts De 'Peyster, Mr. and Mrs. 
De Peyster Douw, Philip Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Viele, 
of Albany, Delancey Nicoll, Captain and Mrs. Henry Tajdor, U. S. N., 
Mrs. Mary Livingston Johnson, General Frederick Townsend, Mrs. 
Howard Townsend, General Franklin Townsend, Judge Charles De 
Kay Townsend, Mrs. Solomon Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Van 
Santvoord and Mrs. Cornelius Van Rensselaer. 

Flatbush was the scene of an old-time wedding in an old family, at 
three p.m. The bride was Miss Katharine E. Clarkson Hess, the 
daughter of G. McAllister Hess and the granddaughter of the late 
Matthew Clarkson. The groom was Robert Henshawe Metcalfe, of 
Flatbush. The Clarkson mansion is a large old-fashioned white 
house, with a wide hall, double parlors on each side and a row of jDil- 
lars in front reaching to the roof. Spacious grounds around it, full 
of fine old trees, give it the name of Clarkson Lawn. The house has 
been built for sixty years. The little old Dutch house that once 
occupied the site nov/ stands across the way. A bank of flowers in 
front of the mirror and a few bouquets were the only adornment of 
the parlors. The officiating minister was the Rev. A. Valette Clark- 
son, a cousin of the bride. John A. Metcalfe, brother of the groom, 
was the best man. On account of a recent death in the family only 
immediate relatives were invited. The bride's dress was of white 
Ottoman silk with an embroidered front. She wore the usual veil and 
orange flowers, and diamond bracelets, earrings and pin. Many 
handsome sets of silver, china, etc., were among the presents. After 
the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served, and the bride's health 
was drunk with some Madeira wine sixty years old, imported by the 
bride's grandfather. Among those present were Llr. and IMi-s. Henry 



THURSDAY, J Uj^E 1. 417 

L. Brevoort, Mr. and IVIrs. J. Carson Brevoort, Mr. and ]\Irs. H. E. 
Pierrepont, Mr. and Mi'S. Edward H. Litchfield, Mrs. llobert E. Liv- 
ingston, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Prince, Mrs. Yeaton, of Virginia, Mr. 
and Mrs. John T. Hall, Mrs. Eugene SchiefEelin, Dr. and Mrs. Zabris- 
kie, Mr. and Mrs. John Ditmas, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. E. Livingston Lud- 
low, Mr. and j\L.-s. Christopher Prince, Mrs. W. H. Hutton, Miss Mary 
M. Orr, Mr. and Mrs. John Z. Lott, Mr. and Mrs. Lefferts Vanderbilt, 
Mr. and Mrs. Clermont Livingston, Miss Lulu Hall, Miss Cornelia H. 
Sands, Mrs. Gracie, the Kev. Dr. and Mrs. Eobert G. Strong, Mr. and 
Mrs. John E. Beck, Fanning Beck, Mrs. Pt. Sands Tucker, Miss 
Tucker, the Kev. Dr. Noah Hunt Schenck, Mrs. Eliza Jay, Miss Julia 
Nowie and jNJj.-. and Mrs. J. Ferris. 

Miss Mary Louise Proseus, the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. J. L. 
Proseus, of Yonkers, was married to David Morrison MacKaye, at five 
P.M., by the Eev. Mr. Elmore. F. R. Fortmayer was the best man. 
The ushers were Ba^-ard Fonda, Clarence Leonard, Dr. Thomas 
Bickerton and S. P. Lazarus. The bride's dress was white nun's 
veiling, and she wore a hat with long white plumes. There was no 
reception. Among the invited guests were General E. F. Winslow, 
Steel Mackaye, Genei-al Blauvelt, of Nyack, Judge M. C. Ellis, of 
Yonkers,' Judges Burwell and Clifford, of Tuckahoe, and General 
Husted. 

The wedding of Miss Emma Pettigrew, the daughter of Mrs. James 
R. Pettigrew, and W. H. Williamson, took place, in the evening, at 
the house of the bride, No. 207 East Forty-sixth Street. The liev, 
William Lloyd performed the ceremony. llobert H. Pettigrew was 
the best man. The ushers were William Pettigrew and William 
Hesse. The bridesmaids wxre Miss Julia Connery, of Newark, and 
]Miss Katherine Pettigrew. 

Miss Marie Scott Boyd, the daughter of John Scott Boyd, was mar- 
ried to Benjamin Morris Whitlock, in the evening, at tlie Fifth Ave- 
nue Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. Dr. John Hall. The ushers 
were Lewis C. ]\Iott, H. H. Wilson, Wilfrid Hartley, John L. Graham, 
J. Scott Boyd, Jr., Allan Stuart Boyd, Augustus Crane and Morris 
Paulding and Farnham. The bridesmaids were Miss Helen Smith, 
Miss Mamie Graham, Miss Zaidce Van Santvoord and Miss Lulu 
Wickham. They wore dresses of white organdie and Ottoman 
trimmed with Oriental lace and made with demi-trains. They car- 
ried Jacqueminot roses. The bride wore a dress of white corded silk, 
with a train and a Pompadour waist, a tulle veil and diamonds. She 
wore ostrich tips in her veil and corsage. There was no receiDtion. 

IVIiss Medora Bartlett Robbins, daughter of E. ]\L Eobbins, was 
married to Edward H. Crosby, of Boston, by the Rev. R. Heber New- 
ton, at All Souls' Protestant Episcopal Church. The bride wore a 



418 THE SEASON. 

travelling dress of tan-colored cloth over checked silk and a bonnet to 
match, trimmed with red roses. 

The Veterans of the Seventh Eegiment had a banquet, Mazetti fur- 
nishing the viands. 

Wednesday, June 13. 

In the evening occurred the wedding of Miss Bush, of No. 40 West 
Seventeenth Street. 

Miss Julia F. Squires was married to Mr. William N. Blackstone, of 
Norwich, Conn., at St. Thomas's Church, at 5:30 p.m. 

Miss Grace Eockwell, the daughter of John W. Eockwell, was mar- 
ried to E. Sherman Johnson, Jr., at the First Presbyterian Church, 
Yonkers. 

Thursday, Jnne 14o 

Miss Maet Gray Cueet was married to William Almon Wolff, at the 
Church of the Keformation, Brooklyn. 

Miss Helen Barnum Hurd, grand-daughter of P. T. Barnum, was 
married to Frank W. Rennell, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, at 

8 P.M. 

Saturday, June 16. 

!Mes. John W. Elucs gave a garden-party at Bartow on the Sound. 



Tuesday, June 19. 

IMiss Emma Lathees, daughter of Colonel Eichard Lathers, was 
married to Matthew V. Simpson, son of Bishop Simpson, at New 
Eochelle. 

"Wednesday, June 20. 

Miss Aetelia de Letee, daughter of Mrs. Marguerite de Leyer, was 
married to Thomas P. Keating, at St. Leo's Eoman Catholic Church. 



INDEX. 



BALLS, 

AcHEUS, Mrs. F., 2-23. 

Ammeuman, Mrs. Georire V., 1G8. 

Aknolp, Mr. and Mrs. Richard, 233. 

Akion Sociot}', 263. 

AsTon, Mrs. William, 200. 

BuooKLYN Assemblv, 31 1. 

Brooklyn Height.s Daucing-Class, 12G, 

175, 226. 
Bruggkuhop, E. E., 150. 
Ca3in() Socie y. 320. 
ChaI'IN, ^Irs Gardiner, 174. 
Charity Ball, 213. 
Charity Ball, Newark, 107. 
Childukn's Carnival, 210, 
Ckrci.e Franij.aisJe de rilarmonic, 209. 
CoTiLLOM, 1.".8, 221, 317 
Cutting, Miss Annie (to), 1.50. 
CtTTTiNG, Gen. William. 208 
Decker, Mr. and Mi-s. JosepU F., 197. 
Family Circle Uancing-Class, 110, 162. 
Hatch. Jlrs. W. T., 168. 
Hebreav Orphan Asylinn, 94. 
Heckschkr, Mr. and Mis. John G., 328. 
Hewitt. Mrs. A. S., 168. 
KEAN,Mrs. John, 147. 
Kino, Mrs. Edward. 205. 
Ladies' Assembly, 13), 184,238. 
LiEnKnKKANZ,247, 277. 
LiEDERKRANZ Society, 140. 
Lincoln Union, 277. 
Litthauer, Miss, 174. 
LoRiLLAKD, Mrs. Picrre, 123, 17G, 229, 

311. 
Ly'man, Mrs., 175. 
Mandeville. Ladv, 19G. 
]^L\RsnALL, Mrs. E. C, 168. 
Metropolitan CUib, 276. 
]\riNUET Club, 167, 196, 225. 
Newark Assembly, 2:^5. 
Old Guard, 198. 
Orange Reunion, 317. 
Palestine Commandery, 230. 
Patriarchs, 141, 187, 245. 
Payson, Mrs. F.,22G. 
Perret, Mrs., 2.35. 
Reeve, Mr. & Mrs. Henry G., 154. 



Roberts, Mrs. Marshall O., 207. 
Roosevelt, Mrs. James A., 154. 

SCIIERMERHOllN, W. E., lOG. 

ScHiEPFELiN, Mr^. EdL'ar S., 2.34. 
Schuyler. Mrs. Spencer D., 206. 
Seventh Regiment, 179. 
SnuLTS, Miss, 138. 
Shults, Mrs. J. n.,18.5. 
Staten Island Charity, 245. 
Stevens, Mrs. Frederic, 173. 
Swan, Mrs. A., 170. 
Twenty-Second Regiment, 220. 
Unger, Charles. 168. 
Union Boat Club, 226. 
Yanderbilt, Mr. & Mrs. "William 

39. 290. 
Ward, Mrs. John F.. 170. 
Watereury, Jlrs. James M., 235. 



CHILDREN'S PARTIES. 

Arents. Mr. & Mrs. George, 168. 
CopiNGER, Mr. & Mrs. Henry, 190. 
De Rivas, Mr. & Mrs. Manuel E., 209. 
Enos, i\rr. & Mrs. H K., 27.5. 
FiTTs, Mr. & Mrs. Friend P., 148. 
Franklin, Mrs. James R. , 314. 
Gaixaher, Mrs. S. C, 318. 
Illingworth, Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin, 

154 
James, D. Willis, 352. 
La Monte, Mrs. C. A., 160. 
LocKwooD, Mrs. Benoni, 341. 
Rogers, Mr. & Mrs., 242. 
ScRANToN, Mr. & Mrs., 258. 
Seligman, iSIr. & Mrs. Jesse, 349. 
Sheldon, James O., 168. 
Stewart, Mr. & Mrs. Rhinelaiider, u2J. 
Watts, C.U., 96. 



DINNERS. 



Alexander, John, .349. 
Andrews, John R.,207. 
Arcadian Club, 265. 
Aspinwall, Lloyd, Jr., 101. 



420 



LXDEX. 



Associated Pioneers, 203. 

AsTOR, Mr. & Mrs. John Jacob, 178, 

332. 
AsTOK, Mr. & Mrs. William, 149, 209, 

323. 
Bacon, Dr. R. S., .383. 
Baldv/in, Commodore & Mrs., 153. 
Balloit, Mr. & Mrs. George William, 

271, 283. 
Baptist Social Union, 373. 
Bartlett, Willard. 398. 
Belknap, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lenox, 

243. 
Belmont, Mr. & Mrs. August, 277. 
Belmont, Perry (to). IGO. 
Blanchard, Mr. & Mrs. George R., 255. 
Bliss Mr. & Mrs. William, 2.35, 255. 
Bost-^ick, Mrs. J. A.. 211, 258. 
Brewster, Attornej^-Goneral, 246. 
Brooklyn Young Men's Republican 

Club, 144. 
Carhart, a. S., 362, 371. 
Chamber of Commerce, 376. 
Cheever, Mrs. John H., 349. 
Cui Psi Alumni, 277. 
Coaching Club. 173,277, 374, 398. 
Colgate, Mr. & Mrs. R. R., 226. 
C. C, N. Y., 282. 
Collins, Mrs. Alfred, 378. 
Columbia Club, 271. 
Column Club, 

Cornell, ex-Gov. & Mrs., 115, 268. 
Davison, Mrs C. A., 
Day, Mr. & Mrs. Henry, 192, 230. 
De Forest, Mr , 276. 
Del Monte, Mr. & Mrs , 201. 
De Neufville, Mrs , 325. 
Depew, Mr. & Mrs. Chauncey M., 182, 

249. 279. 
De Peyster, Gen. J. Watts, 281. 
De Ruy-ter, Mr. & ]\rrs. John. 170, 240. 
De Wolfe, Mrs. Frederick, 277. 
Devoe, F., 97. 

Diaz, Gen. Porfirio (to), 323, 326, 352. 
Dillon, Judge, 287. 
Draper, Mrs , 139. 

Drexel, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W., 128, 101. 
DUER, Mr. & Mrs. J. K. G., 270. 
Elkins, Mr. & Mrs. H. D., 259. 
Essex County Hum, 208. 
EvARTs. ]\rr. & Mrs William M., 137, 

251 257 285. 
Farmers' Club, The, 144. 
Fellows, Cornelius, 208. 
FiRMiN, John, 321. 
Fish, Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton, 278. 
Fletcher, William E. (to), 147. 
Game Association. 329. 
Garretson, ex-Jiidgc Abram, 70, 375. 
German Club, 113. 
GiDDiNGS, Mr. & Mrs. RilasM., 183. 
GxuoN, Mr. & Mrs. William, 261, 270. 



Grace, ex-Mayor, 331. 

Graham, ]Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm, 278. 

Grant, ex-President Ulysses S., 823. 

GuioN, William H.. 242. 

Hall, Mr. W. H., 367. 

Hamersley, Mrs. L. C, 110. 

Harlem Club, 208. 

Harper, Mr. & Mrs. James, .320. 

Harriman, Mrs. E. H., 110, 275. 

Harris. J. Duftus, 132. 

Hart, Ceniamin,*.364. 

Harvard Club. 265. 

Haslehurst, Mrs., 362. 

Ha SKIN, John B., 93. 

Heyward. Mrs., 166. 

Holland Lodge, 175 

Holmes, Dr. Oliver Wendell (to), 339. 

Horton, Mr. & Airs. B. W., 272. 

HUMBERT, Mrs., 276. 

Humphreys, ;RIr. & Mrs. John, 255. 

Huntington, C. P., 352. 

Hyde, Henry B.. 288. 

IsELiN. Mrs. Adrian, 367, 371. 

Jay, Mr. & Mrs. John, 278. 

Jewett. Miss Sara, 402. 

Kelly. Mrs. Engene, 272. 

King. H. S., 2.58. 

Kitten Club. 282. 

Knee LAND, George, 159. 

Knickerbocker Dining Club, 346. 

Lamson, Mrs. Charles. 320. 

Langdon, Mrs. Woodbury G., 275. 

Lanier, J. F. D., 159. 

Lawrence, Mrs. John. 276. 

Lee, Mrs. J. Bowers, 76. 

Lentilhon, Captain, 128. 

LocKwooD, Mr. & Mrs. Howard, 392. 

Lorillard, Pierre, 268, 271. 

Loto-s Club, 173. 341. 

Low, Mavor & jMrs.. 396. 

Marcy, Dr. &]Mrs. E. Erastus, 92. 

jMarie, Mr. Peter, 321. 

Martin, Mrs. Bradley, 250, 255, 270, 

277, 278. 282. 
TklooRE, Mr. & Mrs. V. Munuford, 275. 
MoRAN, IMrs. E., 108. 
Morgan, Mrs. E. D., Jr., 193. 
Morgan. Mr. & Mrs. G., 278. 
Mortimer, INIr. Richard, 179. 
New York Farmers, 286. 
New York Free Trade Club, 403, 
New York Rowing Club, 282. 
Noble, Mrs., 276. 
Norkie. Gordon, 108. 
Ogden, Mr. &Mrs. C. Corbett. 182. 
O'GoRMAN. Judge Richard, 'Z'u. 
Old Guard, 353. 
Orange Gun Club, 269. 
Order of the Cincinnati, 2G4. 
Osborne, Charles J., 150. 
Otis, Mrs. James, 126. 
Palmer, Mrs. Goo. Hadden, 406. 



INDEX. 



421 



Patjpons. Iloiiry, 173. 

Patti. Madiinie Adclina, 126, 140. 

Peaisl, Point Society, 154. 

PoMKROT. Mr. & Mrs. W. L., 260. 

Princeton Alnmni, 330. 

Remskx, Mr. & I\[rs. Robert G., 73, 94. 

KlUNELANDER, MlS.. 274. 

KicuARPPON, Miss Bortha, 

Rivers, Mr. & Mrs. Francis. 278, 386. 

Roberts, Mrs. Marshall O., 259, 283, 

318, 360. 
RoBBiNs, Mr. & Mrs. Charles A., 314. 
Rockafeller, Mrs. J. D., 27.5. 
Roosevelt. I\lr. & Mrs. Theodore, 281. 
Saturday Niijht Club, 82, 374. 
Schermeruoun, Mr. & Mrs. W C, 261. 
SciiiFF, Mr. & Mrs. Jacob H., 273. 
Second Brio;ade, 281. 
Seventh Re<,nment, 346, 417. 
Seventh Rcgiinenr, Co. B. 375. 
Seventy - FmsT Regiment Veteran 

Corps. .353. 
Sheldon, Frederick, 267. 
Shefard, Mr. & Mrs. E. F., 221, 260. 
Sloan, Mrs. Henry, .344. 
Sloan, Mr. & Mrs. Samnel, 3S4. 
Sloane, Mr. & Mrs. W. D., 128,244, 272. 
SoROSis, The. 286. 
Spencer, Herbert, 78. 
Stephens, Mrs. A. S., 99. 
Stevens, Mrs. Paran, 281. 
Stewart, Mr. & Mrs. W. Rhinclander, 

196, 261. 
St. George's Society, 351. 
St. Nicholas Society, 117. 
Stokes, Anson Plielps, 317. 
Stott, Major C. H.,201. 
Swan, Mrs. Frederick G., 230. 
Taylor, R. E., IGO. 
Thomson, Mr. & Mrs. James, 258. 
Titan Sons of Earth, 273. 
Tracy. Judso, 261. 
TtiRNBULL, Mr. W.. 276. 
Turnure, Geo. E. & Kedfield, 149, 261. 
TuuNUUE. Mrs. Lawrence, 146, 266. 
Twenty-Second Regiment, Co. D, 197. 
Twenty - Second Regiment Veteran 

Corps, 286. 
Twilight Clnb, 260. 
Tysev. Mr. & Mrs. R., .387. 
Van Beuren, Consnl-General T. B., 96. 
Vanderbilt, Mrs. Frederick, 149. 
Vanderbilt, Mr. & Mrs. W. K., 117, 

164. 278, 373. 
Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Alexander, 394. 
Warren. Mr. & Mr.*. George, 132, 2i;8. 
Washington Club, 266 
Watson, Mr & Mrs. John H., 318. 
WiNsLow, Gen. & Mrs., 263. 
Withers, D. D., 109. 
Wolfe, Miss, 
Wool Trade, 345. 



Wyndham, Charles, 78. 
Young, Mr. & Mrs. E. F. C, 145. 



GERMANS. 

Allen, T^Ir. & Mrs. A. H., 273. 
BiGELOW, Mrs. John, 129. 
]5oARDMAN, Andrew, 75. 
BoRRowE, Mrs. Samuel. 140. 
Bostwick, Mr. & Mrs. J. A., 200. 
Broggerhof. Mr. E. E.,320. 
Callender, Miss, 318. 
Carleton, Miss, 154. 
Donaldson, Miss, 96. 
Edwards, Mrs. R. L., 183. 
Ellis, Mrs., 5.3. 
Ewer, Miss Mary, 174. 
Fowler, Mrs., 366. 
Gray, Mrs. Griswold, 225. 
Grinnell, Mrs. Thomas P., 341. 
Hatch, H. W., 53. 
Hayes, Mr. & Mrs. John P., 167. 
King, Mr. & Mrs. Charles, 255. 
King, Mr. Edward, 376. 
Knapp, the ]\iisses, 108. 
Lanier, Mrs. Charles, 2.55. 
Leland, Mrs. C. IL, 124. 
LocKWOoD. Mrs. Bciioni, 150. 
Maidhof, Col. & Mrs. J., 239. 
]\Iitchell, Miss, 2.55. 
Moore, Miss, 263. 

IMoRGAN, Mr. & Mrs. E. D., Jr., 242. 
Nagus, Mrs. Thomas, 223. 
Our Dramatic Club, 2S2. 
Pentz, Miss, 260. 
EocKAWAY Hunt Club, 39, 48. 
Robertson, Edwin, 98. 
Satuhday Evening Club, The, 207. 
Sheffer, Mrs. M. W.. 221. 
Smith, Mrs. Denton, 329. 
Sutton, Mrs. J. R., 139. 
Turnure, Lawrence, 106. 
Veddek, Mrs., 159. 
Walker, Mr., 333. 
AValsh, the Misses, 88. 
Ward, Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Gray, 225. 
White, INIrs. George W., 341. 
White, Mrs. John J., 323. 
AN'iNTURor, Mrs. Gienville, 99. 



LUNCHEONS. 

Astor, Mrs. William, 280. 
AucHiNCLoss,Mrs.. 2.59. 
BoRRoWE, Mrs. Samuel, 260. 
Butler, Mr. & Mrs. Prescott Hale, 
Chittenden, Mrs. S. B.. 350. 
CoNKLiNG, Miss Laura, 266. 
Dale, Mrs. Jc^hn G., 76. 
Damon, Mrs. George F., 392. 



422 



INDEX. 



Del Monte, Mrs., 341. 
French, Mrs. F. O. & Misp, 176. 
Haven, Mrs. J. W., 389, 393, 
HiNTON, Mrs., .346. 
James, Mrs. Frederick P., 340. 
Johnston, Mrs. J. T., 323. 
Kellogg, the Misses, 138. 
KiRKLAND, Mrs. J. T., 388. 
Lane, Mrs. J. Henry, 332. 
Langdon, Mrs. W. G., 277. 
Lathers, Mrs Eichard. 54. 
Lawrence. Mrs. William, 341. 
Low, Mrs. Joseph T., 140. 
LuDiNGTON, Mrs. Charles H., 283. 
Markoe, Miss Sallie, 317. 
Martin, Bradley. 172. 
Remsen, Miss Georgie, 255. 
ScRiVEN, Mrs., 
Smith, Mrs. Samuel, 267. 
Stone, Mrs., 362. 
Strong, Mrs. B. W., 403. 
Terry, Miss, 260. 

Vanderbilt, Mrs. Commodore, 213. 
Ward, Mrs. James, 2.3.0. 

MUSICALES. 

Ammidown, Mrs. E. H., 1.39. 

Brown, Mr. & Mrs. Henry C, 275. 

CoRTADA Glee Club, 364. 

De Haas, F., 132. 

Draper, Dr. «fe Mrs. W. H., 209. 

FuRNiss, the Misses, .393. 

GooDON, Mrs. Robert, 281. 

Hall, Dr. & Mrs. R, 372. 

Hess, Mrs. Jacob, 257. 

James, Mrs. Julian, 360. 

Johnson, Mrs. Eastman, 403. 

Johnston, Mrs. James B., 2158. 

Johnston, Mrs. John Taylor, 162. 

Leavitt, Mr. & Mrs. Henry L., 261. 

Lenten Glee Club, 272. 

Liebe. Theodore & :\Ime. Teresa, 149. 

Matthews, Mrs. Edward, 391. 

Murray, Mrs Colden, 267. 

Myers, Mrs. Baily, 360. 

Ropes, Mrs. Ripley, 329. 

RussAK, F., 1.37. 

Shea, the Misses, 145. 

Sher^vood, Mrs.. 384. 

Stephens, Mrs. Ann S., 389. 

Twelfth Regiment, Company K., 325. 

Ward, Mrs. Charles H., 285. 

Wetherbee, Mrs. C. T., 323. 

Wing, Mrs., 307. 

RECEPTIONS. 

Abeenetht, Mrs. Charles, 211. 
Allen, Mrs. J. H., 3. 
Allkrton, Mrs., 167. 



American Museum ol Natural History, 

386. 
Artists, 275. 

AspiNWALL, Mrs. W. H., 239. 
Bacon, Mrs. Charles Graham, .366 
Baker, Mrs. Peter C. 221. 
Ballou. Mrs. G. W., 285. 
Bangs, Mrs., 262. 
Barker, Dr. & Mrs. Fordj'ce, 331. 
Barnard, Mrs. F. A. P., 174. 
Barnes. Mr. & Mrs. Demas. 360. 
Beach, Mr. & Mrs. Hoffman, 395. 
Beers, Mr. & Mrs. Henrv. 38. 
Benedict, Mr. & Mrs. E. C, 125. 
Betts, Mrs. F. H., 341. 
Billings, Mr. &, Mrs. Frederick, 341. 
Bliss, Mrs. George, 160. 
Bliss, Mrs. William. 191. 
Blodgett, Mrs. William T., 73. 
Booth, Miss M. L., 172. 
BoTTA, Mrs., 92, 160, 282. 
Boyd, Mrs., 170. 
Breslin, Mrs. James H., 240. 
Britton. Mrs. R. A., 230. 
Brown, Rev. & Mrs. Philip A. H., 82. 
Brown, Mrs. W. Harmon. 149. 
BUDD, Mrs. W. A., .3S0. 
Bulkley, Mrs. Joseph E. & Miss, 341. 
BuLLARD, iSIiss Laura Curtis, 139. 
Bush, Mrs. R.T., 2.35. 
Caldwell, Mrs., 186. 
Callisen, Mrs., ,346. 
" Causeri^s de Lundi." .321. .375. 
Chapman, Mrs. Henry G.. 282. 
Chase, Mrs. Lucien B.. 123. 
Chauncey, Mrs. H., 197. 
Clark, C. Stacy, Jr., 99. 
Clarke. Bayard, 259. 
Clews. Mrs. Henry. 174, 197. 
Cochran, Mrs. M. A., 258. 
Colford-Jones, ]\!rs., 84. 
Congregational Club, 269. 
Converse, Mrs.. 174. 
Cooper, Mrs. Edward, 223. 277, 285. 
Cornell, Mrs. John M.. 211. 
Dale, ISIrs. John G., 225, 244. 
Daly, Mrs. Charles P., 108. 
Dean. Mrs. Joseph A., 149. 
Deforest Mrs. Henry G., 138. 
Dennis, ?>Irs. Charles, 122. 
Depew, Mrs. Chauncey M., 169. 
De Rham, Mrs. Charles, 149. 
Di Cesnola, Mrs., 174, 283. 
DiCKERMAN. IVlrs. W. B., 226. 
Dickerson, E. N., 355. 
Dix, Mrs., 160, 171. 
Dodge, Mrs. Mary Mapes, 193. 
Dodge, Mr. William E., 200, 239. 
Dodge, William E., Jr., 240. 
Dorejius, Mrs. R. Ogden, 344. 
DORSHEIMER, Mrs., 170. 
Dunn, Mr. & Mrs. W. S., 275. 



INDEX. 



423 



EcnEVERKiA Mrs. Pio, 192. 

Encr, Mr.-^. U. D., 1.38. 

P:i)son, Mrs. A. M., 178. 

Egleston, Mrs. David S., 274. 

Egleston, Mr & Mrs. Ileury P., 178. 

Eixis, John W., 4!8. 

Emmox^(, Mrs. John, 196. 

Engi.is, Wil'uun T., 2.59. 

EsTEKBuooKE, Mrs., IGT. 

EvAurs, Mr. & Mrs. William M., 263, 

3:33. 
Falconer, Mrs. William H., 185. 
Fish, Mrs. Hamilton, Sr.^ 64. 
FisKE, Mr. & Mrs. Josiah, 398. 
Flint, Anstin, 325. 
FooTE, Mrs. Frederick W., 224. 
Foster, Mrs. Giraud, KiO, 161. 
Franklin, Mr. & Mrs. B. W., 134, 
Fret, Col. Emil, 92. 
Fuller, Mrs. George W., 192. 
GiLFiLLAN, Mrs., 226. 
Gordon, Robert, 372. 
Grant, Mrs. U. S , 255. 
Graves, Mrs. R. B., 170. 
GuovE, Mrs. L. N., 341. 
Haden, Dr. Francis Seymonr, 81. 
Hall, Mrs. Valentine G., 110. 
Halsey, Mrs. F. R., 279. 
H«MiiUMAN, Mrs. O., 170. 
Harris, Mr. & Mrs. D. M., 367. 
Harrison, Mrs. Burton, 274, 383, 392. 
Hart, Mr. and Mrs. James H., 270. 
Hatch, Mrs. Roswell D., 208. 
Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. Dexter A., 166. 
Hawkins, Mrs. D. A., 263. 
Hays, Mrs. Henry, 113. 
Hayes, Mrs. Jacob, 159. 
Herrman, Mr. & Mrs. H., 187, 289. 
Heuvei-man, Mrs. John, 240. 
Hewitt, Mrs. Abram S. 
HoppMAN, Ex-Goveruor &, Mrs. John T., 

lf;9. 
EopPMAN, Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Charles II., 

186. 
Holman, Geo. W., 41. 
Holmes, Mrs. Arteiniis, 132. 
Hone, Mrs. John, Jr., 201. 
Howes. Mrs. L. Townsend, 201. 
Hunt, Mrs. R. M., 260. 
Hunter, Mrs. H. Irving, 366. 
Ives, Mrs. Brayton. 174, 408. 
Jaffray, Mr. & Mrs E. S., 248. 
Johnston, Mr. & Mrs. John Taylor, 

170, 269. 
Johnson, Mrs. A. J., 249. 
Jones, Mrs. J. D , 138. 
Kean, Mrs. John, 154, 265. 
Kensington Tennis Club, 317. 
KiNNKUTT, Mrs. Francis P., 173. 
Knapp, Joseph F., 72. 
Knickerbocker Club, 276. 
Lamson, Mrs. Charles, 235. 



La Grove, Mrs. John J.. 110. 

Land and Water Ciul), 407. 

Landon, Mr. & Mrs. C. G , 319. 

Langdon, ViV. & Mrs. Woodbury G., 153. 

LANSiN(i, Mrs. Arthur Breese, 314. 

Lanza, the Marquis & Marchioness, 
186. 

Leaycraft, Mrs. Charles Russell, 366. 

Lee, Mrs. W. IL. 174, 191. 

Leland, Mrs. C. IL, 261. 

Lesiier, Mrs. S. R., 185. 

Leslie, Mrs. Fiank. 

Lexington Club, 220. 

Lincoln Club, 258. 

Livermore. Mrs. Charles T., 279. 

Liver, Mrs. John, 193. 

Livingston, Mrs. E L., 154. 

Livingston, Mrs. Morgan, 108, 173. 

Livingston, Maturiii, Mrs., 108. 

Livingston, Mrs. Robert, 244, 257. 

Long, Mr. & Mrs. I. S., 167. 

Lotus Club, 101, 268. 

Lew, Mrs. Joseph T., 279. 

Ludington, Mrs Charles H., 1.'7. 

Lyman. Chas., ,397. 

Mack, Mrs. John and the Misses, 2."J8. 

Macy, Mrs. Josiah, Jr., 209. 

Manhattan Club to Gov. Cleveland, 
113. 

Manuel, Prof., 380. 

McCready, Mrs. N. L., 210. 

Meagher, Mrs., 287. 

Mecchetta, Mrs. Blanche Roosevelt, 
181. 

Meigs, Mrs. T. B., 149. 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 372. 

Mitchell, Mrs. Cornelius B. 

MiTOHELL, Dr. II. W.,261, 

Mod.ieska, Mme., 173. 

Montgomery, Mr. & Mrs. George Ed- 
gar, 341. 

Murray, Mrs. D. Coldcn, 167, 179. 

MusGRAVE, Mr. & Mrs. T. B., 164. 

NiNDERMANN, W. T C, tO, 223. 

Kinth Regiment, 265. 
Nineteenth-Centuby Club, 209, £50, 

278, 346, 323. 
Packard, Mrs. Mitchell N., and the 

Misses, 197. 
Paine, Mrs. James L., 283. 
Palmer, Mrs. George Hadden, 172, 221. 
Parishioners of Rev. Dr. R. S. Storrs. 
I'EABODV, Mrs. Judge, 393. 
Perkins, Mrs. Laurence, 274. 
PiERSON. Mrs. J. T., 274. 
Plant, H. B., 209. 
Post, Mrs. Charles, 397. 
Post, ]\Irs. J. J. 
Powers, Mrs. Sturgis, 400. 
Racquet Club, 1.55. 
Rapfo, Consul-Gcneral. 117, 250. 
Randall, Mrs. Charles K., 126. 



424 



INDEX. 



Randall, Mrs. O. W., 122. 
Rhinelander. Mrs., 170. 
RiKEK, Mrs. John L., 243. 
Robert, Mrs. Frederick, 243. 
Robinson, Mrs. Jeremiah, 106. 
Robinson, Mrs. John A., 196. 
RoEBLiNG, Col. Washington A., & Mrs., 

395. 
Ross, Mrs. Reuben, 235. 
Roosevelt, Mrs. J. A., 170. 
Russell, Mrs. Charles H., 320. 
RuTUERFORD. Mr. Walter, 279. 
Saltus. Mrs. Francis H., 17-^. 
SCHIEFFELIN, ]M rs. M. B., 2C0. 
Schieffelin, M)s. Samuel B , 262, 318. 
Schuyler. Mrs. A. C, 272. 
Seney, Mr. & Mrs. George I., 313. 
Seventy-First Veteran Corps, 265. 
Sheldon, Mrs. Henry, 128. 
Shepard, Elliott T., 318. 
Sherwood, Mrs. John, 206, 223. 
Smith, Miss C. A., 167. 
Smith, Mrs. E. S., 285. 
Smith, Mr^. W. R, 76. 
SoROSis, The, 230. 
Staten Island Ladies' Club, 407. 
Stebbins, Mrs. Russell & Miss, 
Stevens, ]\Irs. A. H., 160. 
Stevens, Mrs. Edwin A , .374, 384. 
Storrs, Rev. Dr. R. S., 94, 
St. Nicholas Club, 394. 
Strong, Mrs. James, 110. 
Sullivan, Mrs. Algernon S., 170. 
Taylor, Mrs. H. A., 149. 
Thompson, ]Mrs. JohnB., 166. 
Thursday (Evening) Club, 149. 
Todd, Mrs. John B., 202. 
Tuck, Edward, 101. 
Twelfth Regiment, 398. 
Union League Club, 250. 
Vandehbilt, Mr. & Mrs. C, 
Yanderbilt, Fred.. 2f.9. 
Yanderbilt, Mrs. W. H., 1G4, 211, 

262. 
Vansantvoord, Mrs. Alfred, 168. 
Yan Vechten, Abrara Van Wyck, 159. 
Washington Light Battery, £G4. 
Waterbury, J. M., 397. 
Wedder, Mrs.. 341. 
Weir, Dr. R. F , 99. 
Weld, Dr. & Mrs., 349. 
W^ELSH, Mrs. JohnH., 197. 
West, the jNIisscs, 110. 
Westervelt, Mrs. John C, 261. 
W HiTLOCK, Mrs., 117. 
Whitney, W. C, 285. 
Wiman, Mr. & Mrs., 242. 
WooDHOusE, Mrs., 197 
WooLSEY. Mrs. Edward 261. 
Wolfe, Miss, 158. 
WOTHERSPOON, Mrs. David, 117. 
Yznaga. Mrs., 117. 



SMALL DANCING PARTIES AND 
SOCIAL CLUB MEETINGS. 

Abbett, Leon, 313. 
BuRCHELL, Mr. & Mrs. John, 261. 
C'AROW, Mrs.. 278. 
Clift. the Misses. 277. 
COE, Mrs. E. F.,3.32. 
Colgate, Mrs. Samuel, 272. 
Criterion Club, 272. 
Daly, Judge &Mrs., 283. 
Dix, Mrs John A., 192. 
Harris, Mrs. R. Duncan, 344. 
Hatch, Mr. D. B., 270. 
Irvin, Jlrs. Richard Jr., 268. 
Ladd, James B., 183. 
Lazarus, the Misses, 274. 
LoRiMER, Mrs. Edward, 275. 
Manuel, Professor, 342, 
Peoli, Mrs., 197. 
Place, Mrs., 279, 284. 
Plant, Mr. & Mrs. Henry B., 269. 
Ripley, Mrs. George, 17.^1. 
Roosevelt, Mrs. A. L., 272. 
Sargent. Mrs. John O.. 211. 
ScHENCK, Mrs. Spotsv.ood, 
Smith, Mrs. F., 221. 
Smith, Mrs. Alfred H., 154. 
Smith, J. O. Mills, 197. 
Stevens, Mr. & Mrs, Alexander, 323. 
Stokes, A. P., 150. 
.Underbill, Mrs. W. S., 178. 
Webb, Mrs. General, 284. 
Chapman, Mrs. Henry, 128. 
Cotillon, Managers of the, 170, 134, 

223. 
Grant, Mrs. Ulysses S., 220. 
Griswold, Mrs., 244. 
Johnson, Mrs. Eastman, 249. 
Leavitt, Mrs. Henry, 257. 
Livingston, Mrs. O. F., 147. 
Paddock, Mrs. Franklin, 403. 
Perkins, I\Irs. Charles L., 125. 
Peters, Mrs., 321, 328. 
Ropes, Mrs. Reuben, 183. 
Spencer, Mrs. Charles S., 200. 
SuYDAM, Mr. D. Lydig, 287. 
Thebaup, Mrs. Paul, 234. 
Vail, Mrs. William M., 243. 
ViLLARD, Mrs. Henry, 140. 
Wing, Mrs., 221, 

THEATRICALS AND THEATRE 
PARTIES. 

Amaranth Society, 197, 260. 

Amateur Dramatic Club, 170, 351. 

Ajiateur League, 394. 

Atlanta Boat-Club, 258. 

Benefit, Barlholdi Statue Fund, 3G2, 

367. 
Benefit, Orlhopcdic Dispensary and 

Hospital, 154. 



INDEX. 



425 



Buzz Club, 340. 

Clifton Boat-Club, 371. 

DoREML-s, Mrs. Charles E.. 305. 

DoKKMt's, Mrs. R. Ogden, 343. 

Dramatic Club, 344. 

Pbllowes. Mrs. Cornelius, 172. 

Hasty Puddinc: Club, 327. 

Kemble Amateur Dramatic Society, 

The, 272. 364. 
Longfellow Tableaux, 204. 
Metropolitan Club, 140. 
MiLLiKEN. Miss, 206. 
Mimosa Society, 318, 387. 
Minton, Mr. Maurice, 122. 
Mistletoe Society, 230. 
Orange Tableaux', 117. 
Potter, Howard, 221). 
Princeton Cottage Boat-Club, 207. 
Robinson Crusoe, 374, 311. 
SELIG.MAN, Mrs., 283. 
St. Ann's Church Theatricals, 232. 
Sturgis, Mrs. Jonathan, 373. 
Tappsn. the Mis>^os. 170. 
Wallack Dramatic Society, 197. 
Ward, Mr. & Mrs. Samuel G., 366. 
Washington and Lee University, 323. 

WEDDINGS. 
(N. B.~In indexing weddings, the 
bride's surname has been placed first 
instead of the bridegroom's.) 
Abendroth— Dickson, 85. 
Alley— Talcott, 170. 

ALTIIAUSE— SCRYMSER, 120. 

Babcock — Clark, 280. 
Baker— Borling, 147. 
Baker— Weih, S57. 
Bamber— Payne, 248. 
Baruydt— Drisler, 337. 
Barker -Tyler, 362. 
Barnett— Hyne, 287. 
Barnum— Clapp, 229. 
Barrow— CooPAT, 316. 
Bates— Van Deusen, 133. 
Baylies— Lowell, 99. 
Beach— Collins, 19t. 
Bkacii— Farrier, 41. 

BeINIIAUER— JOCKEL, 87. 

Benedict— Burkman, G6. 
Benson— Berry. 87. 
Berryman— Spencer, 43. 
Betts— Porter, 146. 
Billings— Brown, 78. 
Bird— Cook, 329. 
BiSSEL — Eolkston, 115. 
BissELL— Teall, 105. 
Blakk— Russell. .324. 
BoARDMAN— Robinson, 133. 
BoDiNE— Stuksburo, 193. 
BoGERT- Curtis, 42. 
Bomeisler— McBride, 202, 



Boyd— WniTLOcK, 417. 
Branuretii— Robinson, 61. 
Brandreth— Slocum. 336. 
Brown— Cameron, 373. 
Brown— IIiTCHcocK, 152. 
BuRciiKLL— Gardner, 388. 
Burdett— Crow. 39. 
BuRLAND— Southard, 398. 

Bush , 418. 

Butler— Adams, 168. 
Butler— Robinson, 48. 
BuTTERFiELD— Arnold, S3. 
Byrne— Harper, 228. 
Caldwell — Montgomery, 279. 
Calhoun— Bl-rke, 121. 
Cannon— ^Ianning, 107. 
Carey— Faiirington, 52 
Chapin— Hutchinson, 95. 

ClIARTRANl)- COLFORD, 51. 

Chatterton— Cheever, 145. 
CiiiLDs— Drisler 1.53. 
Clark— Pratt, 414. 
Clark— Weston, 177. 
Close— McAlpine, 119. 
Cochran— SuYDAM, 211. 
Coe — Campbell, G3. 
OoE— Phraner. 410. 
Coffin— Van Syckle, 69. 
CoLviLL— Collins, 347. 
CoLWELL— Bliven. 212. 
CoNDiT— Hurry, 389. 

CONKLIN— MOLLER, 189. 

CoNTi— Bertolini, 48. 
CooKE— Feldman, 49. 
CoRBKTT— Phillips, .338. 
Cornell— Young, 333. 
Corning— Hyde, 254. 
Creigier— Kingsbury, 339. 
Crittenden— Hopkins, 102. 
Currier— Halbert, 266. 
Curry— Wolff, 418. 
Curtis— Nash, 271. 
CURTISS— Constantine, 105. 
Dana— Brennan, 79. 
D AVE Y— Ward, 121. 
Dayton— Herrick, 130. 
Dederick— Porcher, 53- 
De Leyer — Keating, 41S. 
Dick— MoLLEMiAUER, 42. 
Dickinson— Wilkinson, 379. 
DiLKS— Robinson, 114. 
DiNGEE— TnoRN, 2.56. 
Dodge— Trear, 317. 
Donaldson— Williams, 85. 
Done- Lockwood. 66. 
Doubled a Y—BoKROTo, 411. 
douw— townsend, 416. 
durant— boavers, 65. 
Duval— Dunne, 212. 
Dwight— Walker, 281. 
Dyktt— Hill, 413. 
EASXaiAN— B£LL, 193. 



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IJ^DEX. 



Emeree— Be Eaismes, 324. 

ERRANI— SURBKUG, 378. 
EVARTS— ScncRER, 321. 
Fanning— Harris, 325. 
Fanning— Hunt, 410. 
Fargo— Preston, 45. 
Farrier— McGaryey, 41. 
Fay— Bardwell, 348. 
Fish— Noktiicote, 411. 
Fitch— Miller, i-9. 
Flagg— Butler, 93. 
Frenche— Calkins, 97. 
Frothingh AM— Potter, 152. 
Garr— Colgate, 195. 
Goodman— See, 104. 
Gray- Pratt, 388. 
Grinnell— Page, 70. 
Gross— O' Callahan, 365. 
Grove— Lewis, 316. 
Gwynn— Jardin. 54. 
Hale— Emerson, 58, 
Ham— Pratt. 70. 
Hamilton— Hatch, 84. 
Hargous— De Forest, 112. 
Harvey— Percy, 212. 
Hatch— WiLLARD, 413. 
Hayes- Strong, 95. 
Hopkins— MoREwooD, 3T8. 

HeDLEY— SCUDDER, 40. 

Heinzb- Waetjen, 393. 
Helmee— Strater, 335. 
Helmuth— Edgerton, 74. 
Hess— Clarkson, 416. 
Herrick— George, 237. 
Higiiet— Leake, 146. 
Hillaed-Bell, 388. 
Hinton— Green, 362. 
Hoffman— Watson, 56. 
Hopkins— Livingston, 80. 
Hopkins— Morewoou, 

HORUG— MOULTON, 275. 

Huggins— Peabody, 348. 
Humbert— Foster, 144. 
Hurd— Barnum, 418. 
Ingraham— Webster, 134. 
Johnson— Parmly, 149. 
Johnston— Meserole, 407. 
Kane— Ward, 351. 
Keefer— Root, 1.39. 
Kernochan— Pell. 266. 
Ketcham— Darling, 79. 
Kettleman— Bradt, 57. 
KiRKLAND— Crissman, 372. 
Knowlton— HoAG, 404. 

LaGrove— Bangs. 409. 

LaMonde— Arneberg, 388. 

Lathers— Simpson, 418. 

Latting— Van Bentuuysen, 212. 

Lawrence— Pratt, 60. 

Lee— Page, 372. 

Lefferts— Brevort, 79. 

Lehman- Goodhart, 72. 



Le Hurat— Stafford, 379. 
Lesiier— Landon, 385. 
Lesher— Van Vechten. 103. 
Livingston— Redmond, 394. 
LocKWOOD— Heiseb, 190. 
LoRiLLARD— Sands, 44. 
Macdonald— Miller, 46. 
Macfarlane— FuRNiss, 222. 
Maloy— Cavanagh, 3--.'5. 
Matthews— Allen, 51. 
McClare— HiGGiNS, 334. 
McDowell— MoLLiER, 362. 
McKenzie— Matheson, 406. 
Medcry— Price, 365. 
Mestre— Noble, 49. 
Middlkton— Schuyler, 175. 

Minor— PoYNTz. 156. 
Mittnacht— Weigman, 316. 
Montgomery— Lester, 183. 

Moore— Fairchild, 61. 

Morgan— Frith, 408. 

Movius— Deindonne, 76. 

MuNNis— Sutton, 130. 

Murphy— Paddock, 345. 

Murray— Creamer, 165. 

Nelson — Morgan, 91. 

NiBLO— Hawkins, 414. 

Nichols— Leake, 64. 

Norton— Parraga, 254. 

O'CoNNELL— Callanan, 178. 

Olena— Ayres, 106. 

Oliver- Smith, 104. 

Palmer— Miles, 195. 

Parmlee— Butterworth, 62. 

Peck— Halsted, 164. 

Perkins- IMcCreery. 394. 

Peterman— Scott, 252. 

Petersen— Barber. 316. 

Pbttigrew— Williamson, 417. 

Phillips— Reynolds, 335. 

Pinto— Hart, 193. 

Pistor— Sainsbury, 122. 

Pollock— Livingstone, 87. 

Potter— Potter, 379. 

Potter— Tod, 86. 

Power— Hart, 203. 

Preston— Van Voorhis, 58. 

Pritchard — Wells, l.'^e. 

Proseus— Mackaye, 417. 

PuDNEY— Carpenter. 59. 

QuiMBY— Fulager, 62. 

Raymond— Donald, 103. 

Read— Kellogg, 349. 

Reed— Andrews, 394. 

Reed— GuNN, 91. 

ReID— COLWELL, 410. 

Richardson— Van Cott, 326. 
RoBBiNs— Crosby, 417. 
Roberts— Robertson, 362. 
Rockwell— Johnson, 418. 
Roe— Child, 59. 
Rogers— J abriskib, 337. 



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Salisijuhy— Read, lit). 
Sands— Conner, 3G2. 
SciiiEFEFLiN- Hoffman, 355. 
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Schumacher— Stkvens, 87. 
Schuyler— Le^trade, 91. 
Scott -Livingston, 6S. 
ScuDDER— Fair, .115. 
Selleck— Snively, 63. 
Seymour— Seymour, 165. 
Shaav— Ford, 404. 
Sheldon— Coombs, 83. 
Shepard— BooTE, 387. 
Sherman— IIarrower, G9. 
Shindler— Jewett, 90. 
Shindler— KirLiNG, 253. 
Siiippen— Roosevelt, 235. 
Shrady'— Graham, 53. 
Sloan— DuRVEE, 361. 
Smith— Jackson, 358. 
Smith— Rupp, 327. 

SmULL— CORBIERE, 238. 

Squires— Blackstone, 418. 
Starbuck— QuiNN, 404. 
Stephens— KiRKLAND, 346. 
Stevens— Parker, 49. 
Stewart— Morse, 156. 
Stewart— Witherbee, 359. 
Stone— McCoRD, 345. 
Stone— Rey'nolds, 47. 
Stone— ScHENCK, 
Story, 406. 

Storrs— Washburk, 409, 
Stkaiian — Dows, 365. 

SULSBACHER— ReITLINGKR, 77. 

Sutton— Aspinwall, 108. 
SuYDAM— Cutting, 222. 
Talcott— Braker, 84. 
Tappen— Seney, 349. 
Taylor— jMcCutcheon, 90. 
Thomas— RowELL, 140. 
Thompson— Daughters, 122. 
Thurston— SuAFER, 71. 
TiLBV— Bryant, 3:34. 
Townsend— Frazee, 77. 
Travis- Dewey, lfi4. 
Travis— Harden, 164. 
TufKERMAN— Sedgwick, 88. 
Turn ER— Pease, 176. 
TwEDDLE— Lucas, 121. 
Upshur— Hunt, 39. 

I^PSHUK- ?lIOORHEAD. 251. 

Vanderbii.t— Vanderhoep, 132. 
Wagner -Weiler, 389. 
Wall— DuFFi eld, 94. 
Walton— Brown, 2;38. 
Weller— Kino, 177. 
Welles— Mathers, 68. 
Weston— Williams, 210. 

WhEELOCK— ViDAUD, 366. 



Whipple— Deerino, 164. 
Whiting- Belmont, 1.50. 
Whitney-— Kendall, 253. 
Whitney'— Pratt, 59. 

WhITTEMORE— NiLSEN, 41. 

Wheeler— KoBBE, 81. 
WicKEs— Townsend, 147. 
WiGHAM— Clarke, 233. 
WiGHAM— Livingston, 129. 

WiLKENSOP— SCHOEMER, 390. 

AV'iLLACD— Miller, 337. 
Williams— Buchanan, 50. 
Williams— Holt, 410. 
Williams— Smith, 116. 
WiLMoT— Ogden, 106. 
Winslow— Conklin, 322. 
Woodward— Hodges, 228. 
Wood— Smith, 222. 
Work— Downing, 321. 
Young- Fulton, 262. 

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES. 

Adler-Keller, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur S. 

330. 
Boyd, Mr. & Mrs. William, 343 
Bridgman, Rev. & Mrs. C. D. W., 82. 
Burkhalter, Mr. & Mrs. Charles, 88. 
Clarke, Mr. & Mrs. Ezra S., 150. 
Doyle, Mr. & Mrs. M. L., 197. 
Fleming, C. L., 71. 
Gibbons, Mr. & Mrs. James, 259. 
Gilder, J. L., 107. 
Halliday, Rev. & Mrs. S. B., 288. 
Houghtaling, Mr. & Mrs. D. H., 223 
Howes, Mr. & Mrs. L. Townsend, 262. 
Jesui», James R., Jr., 70. 
LuDLAM, Mrs. Silas, 209. 
Mandrville, Mr, & Mrs. J. IT., 380. 
McKibben, Mr. & Mis. George, 272. 
MuMBY', Mr. & Mrs. Robert, 131, 
Seagrist, Mr. & Mrs. F. W.. 262. 
Sloane, Mr. & Mrs. W. D., 128. 
Small, Mr. & Mrs. Georsre G., 384. 
Tay'lor, Mr. & Mrs. William, 354. 
Weber, Mr. & Mrs. Adam, .341. 
Wiley, Mr. & Mrs. John. 369. 
Woodford, Stewart L., .56. 
Wyckofp, Mr. & Mrs. Garrert, 388. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Brooklyn Dispensary Garden Partv, 

415. 
Coaching Club, 380, 384, 398. 
Epuemeron, The. 281. 
Essex Conntj' Hunt, 373. 
Jerome Pariv Races, 405. 
KiRMESS, The, 367. 
M E ADO WB ROOK Hunt Races, 391. 
Orange, Lawn Tenids Club, 401. 
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